I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG), an interdisciplinary graduate program at U.C. Berkeley. I study scientific and organizational aspects of water resources , with a regional focus on California and the western United States. I study technical and policy aspects of water management, as well as the interactions between them.

My current research focuses on the risks of climate change for water management in California. I have proposed to integrate a risk component to a water resources simulation model of several watersheds in the Central Valley. I will analyze the sensitvity of risk to water supply to scenarios of changes in water management to analyze the potential for adapation to climate change in this system.

The impacts of climate change have been a theme in my research for the past six years. Recently, I examined the influence of climate change science on California water management. I also analyzed (with Peter Gleick and Carter Brooks) disparities in research on climate and water on a global scale with some potential regional implications for adaptation to climate change. Before joining ERG, I conducted a synthesis of Western paleo-climate research with Professor Stuart Rojstaczer at Stanford University. Other projects and reviews are viewable in my publications list.

My work is supported primarily by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.