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Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth & Space Science

Education

PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 2016
MS, Environmental Studies, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 2012
BSPH, with Honors, Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2009

Professional Experience

2023 – 2025, Associate Professor, College of the Environment - Western Washington University
2019 – 2023, Assistant Professor, College of the Environment - Western Washington University
2016 – 2018, Postdoc, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CU Boulder
2016 – 2023, Adjunct Visiting Associate Professor, Arctic Technology, University Center in Svalbard
2013 – 2016, Adjunct Visiting Assistant Professor, Arctic Technology, University Center in Svalbard

Awards (Selected)

National Science Foundation - CAREER Grant Awardee 2022
US Fulbright Scholar to the Chilean Antarctic Program, 2019
Antarctic Service Medal, National Science Foundation, 2012
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010

Research Interests

Optical remote sensing of Earth’s surface with uncrewed aerial systems and satellite-based sensors, autonomous system development for environmental monitoring, aquatic biogeochemistry, aerosols, cryosphere, glacial and snow hydrology