Experience

Research Assistant Professor
City College of New York, CUNY January 2018 – Present
- Conduct research in remote sensing for terrestrial ecosystems and surface hydrology.
- Lead investigator on multiple NASA-funded projects.
- Mentor graduate and undergraduate students in research initiatives.
Visiting Research Faculty
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology January 2016 – December 2016
- Contributed to synthetic aperture radar applications for surface hydrology.
- Worked on NISAR validation strategies.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
City College of New York, CUNY January 2012 – December 2016
- Developed algorithms for soil moisture retrieval from microwave observations.
- Supported NASA SMAP and Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) campaigns.

PhD, Earth and Environmental Science
The Graduate Center, City University of New York January 2008 – December 2012
Thesis on _ Monitoring Surface Melt Processes on Ice Sheets_. Supervised by Prof. Marco Tedesco.
MA, Earth Science
The City College of New York, City University of New York January 2005 – December 2007
Research on hydrological processes using remote sensing.
BA, Arts and Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder December 2004

Skills & Hobbies

Technical Skills

Remote Sensing

Geospatial Analysis

Data Science

Programming

Python

MATLAB

C, C++

Hobbies

Hiking

Weightlifting

Awards

Languages