​By training, I am a soil biogeochemist and ecosystems ecologist focused on global environmental change. I am passionate about how climate, physiology, and plant-microbe interactions set the stage for elemental cycling on Earth. 
 I use an interdisciplinary suite of tools from microbial ecology, stable isotope mass spectrometry,  and plant ecophysiology, and more, to address these questions. 

Women Scientists: Vision and Visibility
Panel Discussion @ San Jose Quilt Museum

Sunday February 23, 3-5pm PST

2018-2020 UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow

I am honored to be a UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow from 2018-2020 in the labs of Dr. Todd Dawson and Dr. Mary Firestone. Read more about the Fellowship here.

INTERVIEW WITH FOR THE WILD​ PODCAST

A beautiful conversation between me and Ayana Young on her popular environment-centered podcast For the Wild​. Download the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

UC Riverside Healing the Earth Conference 

Keynote: "Ecology as a Locus for Social Change"

Building Inclusive Science

Systematic barriers to entry keep many people outside of science. To overcome these barriers, I worked to develop the first student-led effort to recruit underrepresented minority students to science graduate programs. Through collaboration with other graduate students, faculty, and administrators, Cornell Diversity Preview Weekend has brought over 70 prospective scholars to campus.