I am a physiologist and maternal health researcher studying energy balance, physical activity, body composition, and health outcomes during pregnancy and postpartum. I am an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University. My lab focuses on the physiology of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum lactation, with emphasis on the determinants of variation in female reproductive outcomes, as well  as female health and longevity across the life course.

I use methods in molecular and exercise physiology for my research: the doubly labeled water method (deuterium and oxygen-18 stable isotope dilution and elimination), indirect calorimetry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, accelerometry, and consumer wearable devices.