Experience

The Water Institute

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist II - Program Lead

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Research Scientist - Technical Lead

  • Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Lead applied research and data science projects for government clients including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, US Economic Development Agency, and the State of Texas• Delivered over $2M in direct Institute contracts and $7M in partner projects• Manage relationships with clients, partners, and stakeholders to build trust, communicate status and outcomes, and grow future opportunities• Work with engineering teams to design novel solutions to client needs, including cloud-based data transmission, storage, and transformation of real-time geospatial data to build predictive models using machine learning• Manage the concurrent execution and delivery of multiple projects including scoping, budget, cross-function team resourcing, and ultimate ownership of project outcomes• Plan, execute, and communicate results of technical projects as Institute senior SME for geospatial data science, cloud-based data analysis, geophysical remote sensing, time series analysis and statistical methods• Design systems dynamics models (stock-flow) incorporating uncertainty into environmental forecasting to create decision-making tools for stakeholders • Communicate results as invited speaker at external agencies, partners, universities, and national/international conferences, publication of pre-prints, technical reports and peer-reviewed journals• Interview and onboard new research staff and data engineers• Mentor staff in technical skills, project management, and client relations Show less



Texas General Land Office

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Coastal Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee Member

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Member of the General Land Office Coastal Master Plan technical advisory committee providing technical grading of potential coastal resilience projects Member of the General Land Office Coastal Master Plan technical advisory committee providing technical grading of potential coastal resilience projects



University of Colorado Boulder

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2023

  • Collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to develop open-source models, software, and techniques for analysis of geospatial data • Lead technical clinics at the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System focused on cloud-based analysis of large spatial datasets (e.g. rapid flood modeling using lidar data) • Collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to develop open-source models, software, and techniques for analysis of geospatial data • Lead technical clinics at the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System focused on cloud-based analysis of large spatial datasets (e.g. rapid flood modeling using lidar data)



Boise State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Lead analysis of global flood recurrence statistics and likely changes under future emissions pathways and climate scenarios• Collaborate on combining deep learning and PIV image processing tools to automate landscape evolution analysis using satellite remote sensing data• Mentor students in environmental data analytics and open-source data processing techniques

• Graduate Student Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2019

  • Design and deliver research projects focused on earth observation and drivers of coastal flood risk, management, and future change• Create methodology for historic data digitization and fusion with modern datasets• Develop novel signal processing techniques to increase data resolution of acoustic remote sensing platforms• Lead cloud-based synoptic flood modeling of coastal landscapes



Equinor

• Norway
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Exploration Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Sedimentologist with the Mexico Access Team. Sedimentologist with the Mexico Access Team.



ConocoPhillips

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geologist

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Lead statistical multivariate model creation for causal inference of daily production revenue drivers and high-grade future investments • Work closely with finance, engineering, and planning teams to identify optimal sequencing of new wells and overall growth • Conduct analysis of ongoing monitoring investments to identify value-drivers and rationalization opportunities leading to reducing annual costs by $10M • Develop data pipelines for ingestion of real-time data to business intelligence platforms including Spotfire and Tableau Show less



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  Studied continental margin sedimentary records using quantitative morphology and 2D seismic data to understand climate and tectonic interactions in the Gulf of Alaska. Studied continental margin sedimentary records using quantitative morphology and 2D seismic data to understand climate and tectonic interactions in the Gulf of Alaska.



U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geologist

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2012

  Intern with the National Research Program. Focused on conducting water chemistry field studies in Alaska and the Southeast US. Responsible for major cation/anion chemistry analysis and ICP-AES trace metal studies. Intern with the National Research Program. Focused on conducting water chemistry field studies in Alaska and the Southeast US. Responsible for major cation/anion chemistry analysis and ICP-AES trace metal studies.



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, Student Fellow

  • Aug 2008 - May 2012