Research Interest

• Representation of the spatial variability of hydrologic variables in land surface models.
• High resolution land surface modeling.
• Data assimilation of remote sensing, model output and in-situ observations.

Current Research

• Development of a drought monitor over Africa for use at AGRHYMET in Niger.
• Calibration of the VIC land surface model using spatially disaggregated runoff fields obtained from GRDC stream gauges.
• Assess the uncertainty of estimating the spatial mean of a soil moisture field from soil moisture probes using the TOPLATS land surface model.

Education

• Ph.D. student, 2010-Present
  Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Earth and Planetary Science, B.A., 2010
  U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Applied Mathematics, B.A., 2010
  U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA