I am a fourth year graduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. Tim Bradley in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of California, Irvine.  My research interests are focused on the the interactions between physiology and behavior. Currently my research is focused on physiological factors that might affect insect respiratory pattern.  However, I have also used Pacific and California Tree Frogs to study the effects of species’ natural history on osmoregulatory behaviors.  I am interested in continuing to look at different model systems to continue studying the effects of physiology on animal behavior.