I am a computational hydrologist, engineer, and scientist working on solutions for water resources and climate. My research aims to aid actionable decision-making by improving hydrological information for monitoring and forecasting hydrological extremes and their impacts at the local scales. To this end, I develop scalable computational approaches for high-resolution hydrological prediction by leveraging advances in satellite remote sensing, land surface modeling, machine learning, data fusion, and high-performance computing.

Currently, I am assistant professor at the Earth, Environment, and Planetary Sciences Department at Rice University. Previously, I developed satellite land data assimilation for Earth System Models as a visiting research scientist at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and postdoctoral researcher at the Atmospheric and Ocean Science Program at Princeton University. Prior, I worked on water resources and environmental engineering consulting. I hold a M.A. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University.

For my contribution to science, I was awarded the 2022 AGU Science for Solutions Award for “outstanding contributions to water and food security through advances in hyper-resolution land surface modeling and satellite remote sensing”, the 2022 Paul F. Boulos Excellence in Computational Hydrology Award by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2026.

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