I am a broadly trained environmental anthropologist and sustainability scientist with background in agricultural systems, geospatial analysis, and international development. My research interests have focused on the socio-cultural dimensions of land and agricultural systems, glaciers and disaster risks, common pool resources and other sustainability challenges. I use an interdisciplinary approach that integrates socio-economic data with geospatial analysis and visualization techniques to analyze the social drivers as well as complex patterns of environmental change such as, land system change, agricultural transitions, landscape fragmentation, and urban growth. My current research projects focus on the climate-water-agriculture nexus, particularly how people respond to climate change, glacial flood hazards and disaster risks, and how their socio-cultural, economic and institutional factors influence their social adaptation strategies.