About me 

I am a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. I work within Dr. Rafael Schmitt's Lab for River System Science and Sustainability (RS3), focusing on the cascading impacts of wildfire-derived sediment inputs and morphologic response in fluvial systems. My research is supported by the UC Regents and the Lahkan-Pal Fellowships.

As a hydrologist passionate about rivers and sediment transport, I aim to understand their importance in our environment. My broad interests revolve around the relationship between humans and hydrologic systems and developing best practices to protect this dependency for future generations. After earning a BS from UCSB's Environmental Studies program, I entered the private sector of engineering consulting and gained experience through various projects around California and Nevada. 

While designing and building fluvial restoration projects in the Sierra Nevada, I decided to improve my understanding of how wildfires threaten the hydrologic systems of the Western US.  I stepped away from the H&H consulting world to pursue research on post-fire disturbances on geomorphology and downstream water security. During my time at the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, my thesis examined the compounding impact of wildfires and debris flows on channel morphology of mountainous landscapes.  

Concurrently to my MS research, I earned an MBA from Utah State's Huntsman School of Business, where I complemented my scientific training with expertise in organizational strategy, decision analysis, and sustainable resource management.