Erin graduated from Harvey
Mudd College in 2003 with Distinction and a B.S. in Mathematical Biology.
She earned the W. A. Brandenburger Award (annual departmental award in
biology) while at Mudd and is now supported as a Valle Scholar while she
pursues her M.S.E. Her interests are in quantification of natural systems
and the dynamics of complex processes. She is currently working on the
Tualatin Climate Change Impacts project.
Undergraduate Research Projects
Coevolution in a
Geographic Selection Mosaic. (Advisor: Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz, Washington
State Univ.) Development and analysis of a stochastic simulation model of
generalized coevolutionary dynamics under a geographically-dependent
selection regime. Prediction of the conditions under which an
environmentally sensitive characteristic will stabilize.
Optimal Daily Activity
Patterns in Sceloporus Undulatus (senior thesis). (Advisor: Dr. Stephen
Adolph, Harvey Mudd College). Formulation and simulation of a dynamic state
variable model of S. undulatus activity pattern effects on fitness.
Prediction of optimal activity strategy under different environmental and
physiological conditions. Determination of the relative cost of suboptimal
strategy usage.
Consulting
A Physical Habitat Index
of Pacific Northwest Streams, Independent Contract with Clallam County Dept.
of Community Development
Creation of an index that
quantifies the health of local streams with respect to their ability to
provide habitat for salmonid communities
Documentation of
literature review and algorithm for calculating the index, including
explanation of equations for general audience
