Research Focus Research in my lab combines empirical work with mathematical and statistical modelling to study patterns, dynamics, causes and consequences of biodiversity at scales ranging from local coexistence of species with similar resource requirements, to species interactions and coexistence at the seascape scale, to global-scale dynamics of origination and extinction that play out over tens of millions of years. In nearshore marine ecosystems like coral reefs, human activity ranging from coastal development and fishing to global climate change profoundly affects biodiversity, making human impacts one focus of our work. I moved to STRI in late 2019, after approximately 20 years focusing on the coral reefs of the Central Indo-Pacific. I am excited to launch a new phase of my research program, focused on the coral reefs of the Tropical East Pacific and the Caribbean, as well as other high-diversity ecosystems in and around the Isthmus of Panama