My research explores turbulent flow at ocean margins, with a focus on laboratory experiments. I am particularly interested in the surface signature of systems that have complex subsurface hydrodynamics (such as a seagrass bed or a freshwater plume), and how we can develop simplified models that allow us to "invert" this interior behavior by measuring the free surface. I also study near-shore circulation and coastal hydrodynamics.

Prior to joining the faculty at UNH, I received my PhD from Stanford University in the Bob and Norma Street Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Merced.