Hi everyone! I am applied, interdisciplinary climate scientist working with the Coastal Hazards Branch of the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) within NOAA’s National Ocean Service, contracted through Ocean Associates, Inc. At NOAA, my role is to provide guidance on sea level rise, coastal inundation, and natural hazards with a focus on climate timescales from subseasonal to decadal, and includes a combination of scientific research, operational products, and public and professional engagement.  My passion lies in conducting service-based, data-driven research and developing data products, reports, websites, and other types of applications so that we all better understand the workings of the natural world AND that humans can make better decisions co-existing with each other and mother nature.

I’ve also contributed to state and national efforts, leading the development of SLR Planning Scenarios for the State of Delaware, and currently serves as a Delaware State Climate Adviser, on the Delaware River Basin Commission Advisory Committee on Climate Change, the US Climate Variability and Predictability Program (US CLIVAR), and as an author on the National Climate Assessment (NCA5, NCA6).

My previous positions were as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware, where I taught classes in meteorology, climate change and GIS, and as an Associate Scientist with the Delaware Geological Survey, where our primary mission was to provide scientific guidance to Delaware state and local governments, natural resource managers, citizens, and others related to the safety and well-being of all Delaware stakeholders. This included providing guidance in real-time during severe weather events, natural hazards impacting the state, and state/community long-term planning.