A storm rolling in over the Amazon River on the last day of river surveys near Tefé, Brazil.

Tips for getting outdoor gear on a budget
The other day I saw this preprint (http://doi.org/10.31223/X5BG70) on my Twitter that highlights the extreme financial barriers to being a field geoscientist. This paper and the various Twitter threads from the authors made me recall my own experience. I am a geologist. I have a B.S. from Texas A&M University and am currently a PhDContinue reading “Tips for getting outdoor gear on a budget”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Literature Database
On May 31, 2020, Aída Guhlincozzi and I released our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Literature Database through our GeoscienceLearners initiative. GeoscienceLearners is an initiative we created to continue learning how to engage young students interested in Geoscience fields. This initiative has two primary purposes: 1. Through literature engagement and publication, continue learning how to increaseContinue reading “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Literature Database”

I received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
A few weeks ago, I received the official notice of my NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, entitled: ‘Morphodynamics of giant dunes in wind and water‘! This award will allow me to continue my interests and research on the morphodynamics of dunes. Particularly, I will expand my understanding of dunes in rivers to compare dune operations across bothContinue reading “I received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!”

The shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers
This work is part of my PhD and details the shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers. Here, I show that the shape of dunes in these rivers is flatter and smaller than previously thought. This work was recently published in Nature Geoscience. To read a recently published story about this paper see theContinue reading “The shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers”
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