She studies the hydroclimatology and the relative importance of hydrologic processes at different basin scales, with a focus on mountain watersheds in the western United States. She studies and models snowmelt, hydrology, and meteorology within nested subbasins of alpine watersheds and has studied the Tuolumne Meadows system for nearly a decade, quantifying the interaction of snowmelt and streamflow. She received her Ph.D. in Oceanography from UC San Diego.