EDUCATION
Master of Science in Geology Expected Spring 2017
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Thesis subject: Cenozoic Insect Herbivory
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ellen Currano
Bachelor of Science in Geology Spring 2015
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Undergraduate Thesis: Late Pleistocene Nannofossil Assemblages and Time-Averaging in the Fossil Record [IODP Site U1419]
Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Leah LeVay
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Physical Geology Fall 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Erin Campbell-Stone
Undergraduate Research Assistant Spring 2014-Spring 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Leah LeVay
Texas A&M University Traveling Field Camp Summer 2014
Big Horn Paleontological Dig Volunteer August 2015
Dig Supervisor: Dr. Michael D’emic
SKILLS
Experienced with Zeiss Optical Microscopes
Skilled in the preparation of smear slides
Experience designing, building, testing and using settling boxes to prepare even microscope slides.
Skilled in handling and sampling sediment cores
Experienced with Matlab and GeoRose
Skilled in manual geologic mapping
Knowledgeable in fossil excavation and field preservation
Adept in creative pursuits such as design and drawing
Conversant in Russian
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Texas A&M University Student Research Week Spring 2015
Undergraduate Thesis Poster Presentation
HONORS AND AWARDS
Texas A&M University Undergraduate Research Scholars-Graduate
Texas A&M University Phi Eta Sigma-Graduate
Texas A&M University Sigma Alpha Lambda-Graduate
Texas A&M College of Geosciences Medallion Scholars Program- Silver Award