NASA Airborne Sensor Facility
At the NASA Airborne Sensor Facility, where airborne remote sensing systems connect field questions, geospatial analysis, and applied environmental monitoring.
Research and applied learning
Fieldwork, GIS, economics, and spatial decision support.
My research and applied learning connect field ecology, forest management, agricultural economics, remote sensing, GIS, and public-facing stewardship communication.
Nantahala National Forest
On the Nantahala National Forest, where I completed a Student Trainee position in silviculture and connected field forestry with applied research and spatial analysis.
Publications and research outputs
Applied research that connects field conditions, spatial analysis, and stewardship decisions.
These outputs show how my work connects technical methods with real conservation questions across forests, wetlands, agriculture, remote sensing, and public communication.
Mapping Oak Regeneration Potential Within the Nantahala National Forest
First author • Journal of Forestry • 2025
Peer-reviewed research using field data, MaxEnt, and Random Forest modeling to identify stand-scale oak regeneration potential in the Nantahala National Forest.
Mapping Oak Stewardship Potential Within the Nantahala National Forest
Master’s thesis and ArcGIS StoryMap • University of Minnesota • 2024
Graduate research translating oak regeneration modeling and field forestry questions into a public-facing spatial decision-support story.
Black Ash Stand Monitoring
Remote sensing and StoryMap output
Applied remote sensing and spatial analysis to black ash stand monitoring on the Chippewa National Forest and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe lands.
Field remote sensing and LiDAR
Field technology, spatial data, and applied monitoring
Field experience using remote sensing technology to connect landscape conditions, measurement tools, and applied natural resource questions.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Runoff Analysis
Applied GIS and water quality analysis
Analyzed CAFO locations, waterways, and runoff exposure in Martin County, Minnesota, connecting agricultural land use, water quality, and spatial analysis.
Forest inventory and field monitoring
Field methods, stand conditions, and stewardship planning
Field inventory experience that connects forest conditions, monitoring design, technical teams, and applied stewardship decisions.
Water quality and connected landscapes
Watersheds, conservation planning, and land use
Conservation work that recognizes water quality as part of a broader landscape system shaped by forests, agriculture, infrastructure, and community decisions.
Agricultural and applied economics foundation
Sustainable Agriculture in Italy • HECUA
Undergraduate training in agricultural and applied economics, strengthened through a semester focused on sustainable agriculture, working landscapes, food systems, and rural communities in Italy.
Working lands and conservation decision-making
Applied economics, agriculture, and land stewardship
Research and coursework that shaped how I understand conservation through land use, producer decisions, rural economies, public programs, and place-based stewardship.
Indigenous Forest-Based Carbon Offsetting Framework
Contributing author • University of British Columbia project
Contributed to a framework focused on Indigenous-led forest stewardship, governance, and community-centered approaches to forest-based carbon offsetting.
Applied perspective
From analysis to stewardship decisions.
I focus on applied work that helps people make better stewardship decisions across ecosystems, land uses, communities, and public programs.
