Developing innovative solutions to reduce the environmental impacts of the construction sector by building with wood is my primary passion and motivation for my career in forest products research.

My Master’s thesis assessed the global warming mitigation potential of substituting concrete with mass timbers in buildings as well as the potential to extend the life of mass timbers after building deconstruction via end-of-life processing. My doctoral dissertation will further this research by evaluating the environmental impacts of processing waste mass timbers, which I aim to do by collecting primary data from key players in the construction circular economy. Displacing carbon-intensive materials in favor of sustainable, low-carbon materials is an excellent climate change mitigation strategy which I hope to contribute to throughout my career in life cycle assessment research.

My greatest academic achievement thus far was being selected as an ARCS Foundation scholar at the beginning of my Ph.D. program.

In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, hiking, yoga, reading, and gardening. One fun fact about me is that I have traveled to 24 countries and counting!