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Education
Ph.D., 2016, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Major Advisor: M. Todd Walter
Thesis: Nutrient cycling hotspots in suburban watersheds: stormwater detention basins, grassed road ditches and lawns
M.S., 2013, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Major Advisor: M. Todd Walter
Thesis: Hydrologic and biogeochemical drivers of denitrification in a stream riparian area
B.S., 2007, cum laude with distinction in research, Science of Earth Systems, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2006 Cornell University Field Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hawai'i
Thesis: Snow distribution patterns at land cover boundaries in Tompkins County, NY
Research Positions Held
2018- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2012-2014 NSF IGERT Fellow in Cross-Scale Biogeochemistry and Climate
2011-2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
2010- 201 Graduate Student Researcher, Soil and Water Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2007-2010 Research Associate, Water Resources Division, US Geological Survey, Reston VA
2005-2007 Undergraduate Researcher, Soil and Water Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2004-2007 Undergraduate Researcher, Soil Microbiology Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2006 Summer Researcher, NSF REU Program at Flathead Lake Biological Field Station, Polson MT
2004 Summer Researcher, Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz NY
Ph.D., 2016, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Major Advisor: M. Todd Walter
Thesis: Nutrient cycling hotspots in suburban watersheds: stormwater detention basins, grassed road ditches and lawns
M.S., 2013, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Major Advisor: M. Todd Walter
Thesis: Hydrologic and biogeochemical drivers of denitrification in a stream riparian area
B.S., 2007, cum laude with distinction in research, Science of Earth Systems, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2006 Cornell University Field Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hawai'i
Thesis: Snow distribution patterns at land cover boundaries in Tompkins County, NY
Research Positions Held
2018- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2012-2014 NSF IGERT Fellow in Cross-Scale Biogeochemistry and Climate
2011-2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
2010- 201 Graduate Student Researcher, Soil and Water Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2007-2010 Research Associate, Water Resources Division, US Geological Survey, Reston VA
2005-2007 Undergraduate Researcher, Soil and Water Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2004-2007 Undergraduate Researcher, Soil Microbiology Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2006 Summer Researcher, NSF REU Program at Flathead Lake Biological Field Station, Polson MT
2004 Summer Researcher, Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz NY