My doctoral research leverages geophysics and dense time series of satellite imaging radar data to study water conflict and war impacts from space.
I’m a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center and work in close coordination with the Conflict Ecology group at Oregon State.
In addition to academic research, I collaborate on journalistic and humanitarian investigations at the interface of conflict and environment. My work supporting visual reporting has appeared in outlets like the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, Der Spiegel, NPR, the Times, and others.
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences, (expected 2024)
Graduate Center at the City University of New York
MS in Geology, 2019
City University of New York
Bachelors in Geology, 2017
University of California, Berkeley
Mapping floodwater extent to support investigative journalism at the Washington Post
Processing and analysis of VHR satellite optical imagery
Co-convening a session on physical and environmental impacts of war in Ukraine
Co-taught a session for Earth observation practitioners on the use of NASA open-source processing tools for monitoring damage to built-up areas during military conflict
Monitoring sustainability of shared groundwater resources using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)
Remote sensing of burn patterns in support of an investigation around the intentionality of peatland fires for forest clearing