Academic
I received a PhD from George Mason University in the Department of Environmental Science and Public Policy. My dissertation work involved climate model and ecological model simulations designed to help us better understand what we know and don't know about our planet during the Pliocene, the last geological interval significantly warmer than the present. We look to the Pliocene as an imperfect analog for future warming, and we investigate it using both climate models and so-called 'proxies' or indirect ways to reconstruct ancient environments.
I'm interested in bringing proxies and models into a more like-for-like space for comparison, to better understand where they agree and disagree, and see what that tells us about how we might expect to warm up in the future. I am doing this with novel climate model simulations using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), as well as creating ecological models of planktic foraminifera such as those used in the Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) project.
Previously I received an MSc from GMU with a concentration in Earth Surface Processes and Environmental Geochemistry. For my MSc thesis I looked at how North Atlantic spatial patterns of ocean warming in the Pliocene would differently impact marine ecosystems compared to projections from climate models.
I'm interested in bringing proxies and models into a more like-for-like space for comparison, to better understand where they agree and disagree, and see what that tells us about how we might expect to warm up in the future. I am doing this with novel climate model simulations using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), as well as creating ecological models of planktic foraminifera such as those used in the Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) project.
Previously I received an MSc from GMU with a concentration in Earth Surface Processes and Environmental Geochemistry. For my MSc thesis I looked at how North Atlantic spatial patterns of ocean warming in the Pliocene would differently impact marine ecosystems compared to projections from climate models.
Personal
I have a wonderful wife and two amazing kids, who keep me more happy than I probably deserve. I live in DC and grew up in a town in Virginia that was a mix of suburban and rural. When I can, I still enjoy getting outside for a hike. When I can't, I've been trying to overcome my fear of the command line, catch up on the last decade or two of board and video games, and generally survive with my sanity intact.