Bio

I am a first-year PhD Student in the Baker Coastal Lab researching surf-zone circulation generated by short-crested breaking waves. I am interested in studying the along-crest variability in energy dissipation, the unsteady structure associated with injected vertical and horizontal vorticity, and the evolution of vertical vorticity structures linked to the shoreward propagation of bores using laboratory experimental methods and numerical modeling.

Education & Certifications

  • BS, Cornell University, Environmental Engineering (2025)

Contact

  • Academic
    pihl@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Position: Graduate

Lab Affiliations