Robert's research is broadly focused on how populations of small mammals have responded to past climate change. He earned his Ph.D. in Quantitative Systems and Biology at the University of California-Merced. Robert studied the historical demography and population dynamics in two rodents in western North America. He is currently a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and works jointly with the Edwards lab.  He will start his own lab at San Francisco State University in Janurary 2024!