I am an Assistant Research Professor in the Global Earth Observations and Dynamics of Ecosystems GEODE lab in the SICCS Ecoinformatics program at Northern Arizona University (NAU). My research relies on the integration of field and remotely-sensed data to characterize cross-scale patterns in forest structure, biodiversity, carbon, and wildfires and to examine their ecoclimatic drivers and constraints. This research program is funded by NASA's GEDI Science Team, CAL FIRE, the Save the Redwoods League, and other agencies/institutions, and is part of international efforts to model multi-scale ecological processes by integrating global-extent, space-borne lidar (e.g. NASA EDGE) and hyperspectral (e.g. NASA SBG) remote-sensing with airborne data and field data from large ecological observation networks like the NSF’s NEON. Results ultimately seek to inform and support local- to global-scale wildfire and conservation policy, planning, and practice. Here is my curriculum vitae.
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Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017 PhD Ecology
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Harvard University
2007 MA Regional Studies East Asia
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Reed College
2004 BA Chinese Studies
Appointments
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Northern Arizona University
2022– Assistant Research Professor
School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems (SICCS)​
2019–22 Postdoctoral Researcher
GEODE lab (PI: Scott Goetz)
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Rice University
2017– Kinder Scholar
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
2017–19 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Rice Academy of Fellows & Department of Statistics
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NASA
2014–17 Fellow
Earth and Space Science Program
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2014 Instructor
Department of Geography
2011–14 Teaching Assistant
Departments of Geography and Ecology
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Yale University
2010–11 University Fellow
Forestry and Environmental Science
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Solarbuzz LLC
2007–10 Consultant, San Francisco, CA
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The Nature Conservancy
2007 Communications Assistant, Kunming, China
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Harvard University
2005–07 Research Assistant
Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge, MA.
2006 Secretary
Harvard Beijing Academy, Cambridge, MA and Beijing, China
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World Wildlife Fund
2005 Research Intern, Kunming, China
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