ABOUT ME
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My overarching research interest is the connections and interactions between humans and water. I address fundamental questions about the impacts of urbanization, hydrologic alteration, and nutrient subsidies on the movement of water as well as the transport and transformation of various chemical parameters. My research seeks to go beyond identifying problems to also assess the effectiveness of various restoration and water quality policy solutions.
I am currently a postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences. I am working on projects inolving long term trends in water quality of urban lakes as part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Long Term Ecological Research Program Previous research experiences include a year as an ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow hosted at the EPA Office of Research and Development in Cincinnati, OH where I worked on modeling the impacts of agricultural wetland restoration on downstream nitrate loads, and my PhD in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh. My dissertation focused on Nine Mile Run, an urban stream in Pittsburgh, PA with buried headwaters, nd combined sewer overflows to investigate the ways in which altered hydrology affects biogeochemical cycling at storm flow and baseflow conditions. I am also passionate about public engagement and outreach and am currently a Voices for Science fellow with the American Geophysical Union. Past collaborations include the Maine Lakes Society, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, and Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach. When I'm not in the lab or the field, I can be found cycling, running, backpacking, dancing, or reading outside in a hammock. A pdf of my CV can be found here, and Google Scholar profile can be found here |
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