Research:
I am an Assistant Professor specializing in Physical Geography, Atmospheric and Climatic Studies. My interests include: meteorology, biogeography, global environmental change,and paleoclimatology. My research involves utilizing the geochemical and biological characteristics of lake sediment records to reconstruct recent and long-term patterns of climate change in the Great Basin of the western United States. Recently I has been involved in developing a quantitative paleo-temperature record for Great Basin National Park spanning the last 7000 years. This project was part of a larger initiative, lead by my co-advisers David Porinchu, and Bryan Mark to study the present and past climatology and hydrology of the Great Basin National Park. The results of this study have been published in Quaternary Research (See publications) among other journals.