Experience

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • 2022 - Present

  Supports NSF-funded research projects of the Carlson Lab and Verena Institute that are focused on climate change and anthropogenic drivers of infectious disease transmission Supports NSF-funded research projects of the Carlson Lab and Verena Institute that are focused on climate change and anthropogenic drivers of infectious disease transmission



Columbia Climate School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Chief of Staff; Manager of Special Projects

  • 2021 - 2022

  -Crafted, implemented and managed strategic research and impact labs to advance the vision of the new Climate School -Co-managed university’s delegation at COP26, Munich Security Conference, Aspen Ideas: Climate, and other international meetings -Crafted, implemented and managed strategic research and impact labs to advance the vision of the new Climate School -Co-managed university’s delegation at COP26, Munich Security Conference, Aspen Ideas: Climate, and other international meetings



Center on Global Energy Policy

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Assistant To The Director

  • 2019 - 2021

  -Supported CGEP Founding Director Jason Bordoff in research deliverables, strategic development, operation procedures, and communication strategy -Managed client and stakeholder outreach, grant proposals and project reports, and event planning -Steered such programs as the Energy Journalism Initiative, a program aimed at improving literacy through the education of energy journalists, and Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast -Supported CGEP Founding Director Jason Bordoff in research deliverables, strategic development, operation procedures, and communication strategy -Managed client and stakeholder outreach, grant proposals and project reports, and event planning -Steered such programs as the Energy Journalism Initiative, a program aimed at improving literacy through the education of energy journalists, and Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast



The Nature Conservancy

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Analyst

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

  -Carried out watershed and wetland valuation analyses with regional stakeholders and government officials -Researched and proposed environmental education curricula for the Chinese primary and middle school systems -Carried out watershed and wetland valuation analyses with regional stakeholders and government officials -Researched and proposed environmental education curricula for the Chinese primary and middle school systems



U.S. Department of State

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  -Tracked developments in African economic growth and development -Researched international conservation policies with special emphasis placed on the wildlife trade -Tracked developments in African economic growth and development -Researched international conservation policies with special emphasis placed on the wildlife trade



NASA DEVELOP

• Center for Geospatial Research

• Applied Sciences Assistant under Dr. Marguerite Madden

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  -Used software and hardware infrastructure to develop multidisciplinary projects including satellite imagery and other geospatial data -Conducted feasibility studies of connecting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to Kruger National Park poaching surveillance -Used software and hardware infrastructure to develop multidisciplinary projects including satellite imagery and other geospatial data -Conducted feasibility studies of connecting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to Kruger National Park poaching surveillance



Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

• Front Royal, VA

• Center for Conservation Ecology Intern under Smithsonian Senior Scientist Bill McShea

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  -Conducted research to document invasive plant species growth, monitor disease in deer populations, and set up camera traps -Served as field and teaching assistant in the Smithsonian eMammal project, which partners citizen scientists with Smithsonian researchers to document mammal movements throughout the mid-Atlantic region -Conducted research to document invasive plant species growth, monitor disease in deer populations, and set up camera traps -Served as field and teaching assistant in the Smithsonian eMammal project, which partners citizen scientists with Smithsonian researchers to document mammal movements throughout the mid-Atlantic region