Graduate Research Associate
Ecometeorology Laboratory
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The what and why of how natural systems function has always sparked my curiosity. I'm currently pursuing this curiosity as a PhD candidate working in Dr. Ankur Desai's Ecometeorology Lab, where I study land-atmosphere interactions with a focus on the terrestrial carbon cycle. My research ecosystem of interest are temperate forests, where I use eddy covariance flux towers, LiDAR, and ecosystem modeling to understand the impacts of climate, forest management, stand structure, and disturbance on carbon dynamics. Additionally, I work on reducing uncertainty in model predictions of terrestrial carbon dynamics using data assimilation, with a Bayesian approach integrating statistical emulation. I am currently involved with the PEcAn (Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer), MANDIFORE (Management and Disturbance in Forest Ecosystems), and CHEESEHEAD19 (Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors) research teams.
Outside of research, I co-founded the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences undergraduate mentorship program at UW-Madison and actively serve as both a mentor and program administrator. I also serve on the department's colloquium committee, as treasurer for my department's graduate student association, and have served as an organizing member of the 500 Women Scientists Madison pod.
Prior to starting grad school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison I worked as a research technician at the USDA in soil science with a focus on climate mitigation strategies and agricultural greenhouse gas budgets, as a research technician in plant pathology at Montana State University studying transmission and management of wheat streak mosaic virus, I taught in South Korea, and I worked as an undergraduate researcher at Oregon State University, where I focused on soil respiration contributions to ecosystem exchange of carbon in an old growth forest.
Outside of research, I co-founded the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences undergraduate mentorship program at UW-Madison and actively serve as both a mentor and program administrator. I also serve on the department's colloquium committee, as treasurer for my department's graduate student association, and have served as an organizing member of the 500 Women Scientists Madison pod.
Prior to starting grad school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison I worked as a research technician at the USDA in soil science with a focus on climate mitigation strategies and agricultural greenhouse gas budgets, as a research technician in plant pathology at Montana State University studying transmission and management of wheat streak mosaic virus, I taught in South Korea, and I worked as an undergraduate researcher at Oregon State University, where I focused on soil respiration contributions to ecosystem exchange of carbon in an old growth forest.