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Education

• Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara, 2022-present
• M.S., Earth Systems, Stanford University, 2020
• B.S., Earth Systems with Honors, Stanford University, 2019

Professional Experience

• Assistant Marine Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy - Hawaii, 2020-2023
• Research Assistant, Remote Sensing Ecohydrology Group, Stanford University, 2018-2019
• Field Program Assistant, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, 2017-2018
• Student Advisor, Stanford Earth Systems Program, 2017-2018
• Research Intern, Hopkins Marine Station, 2017
• Planning Intern, US Bureau of Land Management, 2017
• Sustainable Agriculture Intern, Bumi Langit Institute (Indonesia), 2016
• Research Intern, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 2015

Teaching

• EEMB 140L - Plant Ecology Laboratory (TA, UC Santa Barbara)
• EARTHSYS 116 - Heritage and Sovereignty in Hawaii (TA, Stanford University)
• EARTHSYS 117 - Earth Sciences of the Hawaiian Islands (TA, Stanford University)
• EARTHSYS 118 - Ecology of the Hawaiian Islands (TA, Stanford University)

Mentorship

UC Santa Barbara

• Jared Umphress
• Minh Tri Ngo
• Fiona Jeweler
• Rayna Ruggeri
• Rebecca Sandoval
• Kimberly Wong
• Talula Wilmot
• Nell Thompson
• Marlys Kutach
• Gianna Choy
• Irina Roybal
• Alexander Fischer
• Schuyler Capita
• Mariana Mezic
• Kinga Bihari
• Beckett Staubs-Friedmann
• Alexandra Sasha Holland

Occidental College

• Casey Wisely

Lewis & Clark College

• Max Allen
• Elizabeth Young

Technical University of Munich

• Barbara Brunschweiger

Stanford University

• Marina Luccioni
• Kiara Bacasen

Awards, Fellowships, and Honors

• Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology (2026)
• EEMB GSAC Graduate Mentorship Award (UC Santa Barbara, 2025, 2026)
• Best Presentation - EEMB Graduate Student Symposium (UC Santa Barbara, 2026)
• Joseph H. Connell Field Ecology Research Fellowship (UC Santa Barbara, 2025)
• Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology Fellowship (NASA, 2023)
• Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring (Stanford University, 2019)
• Miller-Marsden Prize for Innovative Environmental Research (Stanford University, 2018)
• Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Academic Achievement (Stanford University, 2018)
• Departmental Honors (Stanford University, 2018)
• First Prize - First Annual Big Earth Hackathon (Stanford University, 2018)
• Volpert Scholarship (Stanford University, 2018)