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San Antonio, TX, US

San Antonio, Texas, US

Boston, MA, US

• Combined academic literature, agronomic expertise, and other sources to design, validate, and sell low greenhouse gas emitting corn, soy, and winter wheat sourcing programs to clients (e.g., consumer packaged goods.
• Fused a variety of different data sources (e.g., remote sensing, weather, etc.) into clean datasets used for analysis and model training.
• Led the development of innovative methods and models to simulate the potential greenhouse gas reduction potential of Indigo’s sustainable sourcing programs
• Implemented machine learning and other statistical techniques to estimate life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from corn, soy, and winter wheat fields at field and regional scales

Boston, MA, US

• Led the transformation of a disordered soil data collection endeavor into a well-functioning, quality-controlled system that has contributed to the generation of >160,000 verified carbon credits to date.
• Worked with data analysts to develop dashboards and published regular internal stakeholder updates that provided visibility into the health of a multi-state soil sampling operation.
• Wrote SQL queries and built consolidated views in Snowflake to enable easy internal access to clean data that was reliable for downstream use (e.g., modeling, business forecasts, etc.)
• Developed, executed, and analyzed experiments to improve soil sampling/analysis protocols
• Managed relationships and contracts with external commercial laboratories on behalf of several internal scientific groups

Manhattan, KS, US

• Produced and co-hosted the “Something to Chew On” podcast (available on all major platforms: iTunes, Apple Podcasts, etc.) where Dr. Scott Tanona, Dr. Maureen Olewnik, and I interviewed K-State faculty members and.
• Other responsibilities included workshop development/logistics and facilitation of cross-disciplinary networking amongst university researchers

Manhattan, KS, US

• Researched phosphorus fertilizer reaction chemistry in P fixing soils to uncover mechanisms that can be leveraged to produce practices and/or products that improve crop P use efficiency
• Investigated unconventional methods to alter phosphorus chemistry for improved plant uptake on calcium-rich and tropical soils
• Applied soil wet chemical and synchrotron-based analysis techniques to determine nutrient fate and transport as it relates to agricultural applications
• Managed soil chemistry laboratory operations including coordination of activities with partnering researchers, analytical instrument maintenance, and materials acquisition
• Successfully co-authored small grants to obtain funding from industry/Fluid Fertilizer Foundation and proposals for allocated synchrotron beamtime at national laboratories

Manhattan, KS, US

Responsible for the instruction of lab sections, lecture review sessions, activity development, and assessments for an entry level soils course. Topics addressed included soil physical, biological, and chemical properties along with appropriate management considerations.

Operated farm machinery in order to complete a variety of tasks including dairy cattle feed production and manure management. Milked cows using NuPulse machines in a pipeline, tie-stall system. Completed other responsibilities essential to farm operation, such as stacking hay, feeding livestock, and repairing equipment, as well as providing basic medicinal.

Ithaca, NY, US

In this position, I worked one-on-one with Dr. Harold van Es to facilitate lab setup, demonstrations, lectures, and administrative tasks in a second tier soil management course. Material ranged from physical, biological and chemical soil properties to management techniques and progressive agricultural systems.

• Measured physical indicators of soil health to assist growers in managing their crop production systems more efficiently and assess progress towards soil health goals

Greater Letaba, Limpopo, ZA

This internship allowed me to experience farm activities in the areas of tomato, avocado, livestock, and onion production through observation and hands on participation. Over the three week internship, I was tasked with developing a suite of recommendations aimed to integrate current tomato and livestock systems in order to align more closely with ZZ2’s.

Ithaca, NY, US

As an undergraduate teaching assistant I worked with a small team that was responsible for laboratory setup, instruction, and quiz administration in an entry level field crop systems course. Instructional emphasis was placed on plant identification, crop physiology, production system management, and elementary research tools/methods.

Bachelor’S Degree, Agricultural Sciences

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agronomy - Soil & Environmental Chemistry