I completed my Bachelors in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley, with a Senior Thesis on how environmental stresses like nitrate and low pH affect bacterial growth and community dynamics. I am interested in mainly things relating to Environmental Science and Biology, specifically how climate change might be affecting organisms physiologically, and what this means for predicting organismal tolerance to climate-influenced environmental changes in the future. Outside of work, I like to play the piano sometimes, or go sightseeing (specifically natural sites) and hiking.