John is a joint degree candidate for the Masters of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island and the Juris Doctor at the Roger Williams University School of Law. His research interests include in coastal land use adaptation to climate change and community resilience to coastal hazards. In the Becker Lab, John will conduct major paper research for an Impacts/Consequences Assessment of coastal hazards on United States ports. As a Sea Grant Legal Fellow, John has researched state and municipal climate change adaptation for the RI Coastal Resources Management Council’s Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan. He has also worked with the NOAA General Council Oceans and Coasts Section on coastal zone management and federal consistency, and with the non-profit research firm SeaPlan on coastal and marine spatial planning.

John has been a Rhode Island resident since 5th grade. He entered law school after earning a Bachelors of Science with Honors in Geological Science from Brown University in 2013, where he performed paleoclimatological research on the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet after the last Deglaciation.