Research interests
I am interested in studying urban forest health, hydrology, and the roles they play within a large watershed. Within that I want to investigate how the riparian wetlands and forests are adapting to the problem of urbanization and environmental climate change. I have worked as a Forester for over 4 years within the government and the county. I hope to apply my previous experiences in furthering the search for understanding of forest hydrology in an urban area landscape. Furthermore, looking to the future I see myself continuing my career as a forest ecologist in an urban environment, pursuing better methods in adapting cities to natural disasters and climate change.

My Master’s project will use sap-flow sensors in estimating transpiration along with aerial and mobile lidar with high resolution imagery to obtain tree metrics such as diameter breast height (DBH) and canopy height. I am hoping to investigate correlating Lidar measurements with my in-field sap-flow sensors. I will be assessing transpiration and tree metrics of a young and mature pine stand located outside of the greater-Houston area.