“Farming for a smaller Dead Zone: How agricultural conservation practices, artificial drainage, and climate change affect water quality in Iowa”
Sole PI of $200,000 grant
Collaborating institutions: Iowa Geological Survey, University of Iowa, USGS, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa State University Extension, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc., University of Kansas.
PhD: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI & Hickory Corners, MI
PhD, 2018
Affiliations: Kellogg Biological Station, Integrative Biology Department, Environmental Science and Policy Program
Fellowships: NSF GRFP, NSF GK-12, USAID Borlaug, and MSU Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Undergraduate: Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, 2006
Summa Cum Laude
Professional Development
*Indicates training related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion or decolonizing methodologies.
2021
*Test training participant for “Becoming a JEDI Master: Journey Toward a More Equitable Future” project developed by Switzer Foundation Fellows
2020
*Decolonizing Museums in Practice online course through www.museumstudy.com.
Four-day intensive science in policy training with Dr. Mike Dombeck (former Chief of the USFS). Washington, DC.
2019
Four-day intensive facilitation training with Julian Griggs (Training Resources for the Environmental Community). Santa Barbara, CA.
Four-day intensive story telling training with Teresa Erickson and Tim Ward of Intermedia Communications Training. Lakeside Lab, IA.
*Four-day intensive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice training with Anee Korme of the Raben Group. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
*Implicit bias training at Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. (Organizer)
2018
Writing a business plan for a conservation organization with Dr. Mike Dombeck co-author of The Business of the Conservation Nonprofit (2007, Social Enterprise Strategies Group). The Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park.
Four-day intensive leadership training with Dr. Maureen Ryan (Conservation Science Partners) through the Smith Fellowship program. Grand Teton National Park.
Five-day Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) training with Dr. R. Srinivasan (Texas A & M University). Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Relevant Graduate Course Work
Ecosystem Ecology & Global Change (ZOL 897) with Dr. Stephen K. Hamilton Agricultural Ecology (CSS 442) with Dr. G. Phil Robertson Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry (ZOL 824) with Drs. Peggy & Nathaniel Ostrom Hydrogeology (GLG 411) with Drs. Warren Wood, Anthony Kendall, & Bruno Basso Water Policy & Management (FW 868) Human Dimensions of Global Change (ESP 802) Statistical Methods in Ecology & Evolution (ZOL 851) Advanced Statistics for Biologists (STT 814) Statistics for Biologists (STT 464) Bayesian statistics for ecologists (workshop)
Study Abroad
Research experiences in Botswana, the Commonwealth of Dominica, and Panama. See Research.
Woods Hole Sea Education Association (SEA) Semester, Oct 2005-Jan 2006. Sailed from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Rangiroa, the Marquesas, Moorea, and Tahiti. Conducting oceanographic research, navigation, and sail handling. Presidential Scholarship.
Survey of Japanese History, Jan 2005 Natural History of East Africa, Jan 2004