Postdoctoral Researcher
Earth System Science, Stanford University
Climate & Ecosystems Science, LBNL
I am a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Kate Maher's lab, and an affiliate with Dr. Eoin Brodie. Much of my current work is based in the Upper East River Watershed near Crested Butte, Colorado. I focus on utilizing remote sensing paired with intensive field campaigns in order to better understand landscape ecosystem ecology and biogeochemical processes. I believe that by improving our understanding of the interactions between the aboveground and belowground components of these systems we can better understand their functioning. In addition, by developing the ability to link soil and subsurface biogeochemical processes with remotely detectable components of the Earth system, we can develop a window into the subsurface. I was previously funded for this work through an NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship, and am now funded by our NSF Signals in the Soils grant.
I conducted my graduate work in the Earth System Science Department at Stanford University, under the advisement of Dr. Greg Asner, now at the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science at Arizona State University. During this work I was supported by a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
I am always eager to talk with people interested in integrating remote sensing technologies with strategic field campaigns to better understand biogeochemical cycling, nutrient dynamics, and ecosystem ecology in a landscape context. If you are interested in my work or have any questions, please get in touch!