Work Experience

Current Position

Sustainability Analyst

Office of Sustainability · University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Jun 2026 – Present
  • Developed carbon footprint analyses for transportation, food systems, and campus sustainability initiatives aligned with institutional decarbonization goals. View Report ↗
  • Drafted comprehensive sustainability reports integrating quantitative metrics across energy, waste, water, and emissions inventories to inform strategic planning.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify decarbonization pathways and support data-driven sustainability decision-making at the institutional level.

Research

Senior Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering · University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Jan 2021 – May 2026
  • Developed state-scale GPP maps for Arkansas rice systems using the Vegetation Photosynthesis Model (VPM) with Landsat, Sentinel, and MODIS satellite imagery. ⌥ Arkansas-Rice-GPP-VPM ⌥ Augmenting_LUE_Rice_GPP
  • Performed gap-filling and flux partitioning of net ecosystem exchange (NEE) data to quantify carbon uptake and release at the landscape scale. ⌥ Fluxdata
  • Calibrated and maintained LI-7500 and LI-7700 gas analyzers and Campbell Scientific dataloggers; compiled standardized measurements for submission to AmeriFlux.
  • Designed and executed field experiments measuring methane emissions from fish in flooded rice fields, contributing to ecosystem-level greenhouse gas budgets.
  • Authored and co-authored publications on remote sensing, carbon flux, and geospatial analysis of agricultural systems. ⌥ RicePDHD-Arkansas
Undergraduate Mentorship
Grecia Aida Magdaleno Hernandez NSF REU student (Summer 2022) — remote sensing of rice systems using Google Earth Engine and R.
Katie Skiles Honors thesis (2021–2022) — MODIS GPP and NDVI analysis. Thesis ↗
Maria De Los Angeles Vergara Murillo & Kevin Durden (2022–2025) — eddy covariance data processing, Campbell Scientific dataloggers, Python-based analysis.
Conor Germann (2022–2023) — soil chemistry, flux data organization, MODIS EVI analysis for rice fields.
Funding NASA Carbon Monitoring System Grant 80NSSC21K1002  ·  U.S. Geological Survey Agreement G20AC00448  ·  NSF CBET CAREER Award #1752083

Research Assistant

Decoupling Lab · Dept. of Environmental Science and Management · North South University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2016 – 2018

Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Sujauddin, Assistant Professor

  • Modeled land use change in Bangladesh from 1700 to 2100, quantifying historical transitions between forest, agricultural, and urban cover types.
  • Estimated functional diversity and aboveground biomass in the Sylhet Forest Division using remote sensing and field inventory data.
  • Trained and supervised three undergraduate students in R, ArcGIS, and ArcGIS ModelBuilder for large-scale mapping and spatial analysis; supported data extraction from FAOSTAT and Sentinel-5P. Farzin Fardu Sadik Shihab Enan Afra Bashira

Research Intern

Co-Operation for Resource Efficiency Lab (CORE Lab)

Chittagong, Bangladesh

2017 – 2018

Supervisor: Professor Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, PhD

  • Mapped and analyzed industrial symbiotic networks to identify resource efficiency opportunities across industrial clusters.
  • Identified and characterized air pollution hotspots across Bangladesh using spatial analysis techniques.
  • Performed lifecycle-based economic and environmental assessments of green infrastructure systems. View Report ↗

Program Associate

Bay of Bengal Sea Turtle Program · Save Our Sea

Cox's Bazar & Dhaka, Bangladesh

2017 – 2018

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering · University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Jan 2021 – Dec 2025
  • Graded exams and assignments for the Sustainable Watershed Management course.
  • Collaborated with faculty in designing and structuring the Biophysics course curriculum.
  • Supervised and evaluated students in senior design projects.