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Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth & Space Science

Education

PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 2016
MS, Environmental Studies, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 2012
BSPH, with Honors, Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2009

Professional Experience

2025 – Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØÌý
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, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØÌý
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 Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Fellow, 2026Ìý
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

Multi- and hyperspectral optical remote sensing of Earth’s surface using uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and satellite-based sensors; autonomous system development for environmental monitoring; cryospheric and aquatic biogeochemistry; light-absorbing aerosols; and glacial and snow hydrology.