He is also a Faculty Fellow of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. His research is focused on groundwater resources, including groundwater quality and groundwater-surface water interactions. Troy has expertise in groundwater age-dating using isotope tracers and noble gases. Current projects include a National Science Foundation-funded study to estimate groundwater ages and transit times in the High Plains Aquifer through field research and modeling. He is visiting Brazil through joint funding from the University of Nebraska and FAPESP. He earned his Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University in 2015.