Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae#

Education#

PhD Candidate in Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University (2021–present)

  • Areas of study: Glaciology, Polar Geophysics

  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Kingslake

  • Thesis: Observations and Models of Ice Flow (expected defense: ~June 2026)

MPhil in Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University

  • Awarded post-dissertation proposal

  • GPA: 4.2 / 4.0

MA in Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University

  • Awarded post-qualifying exam

  • GPA: 4.2 / 4.0

BASc in Engineering Science – Physics Option, University of Toronto

  • Graduated with honors

  • GPA: 3.8 / 4.0

  • Thesis: The Impact of Freshwater Forcing on a University of Toronto Model for Dansgaard–Oeschger Oscillations

  • Advisor: Dr. W.R. Peltier

Research Experience#

Graduate Research Assistant, Columbia University (2021–present)

  • Created a coupled ice-sheet–subglacial-hydrology model and published a paper on ice-sheet sensitivity to this coupling.

  • Deployed ice-penetrating radar in Greenland to capture englacial ice deformation during supraglacial lake drainages; paper in progress.

  • Advisors: Dr. Jonathan Kingslake, Dr. Meredith Nettles, Dr. Laura Stevens

Visiting Student Researcher, Stanford University (2024)

  • Developing a physics-informed neural network to invert for the rheology of ice divides.

  • Advisors: Dr. Ching-Yao Lai, Dr. Yongji Wang

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Toronto (2020)

  • Conducted experiments to characterize mixing due to sediment-laden currents in stratified environments and contributed to manuscript preparation.

  • Advisor: Dr. Mathew Wells

  • Funded through the Centre for Global Change Studies (CGCS) Summer Internship Program

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Cambridge (2019)

  • Quantified frazil ice production in turbulent plumes.

  • Advisor: Dr. Jerome Neufeld

  • Funded through the University of Toronto Engineering Science Summer Research Opportunity Program (ESROP)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Toronto (2018–2019)

  • Built and automated an observatory for greenhouse gas measurements in the Greater Toronto Area.

  • Advisor: Dr. Debra Wunch

  • Funded through the University of Toronto Work-Study Program

Teaching Experience#

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia University

  • Earth’s Environmental Systems – The Solid Earth (2023)

  • Earth’s Resources and Sustainable Development (2023)

Engineering Outreach Instructor, University of Waterloo

  • Grade 7–9 Summer Technology Program (lead instructor, 2017; program leader, 2018)

  • Assistant instructor for science/technology summer programs (grades 5–9, 2014–2016)

Additional Professional Experience#

Research Fellow (Contract), Rho Impact (2022)

  • Built models using market projections and LCA data to estimate emissions-reduction potential of nascent technologies.

  • Developed and reviewed impact models tuned for early-stage VC investors.

Systems Design Engineering Intern, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (2019–2020)

  • Developed and maintained tools for post-silicon power teams (~20 firmware engineers).

  • Created automated nightly performance tests, notification systems, and web-based UIs for firmware operations.

  • Toolkit: Python, Perl, C, Bash, jQuery, JavaScript; Perforce and Git for version control.

Summer Technology Program Leader, University of Waterloo Engineering Outreach (2018)

  • Budgeted, ordered, and inventoried >$10,000 CAD in technology materials.

  • Supervised and trained 10 instructors in developing and teaching STEM curricula for ~1,000 students (grades 1–12).

Professional Service#

  • Reviewer: Nature Communications, AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award

  • Community Leadership:

    • Marine and Polar Geophysics Division Representative, LDEO Colloquium Committee (2024–present)

    • Student Delegate, Columbia Office of Academic Diversity and Inclusion (2023–2024)

    • Diversity Chair, DEES Graduate Student Committee (2023–2024)

    • Director of Projects, University of Toronto Galbraith Society for Undergraduate Research (2018–2019)

  • Science Outreach:

    • Volunteer Exhibitor, LDEO Open House (2022–present)

    • Mentorship & Curriculum Director, University of Toronto Engineering Outreach Club (2017–2019)

  • Consulting (climate nonprofits):

    • Net Impact (Columbia Sustainability Management Chapter Board Member, 2022–2024)

    • PRIME Coalition (2022–2023)

    • Seed Consulting Group (2022)

Mentorship#

  • Lead mentor for NSF REU summer intern (2025)

  • Mentor, DEES Applicant Mentorship Program (2024–present)

  • Mentor, LDEO Summer Intern Program (2023)

  • Mentor, GEMS Mentor Match Program (2023)

Awards and Honors#

  • AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award (2023)

  • AGU Flash Freeze Competition – 2nd place (2023)

  • Best in Fair, Best IoT Project, MakeHarvard Hackathon (2018)

Funding Awarded#

  • Columbia GSAS Travel Award (2023, 2024): $1,400 USD

  • Columbia ASGC Travel Grant (2023): $500 USD

  • NSERC PGS-D Award (2023): $63,000 CAD → updated to $101,000 CAD during tenure

  • NSERC CGS-D Award (2023): $105,000 CAD – declined, converted to PGS-D at Columbia

  • University of Toronto CGCS Summer Fellowship (2020): $2,106 CAD

  • Engineering Science Summer Research Opportunity Grant (2019): $2,000 CAD

  • University of Toronto Wallberg Admissions Scholarship (2016): $1,000 CAD

Workshops & Field Experience#

  • GlaMacLeS: Glaciology and Machine Learning Summer School – MT, USA (2024)

  • GeoSmart Hackweek: Machine Learning in Hydrology and Cryosphere Science (virtual, 2023)

  • Karthaus Summer School: Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System – Karthaus, Italy (2023)

  • Alliance Graduate Summer School in Sustainable Development – Paris, France (2022)

  • Fieldwork: Radar lead, 2-week deployment at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland (2022)

  • Introductory Alpine Skills Course – NH, USA (2022)

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