I am a multi-disciplinary agricultural research scientist from the southeastern U.S.
I grew up in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia and obtained a B.S. in Environmental Economics & Management at the University of Georgia. After college, I worked as an archivist for two years, designing a cataloging system to send over 50 years' worth of Mayan anthropological research (led by Drs. Berlin) to the National Anthropological Archives at Smithsonian Institution. This incredible research world inspired me to pursue graduate school in my field, environmental science. I accepted a PhD Fellowship at the University of Florida in the Landscape Hydrology Laboratory, where I studied questions regarding climate and land use change impacts on the global hydrologic cycle. I then worked as a Postdoctoral Associate with Dr. Robert Fletcher in the Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation for a USDA-NIFA project, evaluating the impacts on multiple ecosystem services under biofuel production management scenarios in the southeastern United States. My contribution to this project primarily consisted of landscape hydrological modeling as well as geospatial database construction using data from multiple disciplines, which informs my current USDA-ARS endeavors. I was hired onto ARS in Tifton, GA as the unit's lead socio-agroecosystems modeler and supervisor of our unit's database management and storage. I ultimately aim to steward what's been invested in me to help achieve harmony between societal and environmental health.
On a personal note, my husband also works in (urban-)hydrology, so you can imagine our dinner table conversations!
On a personal note, my husband also works in (urban-)hydrology, so you can imagine our dinner table conversations!