I recently completed my PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where I was studying the role of methane bubbles in chemical cycling within Upper Mystic Lake, MA. As part of this work I designed, built, and deployed custom sensors to measure bubble volume and release timing in-situ.
In July 2018 I joined the Sunderland Lab at Harvard, and am now building a global, mechanistic model to estimate methane emissions from hydropower reservoirs, with the ultimate goal of proposing mitigation strategies to reduce emissions. I am using global carbon maps, satellite data, meteorological data, and many other physical/chemical/biological parameters to estimate methane production and emission.
In addition to exploring the world of global modeling, I continue to be involved with active field research in China and Peru. I also have a continued interest in improving methods of measuring methane ebullition, and am working with colleagues to design a new bubble-catching device.