I have been establishing myself within the geographical information science and land change science communities as a coupled natural-human systems modeler focused on estimating the impacts of land change and land-use policies on ecosystem function, human well-being, and sustainable livelihoods. I find research in this area extremely interesting because of the ties it has to global climate change, not solely because land-use and land-cover change represents 30% of historical anthropogenic efflux of carbon to the atmosphere, but because what drives land-use and land-cover change are local complexities and feedbacks in human behavior across space that aggregate to produce global consequences, which include climate. Much of my research involves integrating dynamic modeling approaches (e.g. agent-based modeling) with ecosystem process models and geographical information systems to address issues that fall within the context of land-use and land-cover change. Additionally, I am interested in better representing the impacts within the human system (e.g. through the use of noise and air pollution models and the provision of ecosystem services) resulting from land changes.
Currently I am a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences . I obtained a Ph.D. in Resource Ecology Management from the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan and a M.E.S. and B.E.S. from the Department of Geography at the University of Waterloo. What you will find on this website is a record of my research, educational achievements, and teaching. Please contact me, using the information in the header of my resume / curriculum vitae, if you are interested in discussing the contents of this site or future work.