My current research broadly involves measuring the extent of human demand for ecosystem goods and services and modeling how natural systems respond to human pressures. With Global Footprint Network, I apply Ecological Footprint accounting principles to measure national and global demand for biologically productive area. As a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, I am working with Prof. Adina Merenlender to design protected area networks for biodiversity conservation in northern California.

My previous research projects have involved monetization of non-market environmental and health externalities, evaluation of off-site impacts and best management practices in intensive agricultural systems of Central America, and rocky intertidal phycology and biomechanics.

Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. University of California, Berkeley, In Progress

M.S. Earth Systems. Stanford University, 2005

B.S. Earth Systems. Stanford University, 2004