I study landscape changes in conflict zones and disaster settings with satellite radar data, cloud computing, and methods from the geosciences.
My research is featured in reporting from publications like the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg and others. I’ve been interviewed about mapping wartime damage by organizations including Scientific American, NPR, Marketplace, Undark, and Democracy Now. My work is also cited in reports from international humanitarian organizations and as lines of evidence in litigation related to international humanitarian law.
I’m a postdoc in the Conflict Ecology group at Oregon State. I also organize with the Conflict and Environment Academic Network and the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group. My research and organizing work contributes to an emergent science and practice of conflict Earth observation, seeking to better understand environmental outcomes of armed conflicts using satellite data.
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2025
City University of New York, Graduate Center
MS in Geology, 2019
City University of New York, City College
Bachelors in Geology, 2017
University of California, Berkeley