Research
I am a scientist with applied interests and a desire to teach, currently working as a postdoctoral scholar at the Environmental Systems Dynamics Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. I got my Ph.D from the same university, where I worked closely with Dr Mark Stacey and Dr Jessie Lacy (USGS) on hydrodynamics and sediment transport in shallow bays and marshlands.
My scholarship focuses on the following:
- environmental fluid mechanics and physical processes of wetlands, estuaries, bays, and coastal oceans
- how hydrodynamics are co-produced with geomorphic or ecological change
- the transport and fate of sediment, carbon, plastic, and more…
These questions frequently intersect with infrastructure systems and human impacts, leading me to both engineering or humanistic work. I am excited to think interdisciplinarily whenever possible!
I work primarily as a field scientist, trying to make effective use of environmental sensors and observations. To extend the application of these findings, I connect in-situ observations to larger spatiotemporal scales using remote sensing techniques and numerical models.
Outside of technical questions, I am energized by cultural theory and historical ecology around bodies of water and infrastructure. Outreach to younger folks is important to me, and I channel my energy mostly through City Surf Project in San Francisco.
(email me if you want anything!)
(photo by Nate Zack)