I am an applied scientist (mathematical statistician) at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NOAA, Seattle). I received my PhD from the the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science at the University of Washington in the Punt Lab. My research was supported by a NMFS-Sea Grant Population Dynamics Fellowship awarded in 2019.
Previously I worked as a data scientist in the assessment program at the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research at PIFSC (NOAA) in Honolulu and completed my MSc at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. I have also worked in the Florida Keys and studied at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Bocas Del Toro, Panama while completing my BSc in Environmental Science at UC Berkeley.
My current research interests include: how to rapidly develop and deploy AI tools to improve resource management; how complex ecological forcings conspire to bias data and statistical estimation models; and how geospatial tools can inform risk management and decision science tools for connected systems impacted by climate.