I am a Ph.D. student in the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management department at UC Berkeley in Dennis Baldocchi's biometeorology lab. Our research combines ecology, hydrology, and atmospheric science to understand the exchange of carbon and water between the biosphere and atmosphere. This homepage serves as a blog for news and updates. Take a look at the Research page for more details about what I'm working on in the lab.
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Our new paper (the second chapter of my dissertation research) is now in press at Geophysical Research Letters. This work analyzes the diurnal pattern in CH4 flux from rice, and uses spectral Granger-causality time series analysis to attribute the diurnal peak in CH4 flux to diurnal fluctuations in ecosystem photosynthesis.
The Baldocchi lab wetland team: Dennis, me, and Sara Knox all geared up in our waders, ready to dive into the muck.
A coincidental comparison! (Credit to Erich Matthes for making the connection.)
Our paper (the first chapter of my disseration) on the comparison of carbon fluxes, evaporation, and subsidence rates at a drained peatland pasture and rice paddy in the California Delta is now available online in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. You can access the PDF reprint here.
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Now the genius of soil claims its place, its vigor and color and its natural power for supporting plants.
- Virgil, Georgics, Book II, lines 177-178