Title

PhD Candidate

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

PhD, in Progress, Forestry, The University of Montana

Master's Degree

MSc, 2007, Forestry, The University of Minnesota

Undergraduate Degree

BS, 2005, Environmental Science, Denver University

Professional

Experience

I am a Ph.D. student in Dr. Steve Running's Lab at the University of Montana. I primarily work on the development, testing, and application of processed-based computer simulation models of terrestrial ecosystems. My research focuses on improving the algorithms used to model the response of ecosystem carbon and water cycles to potential changes in climate. Prior to coming to the University of Montana, I was an MS student at the University of Minnesota under Paul Bolstad. There I worked on developing spatial models of forest biomass and productivity based on LiDAR and high resolution satellite data.

Research

Regional to Global Scale Carbon Cycles
Process Based Ecosystem Simulation Modeling
Improving Gridded Estimates of Biophysical Climatology
Remote Sensing of Carbon Storage and Flux
Improving Applicability of Climate Sensitive Models to Forest Managers
Data Assimilation and Inverse Methods
Application of Parallel Computing Techniques to Ecological Models

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Project

• Biome-BGC