Experience

HARC | Houston Advanced Research Center

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate - Water Energy Climate Nexus

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  • Co-leading projects focused on energy, water, and climate-funded programs. • Plan, direct, and perform research/analysis and develop informed positions on the technical and economic feasibility of climate change mitigation and adaptation scenarios. • Develop and provide research pertaining to climate risk, resilience and adaptation in energy and water systems, taking into account environmental stressors and community well-being. • Work with and engage key decision makers and stakeholders to support development of climate adaptation and mitigation planning efforts. • Identify and track current issues related to climate mitigation and adaptation planning and formulate concepts for new or expanded areas of research. • Support other research staff to identify potential funding sources. • Co-develop with other researchers, white papers and proposals for submission to funding sources. • Develop and contribute to peer-review journal articles, presentations, and technical reports. • Manage project teams, budgets, and timely completion of project deliverables. • Collaborate on multidisciplinary projects. Show less



National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

  Supervised a team of researchers who performed quantitative research for peer- reviewed manuscripts. Collaborated with the team in writing and submitting a research grant proposal for the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology. • Completed two peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication. • Gained exposure to transportation planning and its impact on flooding and climate resilience.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - May 2022

  Contributed to research teams studying climate change adaptation and resilience. Developed geospatial flood models and socio-vulnerability indexes. Generated questions for and analyzed qualitative data from focus groups. Communicated complex findings and concepts on green infrastructure, flood disaster mitigation, and equitable distribution in a way that could be understood by specialist and general audiences.• Developed subject matter expert knowledge on barriers to implementing green infrastructure as well as green infrastructure applications for transportation networks and costal/non-coastal communities at the watershed scale. Conducted flood risk and hazard assessment. • Co-developed the NDPTC Green Infrastructure/Nature-Based Training Course, working as a SME on barriers to implementing nature-based solutions. • Contributed to an ongoing project to update the National Estuarine Reserves Systems (NERRs) Disaster Response Plan and Guidance. Assessed gaps in the existing plan, and assisted in quantitative data collection and analysis of qualitative data. • Provided technical and GIS support in illustrating a socio-vulnerability index map for 20 coastal parishes heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida in 2021. • Led brown bag presentations to local/federal emergency management agencies and academics. • Produced tailored analysis protocols for a hazard mitigation comparative study of several states and counties. • Demonstrated technical writing skills in several publications (list available upon request). Show less



The Water Institute of the Gulf

• Research Associate I

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  Analyzed technical data and wrote reports for a non-profit focused on flooding and related ecological issues. Coordinated and assigned duties to interns, and instructed them in using software for research analysis. • Gained understanding of environments that are below sea level and the impact of traditional engineering and gray infrastructure on natural ecosystems. • Conducted and analyzed GIS/geospatial data to study the impact of coastal flooding on critical facilities, i.e., fire/police stations, schools, bank/credit unions, and gas stations. Assessed the impact of 10, 25, 50, and 100-year storm events using data from Louisiana’s 2012 Coastal Master Plan. Show less