Graduate Students

Research Interests

•  Paleoclimatology
•  Paleo-oxygenation of marine systems
•  Foraminifera
•  Sedimentology/Stratigraphy

Dissertation Title: Evolution of the eastern equatorial Pacific oxygen minimum zone during the Miocene Climatic Optimum and Mid-Miocene Climate Transition

Advisor and Dissertation Committee

• Advisors: Drs. Ken Miller and Yair Rosenthal
• Dissertation Committee: Drs. Silke Severmann, Jim Wright, and Sindia Sosdian

Education

•  University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, MS Geology 2011
•  Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA, BS Geology 2008

Instruction

• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Teaching Assistant 2018-2020
• Sea-Level Change, Teaching Assistant 2019-2021

Field Experience

• JR100 Cruise, Chilean Margin, 2019, deep-sea sediment coring
• Southeastern Spain, 2009 Mater's thesis research - Pliocene carbonates
• Wyoming and Montana, USA, 2007 field camp - Indiana University geologic field camp
• Pennsylvania, USA, 2007 undergraduate thesis research - Silurian-Devonian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic succession 
• Colorado Plateau, USA, 2006 Research Experience for Undergraduates - Holocene arroyos 
  

Relevant Professional Experience

• U.S. Geological Survey, 2017-2018 - Geologist/Geologic Map Editor
• Conservation Colorado, 2016 - Intern
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 2011-2016 - Geologist II
• Chesapeake Energy, 2010 - Geology Intern

Selected Volunteer Experience

• Rutgers University Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduate Student Organization, 2019-present - President 2019-2021
• Science Olympiad, Geologic Mapping exam preparation 2019, national competition grading 2021
• Association for Women Geoscientists, 2014-present - Brunton Award Committee Member 2014-2020, Brunton Award Committee Chairperson 2021-present
• Association for Women Geoscientists, 2013-2016 - Lone Star Chapter Scholarship Committee Chairperson
• University of Kansas Geoscience Mentorship Program, 2010-2011 - Co-Founder, Sedimentology Section Head