Quantitative approaches to sustainable solutions

I am interested in applying data-driven approaches to sustainability challenges. My projects, both academic and non-academic, have included:

• Food system efficiency: optimizing crop distributions for water savings and yield (ongoing); reducing food waste from foodservice providers by predicting consumption patterns
• Energy use and urban cooling: analyzing demographic effects on household electricity use; evaluating roof coatings as a strategy for urban cooling
• Sustainable agriculture: working with organic tea farmers on strategies to reduce weeding labor and predict harvest timing using microclimate monitoring