My research is at the intersection of modeling, simulation, and optimization of electric energy systems

Food safety (bacteria), microbiology, foodborne outbreaks, listeria monocytogenes, salmonella enterica, backyard poultry, bacterial stress tolerance, risk communication, homesteading biosecurity. 

Water quality engineering; water, soil, and air monitoring; resource recovery from wastewater and solids; environmental nanotechnology; remote sensors; PFAS; membrane separation processes.

Water resources, flood risk and resilience, snow hydrology, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments, water in Vermont.

Wildlife ecology, conservation biology, conservation decision-making, herpetology, amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.), reptiles (snakes, turtles, lizards, etc.), disease and population ecology, and quantitative ecology.

Livestock, pest management, farm animal health, veterinary parasitology, entomology (lice, ticks, dung beetles), ecosystem services, soil health, agroecology, cattle grazing systems.

Computational social science, complex systems, chaos, global happiness, health benefits of nature.

Planetary health, climate change and human health, decarbonizing healthcare, environmental public health, health benefits of nature contact, integrative healthcare, Whole Person Health, pharmaceutical pollution, social science surveys,...

• Transportation equity and justice
• rural travel behavior (including rural mobility
• rural decarbonization (and rural safety)
• electric vehicle adoption and use
• accessibility measurement
• transportation...

Soil ecology, plant-soil interactions, biology of compost and its uses, biological indicators of soil, epidemiology of root pathogens.