He heads the Environmental Policy Track in the MPA programme and has written extensively on water policy domestically and internationally. His book Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation Strategies to Mitigate an Environmental Risk (SUNY Press, 2008) has been reviewed in notable places such as the University of Denver Water Law Review and the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka. He holds a Masters Degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.