I’m a veterinarian by training, but for over a decade now, I’ve swapped clinics for coastlines, stethoscopes for drones, and four-legged patients for the largest (and most elusive) mammals on the planet. What hasn’t changed? My passion for animal health, and my daily need for strong coffee.

My work now follows that question across ocean systems. Through microbiome science and field research, I study how marine mammals respond to disease, environmental stress, and a rapidly changing ocean, from the gut microbiome of fur seals to the respiratory communities of whales, where invisible systems reveal patterns of resilience, disruption, and adaptation. 

But the story does not end with wildlife. Across coastal communities in Mexico, I’ve worked alongside small-scale fishers to understand how ocean change shapes health, food systems, and daily life. Because change in the ocean is never isolated, it moves, connects, and affects everything it touches. 

Today, my work brings together research, field science, and collaboration. I work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Mingan Island Cetacean Study, and contribute to interdisciplinary efforts that explore ocean change as a connected system, linking ecosystems, wildlife, and people.

When I’m not analyzing microbiome data or modelling whale distributions, I’m underwater. Diving has been part of my life since 2012, and it’s where I reconnect with the systems I study, where science becomes something you can see, feel, and experience.

In the end, my work is about connection. Between microbes and mammals. Between ecosystems and people. Between data and story. And somewhere in between, there’s always a cup of strong coffee.