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