I am a systems biologist interested in: (i) how organisms sort, collect, and encode (biochemically and genetically) information about the environment, (ii) how environmental information drives programs of development, growth, and reproduction, and (iii) how links between environmental information processing and physiology have and will change over ecological and evolutionary timescales. I see vast opportunities to: (a) apply model system approaches to ecologically relevant marine systems with complex life cycles, (b) simulate environmentally relevant conditions in long-term laboratory studies, (c) integrate laboratory studies with studies of natural populations and environmental metadata. It is of utmost importance to me to apply my training in mathematical and computational sciences, biochemistry, developmental biology, and extreme field biology to make substantive, actionable forecasts of how life will respond to global climate change. I am grateful for the opportunity to return to Chicago (U of Chicago PhD 2016) as a Visiting Scholar at NITMB. I hope that my experiences here will help me forge a strong and innovative independent research program. I joined Northeastern University’s Department of Biology in January 2024 with the specific task of building out mathematical and computational training for biology undergraduates. So, I am also excited to learn more about NITMB’s training programs and implement your pedagogical recommendations.