Principal Investigator
I am an Assistant Extension Professor - Maine Sustainable Agriculture and Ornamental Horticulture Educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
Belonging to a family that runs a firm that specializes in water treatment, I became very passionate about the continued protection of natural resources at an early age. I finished my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal University and competed heavily in the Model United Nations circuit, winning two "Best Delegates" and three "High Commendations". I spent my last semester interning for a firm in Rhode Island and worked on a Moveable Bed Biofilm Reactor plant.
I then finished my master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia. After this, I worked as an environmental engineer for an environmental consulting firm based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area that served projects in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. I spent three years working on Environmental Risk Assessments, Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), Radon Testing, and Underground Storage Tank (UST) permitting and compliance reports, among other regulatory tasks.
I moved to Connecticut after to start my Ph.D. Over three years, I finished my doctorate at the University of Connecticut in Urban Agriculture using GREENBOX technology. While there, I taught as an Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistant, or Graduate Mentor every semester. I published and presented my research over various avenues and have been an AmericanHort Scholar 2021.
After my Ph.D. , I moved to sunny Florida and taught at Florida Gulf Coast University. I worked as a Lecturer at The Water School. In my one and a half years at FGCU, I have been grateful to teach 352 students over four semesters: EVR 3020 - Environmental Philosophy, IDS 3920 - University Colloquium, and EVR 1001C - Environmental Science. Six of my students went on to work in my newly created research laboratory. We demonstrated an effectual research output, including seven peer-reviewed publications, four conference proceedings, and over $200K in student and research support. As a group, our research-associated travels have taken us to present our work at the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers in Omaha, Nebraska, and the International Society for Horticultural Sciences in Cancun, Mexico.
Belonging to a family that runs a firm that specializes in water treatment, I became very passionate about the continued protection of natural resources at an early age. I finished my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal University and competed heavily in the Model United Nations circuit, winning two "Best Delegates" and three "High Commendations". I spent my last semester interning for a firm in Rhode Island and worked on a Moveable Bed Biofilm Reactor plant.
I then finished my master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia. After this, I worked as an environmental engineer for an environmental consulting firm based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area that served projects in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. I spent three years working on Environmental Risk Assessments, Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), Radon Testing, and Underground Storage Tank (UST) permitting and compliance reports, among other regulatory tasks.
I moved to Connecticut after to start my Ph.D. Over three years, I finished my doctorate at the University of Connecticut in Urban Agriculture using GREENBOX technology. While there, I taught as an Instructor of Record, Teaching Assistant, or Graduate Mentor every semester. I published and presented my research over various avenues and have been an AmericanHort Scholar 2021.
After my Ph.D. , I moved to sunny Florida and taught at Florida Gulf Coast University. I worked as a Lecturer at The Water School. In my one and a half years at FGCU, I have been grateful to teach 352 students over four semesters: EVR 3020 - Environmental Philosophy, IDS 3920 - University Colloquium, and EVR 1001C - Environmental Science. Six of my students went on to work in my newly created research laboratory. We demonstrated an effectual research output, including seven peer-reviewed publications, four conference proceedings, and over $200K in student and research support. As a group, our research-associated travels have taken us to present our work at the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers in Omaha, Nebraska, and the International Society for Horticultural Sciences in Cancun, Mexico.