Hello! I am a PhD Candidate in Water Resources Engineering and Graduate Research Fellow within IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, USA.

I completed a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering (2010) emphasizing in Structural Engineering and Masters of Science in Civil Engineering (2011) emphasizing in Water Resources Engineering, both from the University of Iowa. Upon graduating I began working as a Water Resources Engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District. In this position I operated three flood control reservoirs in the State of Iowa and 18 navigation locks and dams along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. While in this position I obtained a Professional Engineer (PE) Certification and was recognized as a National Subject Matter Expert in both Reservoir Operation and Flood Response. I left this position in August of 2020 to pursue a PhD.

Broadly, my doctoral research focuses on quantifying uncertainty in hydrologic systems (i.e., uncertainty in the collection of radar rainfall data, rainfall forecasts, hydrologic models, and the operation of hydrologic systems) to tackle water related problems facing society. My dissertation is focused on the optimization of distributed reservoir networks for stream flow reduction in the face of these sources of uncertainty.

My work is funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP), the University of Iowa Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Fellowship, and the Douglas A. Wallace Fellowship.