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WelcomeI am a Ph.D. Candidate graduating from Eric Small Tilton's Terrestrial Hydrology Research Group at the University of Colorado Boulder in August 2012, and I hold a B.A. in Geology from Haverford College. My research bridges the topics of hydrology and ecology and focuses on understanding the impact that vegetation has on the terrestrial water cycle and surface energy budget. Though my area of emphasis is forest hydrology, I strongly believe in interdisciplinary approaches to confronting problems and to education.This website presents an overview of my academic and professional development. Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding any of its contents or if you are interested in discussing how my work can help you with yours. |
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NewsDecember 15th, 2011My colleague Danielle Perrot has launched a snazzy new blog for our snow albedo project entitled "Effects of forest litter and aeolian dust deposition on forest snow surface albedo". Sign up to the newsfeed to get updates on albedo fieldwork. October 18th, 2011 I will be giving a presentation about the impacts of tree death on snow accumulation and melt at the Utah Bark Beetles and Watersheds Workshop on December 1st, 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT. Click here for more information. I will also be attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco on December 7th, 2011. June 8th, 2011 My research article entitled "The impact of pine beetle infestation on snow accumulation and melt in the headwaters of the Colorado River" was published online today in the journal Ecohydrology. You can read a press release about it here. Our general conclusions are that while needle canopies remain on dead trees, dead tree stands do not accumulate additional subcanopy snow. However, once the canopy has been removed from the dead trees, dead stands may accumulate ~20% more snow than living stands. Snow under dead stands with and without canopy melted more quickly than snow under living stands. |