Ph.D. (2016) Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dissertation: A network-based framework for hydro-geomorphic modeling and decision support with application to space-time sediment dynamics, identifying vulnerabilities, and hotspots of change
Adviser: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
M.S. (2009) Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Thesis: Hydrodynamics of the outlet of Lake Huron and the upper St. Clair River revealed by acoustic Doppler current profiling
Adviser: Marcelo H. GarcĂa
B.S. (2007) Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professional Engineer, Virginia, #0402057953
Board Certified Water Resources Engineer (BC.WRE), American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers
Assistant Department Head and Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
8/2025-present
Associate Professor of Ecological Engineering
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
8/2024-present
Affiliate Faculty
Invasive Species Collaborative, Virginia Tech
6/2024-present
Affiliate Faculty
The Global Change Center, Virginia Tech
11/2018-present
Assistant Professor of Watershed Engineering
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
8/2017-8/2024
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington
9/2016-8/2017
Post-Doctoral Associate
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
6/2016-8/2016
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
8/2012-5/2016
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center, Tacoma, Washington
6/2009-7/2012
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Illinois Water Science Center, Urbana, Illinois
5/2007-6/2009
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1/2006-4/2007
Water Resources Engineering Intern
Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd., Itasca, Illinois
5/2006-8/2006
Engineering Intern
Bono Consulting, Inc., Des Plaines, Illinois
5/2005-8/2005