Overview
I joined Duke in 2017 to pursue both a Ph.D. in Marine Science and Conservation through the Nicholas School and a J.D. at Duke Law School. Most broadly, I am interested in the intersection between ecological science and law. In my work with Pat Halpin in the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, I am interested in the intersection between marine spatial planning, ecosystem based management, areas beyond national jurisdiction, and both domestic and international environmental law.
Before coming to Duke, I was the Environmental Health High Meadows Fellow at Environmental Defense Fund in DC. I graduated from Princeton University in 2015 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Before coming to Duke, I was the Environmental Health High Meadows Fellow at Environmental Defense Fund in DC. I graduated from Princeton University in 2015 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
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Recent Publications
Role of low-impact-factor journals in conservation implementation.
Journal Article Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · April 2025 Academic review, promotion, and tenure processes place a premium on frequent publication in high-impact factor (IF) journals. However, conservation often relies on species-specific information that is unlikely to have the broad appeal needed for high-IF jo ... Full text CiteEcology and the science of small-scale fisheries: A synthetic review of research effort for the Anthropocene
Journal Article Biological Conservation · February 1, 2021 Human-driven changes to aquatic environments threaten small-scale fisheries (SSFs). Ensuring a livable future for SSFs in the Anthropocene requires incorporating ecological knowledge of these diverse multi-species systems beyond the long-standing reliance ... Full text Open Access CiteMapping Air Pollution with Google Street View Cars: Efficient Approaches with Mobile Monitoring and Land Use Regression.
Journal Article Environmental science & technology · November 2018 Air pollution measurements collected through systematic mobile monitoring campaigns can provide outdoor concentration data at high spatial resolution. We explore approaches to minimize data requirements for mapping a city's air quality using mobile monitor ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Migratory Shorebird Exposure to Offshore Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation · 2024 - 2025Migratory Shorebird Exposure to Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Energy Development
ResearchPI-Fellow · Awarded by Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation · 2024 - 2025View All Grants