I am interested in how rivers shape the landscape and how humans shape rivers. I integrate geology, hydrology, and ecology to understand physical mechanisms that create and maintain complex river corridor patterns and processes. I use this knowledge to figure out how we can improve natural function and resilience in river systems that have been altered and work with natural resource managers to apply this knowledge to river restoration and management . I believe science thrives when it is representative of society and am interested in learning from and integrating diverse community perspectives and projects into my work. 

I choose to focus my research around rivers because they are sensitive recorders of landscape change, and can provide insights into climatic, geologic, biotic, and anthropogenic processes in the past, present, and future. We can take advantage of the continual record that rivers keep across space and time to understand the dynamics of the surrounding landscape.