Amazon Basin: Freshwater ecosystem conservation strategy, research, and community-led implementation

Coordinated interdisciplinary conservation planning and analysis with scientists and partners across the basin, contributing to major proposals, reports, and publications.

(Active project) Synthesize and communicate community-led efforts to conserve a transboundary biocultural riverscape in the Western Amazon, building on broader work in Amazon freshwater conservation and social-ecological systems.

Northwest Uganda: Youth agriculture education and farmer training

Worked with Catholic Relief Services and Caritas partners to strengthen school-based agriculture education and farmer trainings, including irrigation teaching, educator workshops, and guiding a Young Farmers Club in school-based agriculture and leadership projects.

San Joaquin Valley, California: Small farms water conservation

As part of university cooperative extension program, coordinated outreach, research, and technical assistance to support water conservation for small-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers.

Saint Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands): Swale design for farm water resilience

Developed a swale design plan for a small organic farm to improve groundwater recharge and water resilience.

Sri Lanka: Sediment and water management support

(Active project) Support national water management agencies and partners with erosion and river sediment modeling and monitoring approaches to inform management decisions.

Bangladesh: Satellite-based monitoring of river sediment dynamics

Co-developed a web-based satellite remote sensing tool to assess river sediment concentrations and riverbank erosion risk, in partnership with the Bangladesh Water Development Board.

Mekong Basin: Satellite-based monitoring of dam impacts on river sediment transport

Quantified the impacts of dams and landscape changes on river sediment concentrations over 31 years in the Mekong Basin using satellite remote sensing.

Elwha Basin (Washington State): Watershed-scale sediment transport modeling

Developed a computational model for predicting reservoir sedimentation that combined research-based methods with practical, decision-oriented outputs.

American Geophysical Union: Editor for participatory science journal and web platform

(Active role) Serve on the inaugural editorial board for Community Science, a peer-reviewed journal, and The Hub, and online knowledge exchange platform. This work focused on place-based participatory science helps shape how researchers and communities share stories, tools, and findings in accessible ways.