My scientific interests revolve around air quality and how it is impacted by oil and gas development, as well as constraining fugitive emissions from oil and gas production/transportation to better estimate our green house gas emissions. I am also an avid rock climber, trail runner, and cook.

I had an amazing chemistry teacher in high school, and decided to continue with chemistry in college. I took time off during school to travel and make sure that I was studying something I truly enjoyed and believed in, which helped me focus on physical chemistry and geology, piquing my interest in paleoclimatology. I spent the next few years working on various aspects of climate research, from ancient mega-fauna extinction, to ice cores, to monitoring global CO2 levels. After interacting with a particularly inspiring group of scientists, I narrowed my focus to air quality and the more immediate health risks associated with it, especially in developing countries. I am continuing my education in this field and participating in research projects attempting to better quantify methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) leak rates from oil and natural gas production.