PI. I study contemporary patterns of biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales, ranging from variation in species traits to gradients in the assembly and dynamics of ecological communities.

Catherine is co-founder of Collaboratory.

Curriculum vitae

PhD Student - Plant functional trait variation in tropical dry forests

Research Infographic

PhD Student - Climate change in the tropical dry forest - wet forest ecotone

NSF REPS Researcher: Tropical plant and butterfly responses to changing climates

PhD Student, Cornell Entomology

Senior Lab and Field Technician

ALTA Story Map

ALTA Project Manager

Research Specialist, Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER

Puerto Rico Field Manager

MSc. The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on species distribution models.

PhD Student, University of Massachusetts

MSc. Plant-pollinator networks in a serpentine savannah.

Data analytics. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico.

MSc. Plant functional diversity across climatic and edaphic gradients in Puerto Rico.

PhD Student, University of Florida Gainesville

MSc. Effects of forest cover on the recovery of diurnal butterflies after Hurricane Maria.

MSc. Phenology of tropical dry forests of the Caribbean.

Instructor, UASD

Ecological Society of America SEEDS Inaugural Chapter President at VCU

In the Bug Lab

Phenotypic variation of the Puerto Rican monarch

Species distribution models of Puerto Rican butterflies and effects of future climate change

Digitization of Lepidoptera collections of Puerto Rico

Origin and diversity of plant species in supermarkets of Puerto Rico