Education

2010 STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Ph.D., Environment and Resources
School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Primary Advisors: Drs. Christopher Field & Stephen Schneider
2005 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
M.Phil., Quaternary Science, Distinction
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2004 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
M.S., Environmental Change and Management, Distinction
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2003 AMHERST COLLEGE
B.A., Biology & Geology (double major), magna cum laude
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA

Additional Research Experience

2009 Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)
Paleoclimate Working Group. Research Triangle Park, NC.
2007 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Population and Climate Change Group and the Greenhouse Gas Initiative with Dr. Brian O'Neill. Laxenburg, Austria. Funded by the National Academy of Sciences.
2006 Santa Fe Institute and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Complex Systems Summer School. Beijing, China.
2002 Stanford University
Research Fellowship with Dr. Peter Vitousek. Volcano, HI.
2001 University of Colorado at Boulder
NSF Research Experiences For Undergraduates (REU) with Drs. Alan Townsend and William Bowman. Niwot Ridge, CO.
1997-1999 National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Cancer Research Training Award Fellowship with Dr. Susan Garges.