I am a postdoctoral scholar working in Tamara Pico’s group at UC Santa Cruz. My research program advances future sea level projections through an integrated Earth-system approach that combines geophysical field observations and modeling to characterize solid Earth, ice sheet, and ocean processes operating across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.

Predictions of the solid Earth response to changes in ice mass distribution, or glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), are heavily reliant upon our understanding of the Earth’s structure in polar regions. Consequently, my research focuses not only on solid Earth – ice sheet – sea level interactions but also on refining constraints on solid Earth structure, particularly in polar regions. Naturally, improved geophysical constraints on solid Earth structure are also useful for piecing together the tectonic history of polar regions.

Along with my research on solid Earth structure and solid Earth – ice sheet – sea level interactions, I also use seismicity and seismic tremor to study glaciologic, fjord, and volcanic processes in Antarctica and Greenland.