Okii!

Ready to hop in the water to collect a cross-sectional volumetric flow rate on a first order stream at a field site.

Upcoming talks:

• "From Rivers to Oceans, protecting aquatic species and their habitats ", Harvard Alumni Animal Health Interest Group, Harvard Alumni Day, Harvard University - June 6th, 2025
• "Beaver-inspired landscape design - Multi-agent robotic systems for landscape interventions", Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Robotics, Utah Unây High School Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Quissett Campus- Invited speaker -Falmouth, MA - July 19th - 20th, 2025
• "Great Molasses Flood in Boston", THE BLOB / Coolidge Corner Theatre, Science on Screen movie series, Rose Kennedy Greenway (Whart District Park), Brookline, MA - August 13th, 2025.  Co-presenting with Nicole Sharp.
• "Building like Beavers: Stigmergic Robotics for Landscape Design", 10th International Beaver Symposium, Inverness, Scotland - Oral presentation - Sept. 17th - 19th, 2025​​
• "How and Why Beavers are Driven to Build", New Hampshire Conservation Commissions Workshop, Pembroke, NH - November 1st, 2025

Past talks:

• ​"Beaver: A Medicine of Possibility", Vermont Film Premiere Expert Panelist, Montpelier, VT
• "Connected, Disconnected, Reconnected: Applied Traditional Ecological Knowledge in a Colonized World." Society of Rangeland Management Annual Meeting - Plenary Speaker -  Spokane, WA - Feb 9th - 13th, 2025
• "Beaver, bison, bees, and burning: High plains ecosystem dynamics" -  10th Annual BEST PRACTICES FOR POLLINATORS Summit - March 4th, 2025
• "Engineering like a beaver." BeaverCon 2024, Boulder, Colorado
• "Revitalizing riverscapes with beavers: partnership, compromise, or power struggle?" Panelist - BeaverCon 2024, Boulder Colorado
• `Moving like a bison, building like a beaver: Partnering with ecosystem engineers to reclaim habitats." Society for Ecological Restoration Webinar - An ecosystem approach to restoration: examples of embracing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in ecosystem restoration from across the Americas
• ``"Conducting research on tribal lands." USDA - Reno, Nevada, January 2024
• ``Building like a beaver, moving like a buffalo, singing like a bird." University of Calgary - Calgary, AB, October 2023
• ``Building like a beaver." Outer Coast College - Sitka, AK, September 2023

About me:

As a scientist, engineer, and experimentalist, I specialize in merging quantitative analysis with ecological and Indigenous frameworks to tackle complex challenges. My career spans fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and scientific communication, focusing on ecosystem design, environmental restoration, and traditional ecological knowledge.
Highlights of my expertise include:

• Designing interdisciplinary curricula that integrate engineering with Indigenous epistemologies.
• Conducting research in hydrodynamics, bioacoustics, and aquatic architecture.
• Leading collaborative initiatives across federal, tribal, and academic sectors, emphasizing community engagement and data sovereignty.
• Publishing peer-reviewed research and delivering invited talks on conservation, rewilding, and ecological engineering.

With a robust skillset in GIS, photogrammetry, and computational modeling, I’ve applied these tools to study beaver damming complexes, grassland bird populations, and other ecosystem engineers. Educated initially as a mechanical engineer, I bring practical skills to complement my analytical skills.  
I’m passionate about fostering partnerships that bridge science, traditional knowledge, and engineering to drive sustainable solutions for communities and ecosystems.