About Me

I'm a Research Economist at the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, where I develop open-source software tools that make environmental and natural resource research more accessible and reproducible. My work lives at the intersection of economics, ecology, and data science.

I build tools that help researchers, land managers, and policymakers understand our forests better — from analyzing national forest inventories to projecting how land use will change under different climate scenarios. I was a key contributor to the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment, which provides long-range strategic planning for America's renewable resources.

I hold a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Oregon State University, where my dissertation examined how climate and socioeconomic factors interact to drive land use transitions across the United States. This work continues to inform my current research on long-term forest resource projections.

Currently, I serve as the RPA Land-use Specialist and lead the team developing the U.S. Timber Asset Accounting methodology, which will integrate forest resource values into the national economic accounts.