I am a plant ecologist studying interactions among humans, plants, and the environment from local to global scales in order to understand eco-evolutionary patterns relevant for biodiversity conservation, environmental sustainability, and human well-being. I focus on the diversity and distributions of cultivated plants, including all species sown/planted and cared for by humans. I use a variety of quantitative and computational approaches in my work, including hierarchical and spatial modeling, frequentist and Bayesian statistical analysis, and stochastic simulations. I maintain diverse interests in invasion biology, macroecology, species interactions, network ecology, community ecology, research synthesis methods, and biology education research. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Mark van Kleunen’s lab at the University of Konstanz.