Education

Ph.D. in Geology — December, 2015, University of Arizona

M.S. in Geology — August, 2011, University of Arizona

B.A. in Geology — May, 2009, Whitman College

Study Abroad — Spring, 2008, University of Otago, NZ

 

Positions

Associate Professor — Jul. 2024-present, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Assistant Professor — Jan. 2018-Jun. 2024, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Postdoctoral Scholar — Jan. 2016-Jan. 2018, Northern Arizona University

Teaching Assistant — Aug. 2009-Dec. 2015, University of Arizona

Geoscience Intern  — Summer 2014, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

Research Assistant — Jan. 2011-May, 2013, University of Arizona

Climbing Ranger — Summers 2007, 2009, Mount Rainier National Park

 

SELECTED HONORS, GRANTS, and AWARDS

NSF Tectonics ##2420431: Testing the record of Laramide basin partitioning in the western United States through quantitative fluvial stratigraphy (PI). $343,807. Click here for project description.

NSF Tectonics #2111939: Collaborative Research: How and when did the Mongolian Altai (de-)form? Implications for intracontinental deformation (PI), 2021, $676,882 ($971,780 including collaboration with Indiana University). Click here for project description.

Pioneer Natural Resources-NAU Research Collaboration (Co-PI), 2016, $225,000

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE AND COLLABORATION

ARM project researcher, Pioneer Natural Resources and Northern Arizona University, 2016-2018

Summer Internship, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 2014

ExxonMobil Sequence Stratigraphy Field Course, Rock Springs, WY, 2010

COSA/SOSA project researcher, ExxonMobil and University of Arizona, 2009-2011