About
Hello and welcome! I am a partner, dog mom, daughter, sister, niece, cousin, and friend. I enjoy trail running, mountain biking, birding, spending time on the river, swimming, and skiing in various forms. Spending time zoomin' with my dog and visiting with loved ones over food, coffee, or cocktails are also favorite past times.
Professionally, I serve as the research program manager for the USDA California Climate Hub and am a postdoctoral fellow with the Hub and the Institute of the Environment at the University of California Davis. My research interests are in applied climatology, specifically focusing on issues surrounding perennial agriculture in a changing climate. More broadly, my interests are at the nexus of climate change and geography, and I have published research on biogeography, species distribution modeling, and changing geographic patterns of climatic indices and climate extremes. Beyond research, I have published a number of translational works (e.g. fact sheets, interactive story maps, and blog posts) for broad audiences and am currently developing climate change adaptation resources products for technical assistance providers working with California specialty crop producers.
Prior to joining the Hub and UC Davis, I was most recently a postdoc in the Climatology Lab, housed in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho. I have also previously held positions as an Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah; and as a GIS and Natural Resources Specialist at Sperry Ridge in Eugene, Oregon. I hold a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho; an MS from the Department of Geoscience at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon; and an AB from the Department of Earth and Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Professionally, I serve as the research program manager for the USDA California Climate Hub and am a postdoctoral fellow with the Hub and the Institute of the Environment at the University of California Davis. My research interests are in applied climatology, specifically focusing on issues surrounding perennial agriculture in a changing climate. More broadly, my interests are at the nexus of climate change and geography, and I have published research on biogeography, species distribution modeling, and changing geographic patterns of climatic indices and climate extremes. Beyond research, I have published a number of translational works (e.g. fact sheets, interactive story maps, and blog posts) for broad audiences and am currently developing climate change adaptation resources products for technical assistance providers working with California specialty crop producers.
Prior to joining the Hub and UC Davis, I was most recently a postdoc in the Climatology Lab, housed in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho. I have also previously held positions as an Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah; and as a GIS and Natural Resources Specialist at Sperry Ridge in Eugene, Oregon. I hold a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho; an MS from the Department of Geoscience at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon; and an AB from the Department of Earth and Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
