Alicia is an engineer working in wetland and stream restoration with particular interests in coastal resilience and in the design of socially and environmentally sustainable systems. She has worked on a variety of blue carbon-related projects since 2017 from various angles, including fieldwork, lab analyses, modeling (including de novo model development), and data analysis.

Her experience prior to ESA focused on biogeochemical cycling and included the development of a mechanistic marsh carbon cycling model.