Welcome!
I am a nutrition scientist researching global food systems, passionate about protecting the health of people and our planet. I focus on identifying high-impact solutions—from sustainable agriculture to healthy diets—that promote human nutrition, support planetary health, and build climate resilience, now and for generations to come.
I am an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment.
My current projects include evaluating the environmental impact and nutritional quality of school and hospital food in the U.S. and Europe; assessing the interconnections between sustainable agriculture, healthy school meals, and local food systems; and examining how farm diversification can support child and maternal nutrition and climate adaptation in East Africa and South Asia. I use mixed-methods primary data collection, panel datasets, and intervention trials grounded in local knowledge, community-based partnerships, and global collaboration.
I hold a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Michigan. I have completed postdoctoral training as a Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, jointly affiliated with the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). From 2021 to 2024, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Climate Change and Health Working Group at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institute of Public Health and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany.
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