I am a California Professional Geologist and Certified Hydrogeologist working in hydrogeology, environmental geology, and water resource management. I specialize in groundwater investigations, numerical modeling with MODFLOW, and the data systems that help water districts and agencies make science-based decisions.
What I do
Groundwater investigation
Aquifer testing, geologic modeling, and field investigation to characterize basin behavior.
Numerical modeling
MODFLOW models built to answer management questions, not just to simulate.
SGMA compliance
Groundwater Sustainability Plan development and the analysis that has to hold up under review.
Water data systems
Telemetry networks, ETL pipelines, and stakeholder-facing dashboards, plus the computing infrastructure behind them.
Selected focus areas
- Groundwater Sustainability Plans
- GSP development under SGMA, including the aquifer testing and geologic modeling that supports it.
- Drought response for counties
- Planning and implementation of policies and procedures under California's emergency drought executive orders, including EO N-7-22 and EO N-3-23.
- Emergency well mitigation
- Well mitigation programs serving disadvantaged communities.
- Research and speaking
- Regular presenter at the Groundwater Resources Association Western Groundwater Congress, on data-driven decision making under SGMA and on shortening the cycle between data collection and interpretation.
Writing
- Piper Diagrams in R Plotting major ion chemistry alongside watershed maps
- Calculating Water Year and Moving Mean Estimating annual precipitation and moving averages in R
Background
M.S. in Hydrology from the Hydrologic Sciences program at UC Davis, and a B.S. in Earth Science from Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Santa Cruz. During graduate school I joined UCLA for an NSF-funded International Research Experiences for Students project in Rwanda, supporting local farming initiatives in tracking and distributing water across rice production and hillside vegetable cooperatives.