About Me

I am a PhD student using satellite data to solve challenges related to climate change, particularly relating to topographic change and elevation modeling. I currently work in the 3D Geospatial Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Aerospace Engineering. I am supported through a NASA FINESST graduate fellowship to investigate satellite-derived measurements of Arctic coastal change.

This includes direct observations of shallow water bathymetry and nearshore coastal topography using ICESat-2 photon-counting lidar data, digital elevation models derived from stereophotogrammetry, and satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel-2 and other on-orbit optical imagery sources. I am especially driven to improve monitoring and resilience in coastal environments and the cryosphere.

Extra-excited to talk about…

• Open-source geospatial software development
• Remote sensing product algorithm design
• Cloud-native formats and infrastructure for Earth observation data