I am a marine scientist and storyteller based in coastal North Carolina

I am a third year PhD candidate in the Nye lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. I study where fish and marine mammals are found and why. I work in data-limited systems to help understand and manage ocean wildlife. In addition to my job as a fisheries scientist, I enjoy viewing the ocean through another lens. I use photo and film to tell stories about the ocean and people.

Education

🎓PhD student at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022-present

🎓 B.S. at UC Berkeley, 2016-2020

Interests & Skills

Computer Skills: Lightroom, Microsoft Suite, QGIS, RStudio

Interests: Boat operation, Camping, Photography, Surfing, Swimming, Traveling, Yoga instruction

Professional memberships

Term Member of the Explorers Club

CV linked here

Research experience

  • PhD candidate in Nye laboratory at UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences, August 2022 – present

    • Leveraging advanced quantitative methods and an unconventional data source to understand fish and marine mammal abundance and distribution

  • Research technician in Nye laboratory at UNC IMS, Nov 2020 – May 2022

    • Laboratory experiments on fish temperature tolerance, risk analysis to coastal communities from marine heatwaves

  • Student in the Rausser College Honors Program in the Boettiger laboratory at UC Berkeley, Sep 2019 – May 2020      

    • Dynamic food-web modeling to explore the economic and ecological impact of harvesting mesopelagic fishes

  • Fishing

  • Animals

  • Sports

  • Views

  • Photojournalism

  • Fishing

  • Animals

  • Sports