Science

My love for research started with astronomy documentaries. I'm forever grateful for my many mentors and inspirations in science that push me to be better with every project. Listed below are some projects I have worked on, including a list of things I'm very interested in learning more about.

Modeling Coastal Erosion

I am a geospatial analyst with the Climate Resilience Collaborative at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I study coastal erosion and work to accurately model Hawaii's future shorelines under sea-level rise from human-induced climate change. Our team also models high-wave flooding, groundwater inundation, compound flooding, and are generally interested in climate hazards in Hawai'i.

Moskvichev, R.U., Mikkelsen, A.B., Anderson, T.R. et al. Wave driven cross shore and alongshore transport reveal more extreme projections of shoreline change in island environments. Sci Rep 15, 10794 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95074-y

ICE OCEANS Lab

At the University of Oregon, I was advised by Professor David Sutherland and Dr. Kristin Schild. My project focused on Iceberg GPS tracking in Greenland fjords to infer oceanographic currents.

NASA SARP 2018

Along with gaining field work for various topics in Earth Science monitoring, my project focused on using hyperspectral imagery to detect impervious surfaces in Santa Barbara, California. I was mentored by Professor Dar Roberts and Dr. Alana Ayasse.

HI STAR 2014

As my first real research experience, Dr. J.D. Armstrong and Dr. B.J Fulton mentored me in creating light curves for exoplanet detection using imagery from the CoRoT telescope. We are pictured here working on Astro-J.

Other Interests:

I am always searching for new projects and collaborations in the fields of:

Ornithology and Conservation Biology
Glaciology / Climate Field Work
Planetary Science & Planetary Analogs to Icy Moons
Community Science that helps marginalized communities

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