About Me

Hi, I’m Ferne! 🌿

I am a PhD candidate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto in the Wagner Lab. I study how mate selection in plants acts to avoid inbreeding. I work with Heliconia tortuosa and its hummingbird pollinators, using a combination of field and camera data.

I am the co-founder of Heliconia Interactive where we build video games for undergraduate classes in ecology and evolutionary biology.

University Of Toronto
PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Edinburgh
Semester Abroad: Plant Biology

McGill University
Bachelor of Agr. and Env. Science, Plant Biology

Vaughan Secondary School
French Immersion Diploma