I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University and teach classes around environmental issues like climate change and air & water pollution and environmental data analysis.
I am an atmospheric and environmental scientist investigating how the land-surface, ecosystems, and atmosphere interact through the exchange of energy, water, and gases like carbon dioxide. From this we can learn a lot about the land surface’s and vegetations impact on local and regional weather and climate. Right now, I am working on better understanding the role of land-atmosphere coupling in the development and intensification of flash drought and on the role of air quality on urban lightning climatologies.
Additionally, I care about FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoparable, Reusable) and Open Science and serve as an Atmosphere Topic Editor for Earth System Science Data.
Education
- Ph.D. in Environmental & Atmospheric Science, University of Bayreuth (Germany)
- Diplom in Environmental Science, University of Bayreuth