computational biology and climate science
2010
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
2005
M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
2002
Fulbright Student, Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2001
B.S., Biology, distinction, Duke University
2018 - present
Started working in industry.
2014 - 2018
Moore/Sloan Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow, eScience Institute, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
2014 - 2018
Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Science, eScience Institute, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
2013 - 2014
Associate Research Scholar, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University
2010 - 2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University
Best Presentation Award, Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean, Yeosu, Korea, 2012
NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship, 2007-2010
2nd Place Presentation, Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina, 2009
Elsie Taber Fellowship, University of South Carolina, 2006, 2007, 2008
Graduate School Travel Grant, University of South Carolina, 2007, 2009
Fulbright Scholarship, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2002-2003
NSF-REU Fellowships, 1999, 2000, 2001
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 1998
Fall, 2006:
TA, Biological Principles, University of South Carolina
Fall, 2005:
TA, Biology of Marine Organisms, University of South Carolina
Summer, 2004:
TA, Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity, UCLA
Spring, 2004:
TA, Introduction to Marine Science, UCLA
Winter, 2004:
TA, Invertebrate Zoology, UCLA
Fall, 2003:
TA, Introduction to Marine Science, UCLA
Spring, 2003:
TA, Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity, UCLA
2015 - 2020
Shirley Leung, Ph.D. Student, Physical Oceanography, University of Washington, Shirley is currently studying the impacts of El Niño and La Niña Oscillations on tuna species living in the Pacific Ocean.
2012 - 2013
Lydia Rudnick, Senior Thesis, Geosciences Department, Princeton University,
Thesis title: Predicting potential geographic distribution of Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus, two invasive fish species in the Mediterranean Sea
Summer, 2012
Jeanette Ferrara, Princeton University Undergraduate,
PEI Internship Project: Environmental barriers during salmon smolt migration to the Pacific Ocean
Fall, 2011
Alyson Tockstein, Museum Anthropology, Columbia University,
Reader for Master’s Thesis: Climate change issue-based exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History lead the way in science communication exhibit theory, and design
Summer, 2011
Devika Balachandran, Princeton University Undergraduate,
PEI Internship Project: Patterns of zooplankton diel vertical migration in the global ocean
40+ presentations at conferences, workshops, and universities including the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Life Sciences, University of California - Berkeley, and University of California - San Diego.
Programming in Python, R, Fortran; Website Design, SCUBA-SSI Rescue Diver (200+ dives), Ultimate Frisbee, Rock Climbing