About
As someone who grew up in southern California (and had never seen snowfall before college!) but now loves to study glacial landscapes, I like to think of myself as from SoCal to so cold!
Research
I study how landscapes evolve over time and respond to changes in climate, glaciation and human activity using a combination of remote sensing, field, lab, and computational approaches.
Teaching and Mentoring
Building an equitable, supportive scientific community is my passion. I apply this in my approach to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students.
Latest News: Feature on Science.org
My recent research article in Geology was featured on Science.org. This work compares thousand-year erosion rates triggered by deglacial climate change to the massive increase in erosion seen with the initiation of Euro-American agriculture in the upper Mississippi River Valley. We find that, in the battle between “Plow vs Ice Age”, the plow has triggered erosion rates approximately twelve times higher than variability driven by changes in climate during deglaciation.
Click here to read the Science feature and learn more about this exciting project.
