Welcome!
I’m an applied statistician studying greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon cycle. I use remote sensing data across spatial scales, from point sensors on individual facilities to satellites with global coverage, to better understand complex emission dynamics.
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About Me
I’m a postdoc in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. I work with Scot Miller to better understand the carbon cycle using measurements of carbon dioxide from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite. A focus of my work will be on comparing satellite inversions to process-based vegetation models. I also co-organize the Methane Emissions Technology Alliance (META) webinar series with a group of researchers from Stanford, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and Harvard. We host biweekly talks on all things methane with a focus on detecting and mitigating methane emissions across sectors.
My PhD was advised by Dorit Hammerling at the Colorado School of Mines, where I worked on characterizing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. My PhD research included new inverse models for continuous point-sensors, spatial models for satellite data products, and frameworks for accurate emissions accounting across the oil and gas supply chain using multiscale measurements. During my PhD, I was also affiliated with the Payne Institute for Public Policy where I worked on the Responsible Gas Initiative. I was also affiliated with the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL), a multi-institution initiative developing transparent models and datasets for emissions accounting across oil and gas supply chains.
I have previously collaborated with atmospheric scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to develop interpretable models for explaining fire season intensity and with physicists studying ELVES.
I currently live in Baltimore, Maryland. I like to hike, bike, rock climb, sail, and Nordic ski. When I’m not outside, I like to read, play board games, and fix up old steel bikes.