Academic
- Associate Professor (tenure-track), April 2023-present
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2020–August 2020, September 2022–March 2023
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, Japan
- Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, PI Evan Economo
- JSPS Standard Postdoctoral Fellowship, September 2020–August 2022
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, Japan
- Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, PI Evan Economo
- JSPS Short-term Postdoctoral Fellowship, March 2019–March 2020
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, Japan
- Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, PI Evan Economo
Education
- Ph.D. in Biology, 2019
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York and City College of New York
- advisor: Robert P. Anderson
- Masters of Environmental Management, 2007
- Duke University
- focus in Conservation Science and Policy, certificate in GIS
- advisor: Stuart L. Pimm
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, 2004
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- Bachelor of Arts in English, 2004
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- concentration in Creative Writing
Awards
- 2022 Young Scholar Award of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ Suzuki Award)
Professional experience (non-academic)
- 2012 - 2013: GIS Specialist
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Duties included: developed initial version of ArcGIS Python Toolbox to estimate riparian area from ancillary remote sensing data and generate reports, estimated sediment and contaminant loads for regional watersheds
- 2010 - 2012: GIS Analyst
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Duties included: digitized wetland areas from remote sensing data and imagery for the Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory database, built geoprocessing models to estimate runoff loads from land use and determine site suitability of low impact development treatments
Service and leadership
