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Berkeley, California, United States

My research helps to understand how watersheds, rivers, and aquifers function to process water and nutrients across scales.

Berkeley, Ca

My research helps to understand how watersheds, rivers, and aquifers function to process water and nutrients across scales.

Berkeley, Ca

I am a graduate research assistant working toward a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering. My current research incorporates the use of field monitoring and modeling efforts to better understand the controls on groundwater pumping in an agricultural district of Sonoma County

Leipzig, Germany

I am currently developing research goals with the Sonoma County Water Agency to assess the factors involved in sustainable/unsustainable pumping from a riverbank filtration system. Factors include sedimentation, clogging, and the development of an unsaturated zone which prevents additional pumping and interferes with the supply of water to farmers. In this agricultural district, their most pragmatic research needs include access to knowledge about how and why the unsaturated zone develops and what pumping schedule perpetuates or mitigates the riverbed clogging process. In pursuit of these goals, I am working with researchers from UFZ who are leaders in the fields of river-aquifer connection, hyporheic zone dynamics, and riverbed permeability.

Mountain View, Ca

As the center lead, I was responsible for managing and coordinating the NASA Applied Sciences Ames DEVELOP program, working on cutting edge research related to groundwater, hydrology, and climate, proposing innovative project ideas to NASA HQ, conducting outreach with local, regional, and state agencies, presenting high profile research at national conferences, and mentoring research teams in fields of remote sensing, GIS, and environmental science. Additional management responsibilities include:-Co-author on the DEVELOP mission, vision, and strategic planning committee that defined the policies, procedures, and future direction of the DEVELOP program at the national level-Consultation with stakeholders, and clients to design and implement research goals. Stakeholders include the CA Department of Water Resources, US Forest Service, and the US Environmental Protection Agency-Manage and oversee daily operations, research methods, deliverable progress, and field work for 20+ students-Oversaw the formation, development and implementation of more than 10 different project teams with over 40+ students-Mentor aspiring young scientists in their pursuit of science and engineering

Mountain View, Ca

Team leader on 3 projects and team member on 5 projects incorporating GIS, Remote Sensing, statistical analysis, and programming. -Conducted field research in California and Washington for ecological modeling -Analyzed environmental trends using statistical techniques, remote sensing, and ArcGIS -Collaborated with agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for developing predictive models. Presented all work at conferences -Developed and implemented outreach events for encouraging students in the sciences, interviewed students for the upcoming summer terms, wrote proposals for project funding

Concord, Ca

Tutored high school students in AP Environmental Science, Chemistry, Math, and Physics

Mountain View, Ca

Our team studied the electrical conductivity of igneous rocks.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Civil And Environmental Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Women in Engineering Hydrogeology and Contaminant Transport

Ms, Geoscience

For my MS thesis research I am studying and modeling recharge for the Westside Basin aquifer in San Francisco California.

Bachelor Of Arts Degree Obtained, Sociology And French