Conducted honors thesis on the automated detection of waterborne plastic waste in satellite imagery via convolutional neural network under the advising of Dr. Daniel Miller-Runfola. Utilized Google Earth Engine (GEE), Python, Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP), Python, Tensorflow.

Conducted research into the potential applications and automation of a novel remote sensing index, the Floating Debris Index, an index which isolates and amplifies the spectral signature of waterborne plastic waste. Sponsored by the Global Research Institute and the William and Mary Institute for Integrative Conservation.

Managing Director | geoBoundaries TeamExpanded, maintained, and curated the world's largest open-source repository of administrative boundary data available at www.geoboundaries.org . Managed a team of 24 dedicated undergraduate researchers seeking to offer a fully documented, accurate, and constantly updated source for the GIS community's boundary needs. Collaborated with numerous external partners, including the United Nations, the Earth Institute, the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation, and many more.Member Jan 2019-May 2022

Tasked to geovisualize COVID transmission risk in Zambia at a provincial and district level based on a set of 11 risk factors and 3 novel indices formulated by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), a center within the Earth Institute (EI), delivering to the Zambian Ministry of Health. Automated workflow via ModelBuilder and Map Series.Collaborated with partners at CIESIN, the World Health Organization, and within the Zambian Ministry of Health.

Worked under Robert Galvin, Dr. Mattheis Leu, and Dr. Randy Chambers, acknowledged et al. in recent publication (doi:10.1101/2021.04.06.438648)Assisted in a study sponsored by the Virginia Institute for Marine Science and National Science Foundation to determine the behavioral effects of the living shoreline, a novel coastal land management strategy, on native wading birds and diamondback terrapins in Southeast Virginia.