Me, briefly

I am a third-year PhD student studying Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Insitution of Oceanography. My research primarily focuses on couplings between winds, waves, and currents, and their implications for exchanges between the ocean and atmosphere. Specifically, I am investigating the role that these interactions play in modulating air-sea fluxes at oceanic submesoscale features.

My PhD thesis will work towards addressing the following questions:

1. How do surface wave-current interactions at submesoscale features affect ocean-atmosphere mass, heat, and momentum fluxes?
2. How can surface wave-induced modulations of air-sea fluxes at submesoscale fronts be quantified?
3. What role do surface wave-induced drifts play in the evolution of submesoscale fronts?

I am motivated to expand conversations about the ocean beyond institutional settings and make ocean education more accessible. The ocean affects the climate, and therefore affects every community.

I graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, San Diego, with a major in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and a minor in Mathematics. In addition to the ocean, I love Capoeira, Hip Hop, tennis, and many forms of art.