CV
Education
Stanford University — Ph.D. Earth System Science 2022 – Present Advisor: Kevin Arrigo · Expected Graduation: Summer 2027
University of Michigan — B.S. Biochemistry and Environment (PitE), Specialization in Microbial Ecology 2017 – 2021 High Honors and High Distinction
Research Experience
Graduate Student, Arrigo Lab — Stanford University Sept. 2022 – Present
- Polar Marine Biogeochemistry
- Methods: satellite remote sensing, research vessel-based sampling and incubations, particle interceptor traps, trace-metal clean sampling and incubations, image-based taxonomy (PlanktoScope), single-turnover active fluorometry (LabSTAF)
Laboratory Technician, Denef Lab — University of Michigan, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Jan. 2019 – Feb. 2022
- Algal-Bacterial Interactions, Harmful Algal Blooms
- Methods: algal culture, bacterial isolation and culture, culture experiments, natural products isolation and identification, solid phase extraction, high-performance liquid chromatography, molecular networking, DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing, phylogenetic analysis
Research Assistant, Jakob Lab — University of Michigan, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Dec. 2017 – Dec. 2018
- Amyloidogenic Protein Biochemistry
- Methods: human cell culture and experiments, biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) laboratory procedure, confocal laser scanning microscopy, scanning electron microscopy
Field Experience
Oceanographic Cruise, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer — Pacific Sector, Southern Ocean and Northwest Ross Sea (53 days) Dec. 2024 – Feb. 2025 Role: Graduate Student Researcher & Night Shift Biology Team Lead
- Trace-metal clean sampling, trace-metal clean incubations, CTD surveys, water sampling (macronutrients, chlorophyll a, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen, environmental DNA), cell imaging (PlanktoScope), photophysiology (LabSTAF)
Oceanographic Cruise, R/V Sikuliaq — Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean (45 days) Jun. – Jul. 2023 Role: Graduate Student Researcher
- Instrument design, deployment, and recovery; CTD surveys; multi-corer deployment and sample processing; water sampling (macronutrients, chlorophyll a, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen, environmental DNA); cell imaging (PlanktoScope)
Limnology Fieldwork — Lake Michigan (multiple single-day trips) Jun. – Jul. 2019, 2020 Role: Laboratory Technician
- Water sampling, environmental DNA sampling, sediment core processing
Teaching Experience
See the full Teaching page for courses, pedagogical development, and mentoring experience.
Service
- Reviewer for Environmental Research Communications (2025)
- Stanford Doerr School Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) — Co-Chair (2025–2026), Department Representative (2022–2025)
- Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Research Review — Lead Organizer (2025), Organizing Committee (2024, 2026)
- ESSCapades Student Seminar Series — Organizer (2024–2026)
Honors & Awards
- Earth System Science Excellence in Community Award (2025)
- Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society (2021)
- Royal Society of Chemistry Award (2021)
- University of Michigan James B. Angell Scholar (2020–2021)
- Bader Family Scholarship (2017–2021)
- Michigan Competitive Scholarship (2017–2021)
- Department of Chemistry First Year Alumni Achievement Award (2017)
- University of Michigan Regents Merit Scholarship (2017)
Skills
Satellite Data: Ocean color (PACE/OCI, MODIS-Aqua, SeaWiFS, Sentinel-3 OLCI, VIIRS), sea surface temperature (AVHRR, OISST, GHRSST MUR), sea ice concentration and imagery (SSM/I, AMSR-E/AMSR2, SAR), lidar backscatter (CALIPSO/CALIOP)
Satellite Data Processing: Reprojection and regridding, mosaicking, calibration/validation, satellite-in situ matchups, multi-sensor collocation, NASA Earthdata Search and Harmony subsetting, geospatial Python (xarray, rasterio, cartopy, dask), SeaDAS/SNAP
Field: CTD operations, productivity and biomass measurements, nutrient measurements, trace-metal clean water sampling and incubations, instrument deployment and recovery, sediment traps, sediment cores, high-latitude oceanography
Laboratory: Phytoplankton culture, bacterial culture, cell culture, microscopy and imaging, trace-metal clean protocols, BSL-2 protocols, DNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, solid phase extraction
Programming & Computing: Python, R, Fortran, Mothur (basic), Git/GitHub, LaTeX, HPC/parallel computing, ImageJ, EcoTaxa, reproducible research workflows
Full publication and presentation list on the Publications page.