Education

B.S. Environmental Science, University of Mary Washington
M.S. Marine Science, University of South Carolina
Ph.D. Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Current and Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science Department, American University (2024 – present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum, London, UK (2022 – 2023)
Science Officer, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, IOC-UNESCO, (2021 – 2022)
Senior Research Assistant, Arctic Research Lab at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, (2017 – 2021)
Marine Science Planner, US Antarctic Program, NSF Polar Programs/Leidos (2015 – 2017)
Program Analyst, International Activities Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research (2015)
Explorer-in-Training, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, UCAR (2015)
Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research, National Sea Grant Program (2014)
Research Assistant, Beach and Dune Laboratory, University of South Carolina (2011 – 2013)

Current Affiliated Projects

NGPlastics, Canada – Inuit Nunangat – UK Arctic Research Programme 2021 – 2025 (CINUK), NERC funded
SEARCH Co-production Team Member, Drivers and Ecological Consequences of Arctic Environmental Change, NSF-funded, 2022 – 2027
IARPC Collaborations Co-lead, Early Career Forum, 2019 – 2022
Distributed Biological Observatory, graduate researcher, funded by NSF and NOAA, team member from 2017 – 2021