 She also led an investigation with fellow Bowling Green State University professor Daniel Pavuk to examine the effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity and Trophic Linkages in Experimental Fractal Landscapes.In 2000, she left Bowling Green State University to become an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University.She also joined the Konza Prairie LTER, a program designed to address long-term research questions relevant to tallgrass prairie ecosystems, and the science of ecology in general.