PhD Student
Department of Environmental Science
Research interests: Biogeochemical cycling, trace gas monitoring, greenhouse gas fluxes
Biography
I was born and raised in Long Beach, CA before attending San Diego State University for an undergraduate degree in geological science. While in school, I obtained a research fellowship through NOAA-CESSRST (Center for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing Technologies) and the Global Change Research Group on campus to help monitor greenhouse gas fluxes on the North Slope of Alaska. Upon graduating in 2021, I worked in the lab as the Lead Technician and Graduate Research Assistant for those working in the Arctic. After working with the Global Change Research Group, I joined the Permafrost Pathways Project at Woodwell Climate Research Center and helped establish a circumpolar network of eddy covariance towers to better constrain greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost thaw across the Arctic.
Research
My research will focus on vertical fluxes of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide in the Elkhorn Slough. I will use data from our eddy covariance towers and chambers to help understand what meteorological factors are driving emissions and sequestration in the Slough. Additionally, I am interested in upscaling our tower data through remote sensing to expand spatial coverage of our data while helping to improve climate models.