I am a Research Scientist with the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma)

based in Victoria, BC, Canada. I am also the Carbon Cycle and Climate co-section editor at Current Climate Change Reports. Before this, I was an interchange Canada post-doctoral fellow jointly with the climate processes section of Environment and Climate Change Canada (Joe Melton) and Carleton University (Elyn Humphreys). I led the development of a Canada-specific version of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme, Including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC), annual meetings, and other external engagement efforts.

Before my post-doc, I completed my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame (Adrian Rocha). My work at the University of Notre Dame was funded by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP), the Fulbright U.S. student program, and National Geographic. I earned my A.B. in Political Science and Geography (Mike Loranty) at Colgate University. As an undergraduate, I carried out fieldwork in Northeastern Siberia with the Polaris Project.