Hello!
I am currently a staff researcher in the Energy-Water Systems Integration department at within the Climate Change Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories; I also completed my postdoc here. My current work focuses on hazard impacts to the grid and renewable energy production. Previously, I completed my Ph.D. in civil engineering under the mentorship of Megan Konar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There, my work focused on understanding the interaction and response of agricultural trade to extreme weather events such as temperature extrema, heavy rain, and drought.
My overarching research goal is to advance the resiliency of critical infrastructure to extreme weather events and natural hazards. In particular, my research seeks to:
- understand the context under which extreme weather and natural hazards occur
- improve the characterization of these events both historically and under future climate scenarios
- quantify impacts to critical infrastructure from hazards via integrated assessments
To do so, my work blends data science, climate science, econometrics, and risk management to develop new analytical and systems-based approaches.