I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
My research focuses on human-environment interactions in Latin America, with interests in land use/cover change, remote sensing of the environment, and geographic information science (GISc).
My dissertation research explores the interactions between population and environment in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. Using Isabela Island as a case study, I characterize contemporary land use/cover and examine the environmental and socio-economic factors that contribute to land use/cover change in and around the island’s two communities.
In addition to my dissertation research activities, I am a Predoctoral Trainee at the Carolina Population Center and a Graduate Associate of the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies.
You can read more about my research activities, publications and presentations, and see photos from various fieldwork activities by visiting the pages on this website.