I have dedicated over a decade to studying the hydroclimatology of the Dry Valleys in Antarctica, focusing on how lake ice covers and frozen ground respond to anthropogenic forcing. My research includes diving beneath the ice in both perennially ice-covered lakes, conducting Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys over 150 kilometers of permafrost, and designing, improving, and maintaining five lake monitoring stations and a network of 15 meteorological stations.

Throughout my career, I have been involved in various projects, including the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Monitoring project and a NASA astrobiology initiative. In the latter, we successfully deployed an autonomous underwater vehicle in one of the perennially ice-covered lakes as a proof-of-concept for potential future missions to Europa and similar extraterrestrial environments. My work contributes to a deeper understanding of environmental changes in extreme conditions and their implications for broader ecological and planetary science.