My scientific interests are in atmospheric trace gas and aerosol detection techniques. Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, spending time with friends and family, reading, running, skiing, hiking, and doing crafts.

I always loved math games and puzzles as a kid, but it wasn’t until high school that I really discovered science as a passion. In college I did research in synthetic organic chemistry and was immediately hooked. It seemed too good to be true that I could get paid to do something I enjoyed so much! I got my PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Chicago, studying the gas-phase dynamics of reactive intermediates of bimolecular reactions that are common in the troposphere. From there, I did my postdoctoral work at MIT, where I used high resolution spectroscopic techniques (mostly rotational spectroscopy) to investigate small atmospherically-relevant molecules. Both of these experiences gave me a good background in fundamental chemical dynamics, but I knew I wanted to pursue atmospheric science more directly. So I started postdoctoral work here at NOAA last summer, working with cavity ringdown instruments that measure trace atmospheric gases such as NOx and ozone.