Bio

Award-winning, dedicated scientist and program manager with 10+ years of experience in marine and coastal geology and biology projects. Collaborative, team-oriented individual effective working in groups, under or as a supervisor, and independently. Proven leader in fieldwork and program management with vision to address big-picture issues. Highly dependable individual with a solid outlook on work and a penchant for growth. Detail-oriented, adaptive professional comfortable and experienced conducting work regionally and abroad as required regardless of conditions. Major Scientific Interests: Coral reef and coastal sedimentology, mesophotic reef geology, coral reef structural sustainability, artificial reefs, habitat restoration, carbonate shelf accretion, bioerosion, carbonate budgets, general sedimentology and stratigraphy, reef and coastal geomorphology and spatial analysis, sea-level change, and coastal erosion modeling and assessment