Education

• Ph.D., 2001, Stanford University, Biological Sciences
• M.F.S., 1994, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Wildlife Ecology
• B.S., 1991, Stanford University, Biological Sciences

Other research experience

• postdoctoral fellowship, 2000-2002, Florida State University, School of Computational Science and Information Technology
• Research Associate, 1994-1996, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University

Academic interests

• Evolutionary ecology
• Evolution of development
• Plant ecology and evolution
• Branching architecture of plants
• Evolution of butterfly wing pigmentation patterns
• Perception and phenotypic plasticity
• Modularity and phenotypic integration
• Evolutionary computation
• Complexity and emergence
• Cellular automata and L-systems
• Spatial processes in biology and society
• Geographic information systems
• Theoretical ecology applied to urban systems
• Rhetoric of science

Other intellectual interests

• "Wrong" but useful theories in science
• Oulipo and algorithmic pattern generation
• Spatial analysis and spatial metaphors
• Phylogenetic character concept
• Miniatures, models, and microcosms
• Several other things