Meeting roles in:
Landscape Biophysical Interactions: Hydrodynamics, Sedimentary Processes, and Morphodynamics I Poster
Landscape Biophysical Interactions: Hydrodynamics, Sedimentary Processes, and Morphodynamics II Oral
My interests lie at the intersection of fluid mechanics and ecology i.e. the interaction of aquatic organisms (plants and animals) with their environment (water, sediment, nutrients). For my PhD (at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), I studied the influence of aquatic vegetation on the hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and gas exchange in rivers and coastal environments. I used high resolution Large Eddy Simulations (LES) and flume experiments with Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to investigate these processes. Currently as a postdoc at UCSD, I’m working on understanding the hydrodynamics and nutrient transport in a Kelp farm using field observations from an artificial Kelp farm off the coast of Santa Barbara. I’m also participating in design and deployment of future field observation campaigns. Additionally, I’ve been working with field observations to understand the dissolved oxygen dynamics over coral reefs in Hawaii. I’m constantly looking to work on problems related to Nature based Solutions (NbS) for climate resiliency, ecohydraulics, and Carbon dioxide removal (CDR).