The Earth System is massive but interconnected: seemingly minor processes and trace chemical compounds can have outsize impacts on its function and health with consequences for human and natural systems. Trace gases within Earth’s atmosphere can create or remove pollutants with impacts on human health, climate change, and ecological functioning; seemingly minor processes repeated over the vast scales of Earth’s oceans can change lives and ecosystems on land; and the presence or absence of an apparently insignificant chemical tracer in the atmosphere can yield important insights about human and natural processes on earth.

My research focuses on understanding tropospheric chemistry using laboratory measurements, in-situatmospheric observations, remote sensing, and atmospheric models. My core competency is in atmospheric chemical modeling. I utilize all these tools to increase our understanding of the importance of oxidation in the troposphere to climate change, human health, and the functioning of natural systems. My primary research interests are the development of remote sensing techniques, the air-sea exchange of volatile organic compounds, the role of gas-phase oxidation in aerosol formation, and the use of machine learning techniques in atmospheric chemistry. I’m currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota.

I am a fan of coffee, politics, and cooking. I’m also interested in cycling and outdoors. You can visit my website with a click on the button above.