I am an aquatic biogeochemist with interests in carbon and nutrient cycling in northern boreal and Arctic ecosystems. I am an incoming assistant professor in Arctic Science in the Geography Department at the University of British Columbia. Most recently I was a National Science Foundation Biology Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New Hampshire with the Trace Gas Biogeochemistry Lab Group. My research focuses on field-based measurements of greenhouse gas exchange, including methane and carbon dioxide, from northern ecosystems and on improving pan-Arctic estimates of these emissions through statistical models and land cover maps. I look to understand how climate change, including warming temperatures and permafrost thaw, will impact greenhouse gas emissions from northern ecosystems. My most recent work as a post-doctoral fellow, zooms in on these ecosystems and explore the dynamic microbial communities of wetland soils and lake sediments that are ultimately responsible for the net emissions we observe at the surface. I am also interested in mentoring the next generation of biogeochemists through field and lab training for undergraduates and graduate students.
In my free time I love to explore the great outdoors (mostly via water ways!) and coach youth basketball. I gratefully acknowledge that my research has taken place on the lands of the Metis, Dene Tha, Decho Dene, Woodland Cree, Denedeh, Cree, G'wichn, Inuit, Nunavik, Sami, and Yakutz peoples. I currently reside on and work on the lands of the of the Massachusett, Pantucket, Pennacook, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc People.
Photos from the field!
Setting up the portable gas analyzer to measure methane fluxes from lakes and wetlands in western Canada
Checking out the small thermokarst ponds of eastern Nunavut