I am an Arctic scientist who is working to better understand the carbon balance in Arctic ecosystems and how the Arctic impacts and is impacted by global climate. I use eddy covariance and spatial data products to study the exchange of greenhouse gasses in the Arctic.
I conducted my Ph.D. research on the North Slope of Alaska, where I studied the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane from Arctic tundra during the “shoulder seasons”, or transitions between the growing season and winter. I have also worked with process-based models to understand management techniques to store carbon in agricultural soils. I currently lead a new expanded network on Arctic boreal carbon flux sites in the Arctic region targeting underrepresented ecosystems.
With the effects of climate change being felt more intensely, especially in the Arctic, I am motivated to work on solutions that could prevent or reverse the consequences yet to come. I hope to improve our understanding of climate change’s impact on one of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. Current data gaps limit our understanding on the scale of changing fluxes in the Arctic, and I am working to fill them to make predictions more accurate and better inform policy that protects the Arctic and its people today.
