Portfolio
A selection of professional, applied, and academic work in urban and environmental planning, GIS, and sustainability science.
Featured
Beaver Conflict & Restoration Screening Tool
Screens stream segments for human-beaver conflict risk and restoration opportunity, then summarizes results by county, watershed, or custom planning area. A Python tool for ArcGIS Pro that combines BRAT modeled dam capacity with NLCD land cover and impervious surface, uses ESRI Living Atlas services as default inputs, and flags low-confidence land cover for field verification.
CSU Micromobility Impact Report
Documents the performance of CSU’s student fee-funded micromobility program in its first year, with ridership data, program outcomes, and policy recommendations for campus active transportation infrastructure. Written on behalf of ATFAB and CSU Transportation for the Association for Commuter Transportation’s 2025 Transportation Demand Management Impact Report.
NASA GLOBE Mosquito Habitat Mapper — CitSci Migration
Explored whether the CitSci platform could back up and expand community mosquito habitat reporting in Fort Collins by piloting a migration of NASA GLOBE Observer’s Mosquito Habitat Mapper. The final report covers project outcomes, platform assessment, stakeholder engagement, and ongoing implementation challenges.
Writing
Seeing Cities Clearly
A feature article exploring how AI-powered drone remote sensing and machine learning are transforming urban planning and disaster resilience. Examines real-world applications in land-use classification, urban forest management, historic preservation, and disaster risk mapping.
Concrete Jungles
How systemic racism and economic inequality shape the ecological health of American cities, from biodiversity and air quality to climate resilience, and what justice-centered urban planning can do about it. An advance article on Schell et al. (2020).
More Work
The Spoke — Knowledge Database
Gives student mechanics and staff at The Spoke, CSU’s on-campus bike shop, a searchable source for program documentation, metadata summaries, parts sourcing, and operating procedures.
ATFAB Web Redesign & Records System
Made the Alternative Transportation Fee Advisory Board’s public information easier to find and kept institutional records consistent across board transitions. Rebuilt the public site for clarity and accessibility, and reorganized internal filesystem for records, meeting documentation, and policy tracking.
Life Cycle Assessment — Soap Refill Packaging
Tested the common marketing claim that laminate refill pouches are better for the environment than plastic bottles, and found pouches carry equal or greater impact across most categories. Comparative LCI and LCIA in OpenLCA using ecoinvent 3.11 and ReCiPe 2016 midpoint, with Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis.
Starship Delivery Robots — Campus Perception Study
A mixed-methods study assessing student perceptions of Starship food delivery robots at CSU using in-person interviews, Likert-scale surveys, and thematic analysis. Findings revealed predominantly negative sentiment centered on inefficiency, resource misprioritization, and concerns that the robots displace more sustainable alternatives like walking and cycling.
Photography
I’m an amateur photographer with an interest in macro, landscape, street, and aerial drone photography. I volunteer with the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas to capture events, restoration work, and programs in support of the City’s outreach and public communication efforts.
A dedicated gallery is in development.