I am a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. My research is in marine geochemistry and I am interested in understanding how ocean chemistry changes on modern to geologic timescales, and how these changes are linked to global climate processes. I utilize isotope and inorganic geochemical methods on materials collected through scientific drilling and coring campaigns such as marine pore fluids, sediments, and lithogenic and biogenic silicate/carbonate minerals. This diverse geochemical toolbox allows me to pursue a range of research projects involving everything from paleoceanographic reconstructions of the climate system, to assessing the role of geologic carbon reservoirs (e.g., submarine volcanoes and methane hydrate) in modern and past carbon systems, to studying the origin, migration, and alteration of fluids in active and passive continental margins. I am particularly interested in understanding how these feedbacks can inform ongoing carbon dioxide removal efforts that rely on enhanced chemical weathering strategies.
My postdoctoral research funded by NSF-OCE utilizes new pore water samples collected during IODP Expedition 396 to the Norwegian Margin to assess linkages between silicate diagenesis and global environmental change over the last 65 million years.
Background:
I earned my Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from Rutgers University in 2023, where i was a NRC-NETL Doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Yair Rosenthal. I graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Policy and established a strong background in environmental policy, science communication, and legislative affairs working at Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice, respectively. I spent a year at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon before returning to the sciences. In this later pursuit, I undertook research and coursework at Rutgers University and was awarded an NSF summer fellowship working with the Hönisch Boron Group at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in 2016. I am from New Jersey and enjoy surfing, skiing, photography, and cooking.
My postdoctoral research funded by NSF-OCE utilizes new pore water samples collected during IODP Expedition 396 to the Norwegian Margin to assess linkages between silicate diagenesis and global environmental change over the last 65 million years.
Background:
I earned my Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from Rutgers University in 2023, where i was a NRC-NETL Doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Yair Rosenthal. I graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Policy and established a strong background in environmental policy, science communication, and legislative affairs working at Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice, respectively. I spent a year at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon before returning to the sciences. In this later pursuit, I undertook research and coursework at Rutgers University and was awarded an NSF summer fellowship working with the Hönisch Boron Group at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in 2016. I am from New Jersey and enjoy surfing, skiing, photography, and cooking.