Advisor: Ellen Wohl
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Previous Education: B.S. Environmental Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2026
About Me:
I grew up in and experienced a diverse range of environments including Moscow, Russia, South Side Chicago, the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and South-Central Texas, which sparked my interest in spatial science and human-environment interactions. I began my undergraduate studies at the University of Texas in the Liberal Arts Honors program with my eyes set on environmental law, but quickly pivoted to physical geography research and picked up a minor in geosciences. I discovered the field of anthropogeomorphology and fell in love with fieldwork and lab work when I joined the Soils & Geoarchaeology laboratory at UT. I conducted research in northwestern Belize and studied ancient Maya environmental adaptation through wetland agricultural canal and field-building. This experience, along with an influential hydrology and society course, furthered my curiosity in human-altered fluvial processes and funneled my focus towards the fluvial geomorphology of the western United States for my graduate studies.
Research:
My master’s project at the Southern Plains Land Trust will focus on assessing current beaver presence and site suitability for beaver reintroduction in the shortgrass prairie environment in the Southern Plains of Colorado. I am further interested in soil organic carbon storage and carbon sequestration potential with increased beaver analog structure incorporation in intermittent stream sections.