About
I am a researcher and teacher studying how energy propagates in the marine environment. I received a BS in Biology and Earth Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Here I worked with the McCarthy and Kudela labs studying stable isotopes and phytoplankton. Upon graduation, I continued to study phytoplankton in the Cloern lab at U.S.G.S. and the Chavez lab at M.B.A.R.I. - where I began to study optics. Now at Oregon State, I continue to research phytoplankton-light interactions, as well as instrument development, and kelp forest ecology. If not in the lab you can catch me swimming, diving, or deep in the woods.
