Welcome
Thank you for taking a moment to visit my web page. I am presently a second-year PhD student at Ohio State University, working in the Department of Geography and at the Byrd Polar Research Center under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Mark.
My academic interests are broadly centered on questions of environmental change in mountain regions, especially with regards to the linkages between global climate change, glacier recession and water resources. My dissertation research examines the potential water resources impact of glacier retreat on Volcán Chimborazo a 20,700-foot ice-capped mountain in Ecuador that has lost ~35% of its glacier area since 1986.
My other research interests, rooted in my active participation in Engineers Without Borders and my past role as a volunteer GIS consultant with the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) in Bangkok, include sustainable, small-scale water and sanitation development, the political ecology of rural watershed management, participatory methods of implementing appropriate technology in rural communities and the impacts of environmental change on water resources. I am also developing a keen interest in the study of paleo-glacial geomorphology, which is a fancy way of saying that I like thinking about where and when glaciers existed in the geologic past.
My academic interests are broadly centered on questions of environmental change in mountain regions, especially with regards to the linkages between global climate change, glacier recession and water resources. My dissertation research examines the potential water resources impact of glacier retreat on Volcán Chimborazo a 20,700-foot ice-capped mountain in Ecuador that has lost ~35% of its glacier area since 1986.
My other research interests, rooted in my active participation in Engineers Without Borders and my past role as a volunteer GIS consultant with the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) in Bangkok, include sustainable, small-scale water and sanitation development, the political ecology of rural watershed management, participatory methods of implementing appropriate technology in rural communities and the impacts of environmental change on water resources. I am also developing a keen interest in the study of paleo-glacial geomorphology, which is a fancy way of saying that I like thinking about where and when glaciers existed in the geologic past.
