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Education

  • 2020 - Present
    PhD Oceanography
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
    • GPA: 3.97
  • 2021
    MS Oceanography
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
    • GPA: 3.97
  • 2020
    BS Environment & Sustainability with Distinction in Research
    Cornell University
    • GPA: 4.06

Research experience

  • 2020 - Present
    Graduate Student Researcher
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    • Advisor: Dr. Katharine Ricke
    • Committee: Drs. Jennifer Burney, Simone Tilmes, Duncan Watson-Parris, Shang-Ping Xie
    • Modeling the far-reaching climate responses of regional geoengineering proposals
  • 2017 - 2020
    Undergraduate Student Researcher
    Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
    • Advisors: Dr. Douglas Hamilton and Dr. Natalie Mahowald
    • Improving Earth System Model representations of fire and dust aerosols for estimating climate
  • 2018
    Ecosystem Modeling Intern
    Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
    • Advisor: Dr. Katherine Mills
    • Investigating the ecological impacts for diadromous fish populations to rising temperature
  • 2017
    Undergraduate Student Researcher
    Department of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
    • Advisor: Dr. Ann Blythe
    • Analyzing apatite fission-tracks for low-temperature thermochronology applications

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2024
    • NDSEG 5th Annual Conference Honorable Mention for Presentation in Oceanography
  • 2023
    • Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship
    • Scripps Student Symposium Outstanding Presenter Award
  • 2022
    • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
  • 2020
    • Scripps Fellowship

Service

  • Peer review
    • Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Communications
  • Conference & workshop organization
    • Co-organizer for Solar Geoengineering Scenarios Development Workshop in India in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG) (December 2024, upcoming)
    • Early career convener for AGU Fall Meeting, GC100. Solar Radiation Modification for Climate Intervention (December 2023)
    • Co-organizer for Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Geoengineering Workshop (March 2023)
  • Committee memberships & outreach
    • Mentor and leadership for SIO Applicant Support and Knowledge-base program
    • Mentor and leadership for Climate Science Curricular Group Peer Mentor Program
    • Committee member for joint SIO/HDSI faculty hire
    • Student host for SIO Open House
    • Assistant coach for UC San Diego women’s club ultimate frisbee team

Other Qualifications

  • Computer skills: Python, R, Linux commands, MATLAB (limited proficiency), Community Earth System Model (CESM; versions 1 and 2), Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
  • Languages: English (native), Dutch (proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking), Spanish (proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking).