I am broadly interested in understanding the factors linked to insect biodiversity within forested ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on insect responses to changing forest conditions due to invasive species, historic and ongoing land-use change, and altered disturbance regimes. Additionally, my work investigates the interactions between invasive insects, their host plants, and native insect communities. In the Sewall Lab, I am working to better understand what factors enable spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) invasion success and how this quickly spreading pest may impact native forest plants. In addition, I am working to improve the conservation success of a once widespread but now threatened pollinator, the Eastern Regal Fritillary (Argynnis i. idalia).