EDUCATION
Ph.D. Structural Geology and Tectonics, current University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis: Structural and thermochronologic evolution of the Himalayan Main Central thrust zone, Nepal and Sikkim
Supervisor: Dr. John Cottle
M.S. Structural Geology and Tectonics, 2010 University of Vermont
Thesis: Late Cretaceous orogenesis in the southernmost Andes (54.5ºS): The transition from extensional rift basin to compressional foreland basin in southern Patagonia, Chile
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Klepeis
B.A. Geology, 2007 Smith College
Thesis: Analogue modeling of the effects of sedimentation and erosion rates on the kinematics and structural evolution of a critically tapered Coulomb wedge
Advisor: Dr. Robert Burger
Undergraduate visiting student 2006 University of Colorado, Boulder
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite, Eastern Sierras, California 2013
1:1,000 scale mapping and sampling of three igneous intrusions
Solu Khumbu, eastern Nepal 2012
1:50,000 scale mapping and sampling of two 100 km transects across the orogen
Southernmost Patagonia, Chile 2008-10
1:25,000 scale mapping and sampling of two 40 km transects across the fold-thrust belt
Hawaii Volcano National Park 2005
GPS mapping and igneous petrology of an active volcano
ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE
EBSD, University of California 2013
Electron backscatter diffraction of deformed quartz grains
SEM/CL, University of California 2013
CL imaging of Ti in quartz grains
EPMA, University of California 2012
Electron microprobe analyses of Ti in quartz and Fe-Mg exchange in garnet/biotite
Syracuse University Noble Gas Laboratory 2009
40Ar/39Ar step heating thermochronology analyses on Patagonian muscovite samples
Arizona LaserChron Center, University of Arizona 2009
U-Th-Pb dating of Patagonian detrital zircons using Laser Ablation Multicollector ICP-MS
M.S. Thesis research, University of Vermont 2008-10
Structural cross section line balancing, stratigraphic analysis, petrography and sandstone modal analyses, REE geochemistry provenance analysis
B.A. Thesis research, Smith College 2006-07
Analogue sandbox deformation assessing the effects of sedimentation and erosion on the internal geometry of a developing fold and thrust belt using sand and glass beads to simulate rheologic contrast
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Wilderness Medical Society
Geological Society of America
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Association for Women Geoscientists
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Vermont Geological Society
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Geological Catastrophes, University of California 2014
Field Methods II, University of California 2013
Structural Geology, University of California 2013
Field Methods I, University of California 2012
Structural Geology, University of Vermont 2010
Field Geology, University of Vermont 2009
Earth Hazards, University of Vermont 2009
Introductory Geology, University of Vermont 2008
Ph.D. Structural Geology and Tectonics, current University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis: Structural and thermochronologic evolution of the Himalayan Main Central thrust zone, Nepal and Sikkim
Supervisor: Dr. John Cottle
M.S. Structural Geology and Tectonics, 2010 University of Vermont
Thesis: Late Cretaceous orogenesis in the southernmost Andes (54.5ºS): The transition from extensional rift basin to compressional foreland basin in southern Patagonia, Chile
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Klepeis
B.A. Geology, 2007 Smith College
Thesis: Analogue modeling of the effects of sedimentation and erosion rates on the kinematics and structural evolution of a critically tapered Coulomb wedge
Advisor: Dr. Robert Burger
Undergraduate visiting student 2006 University of Colorado, Boulder
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite, Eastern Sierras, California 2013
1:1,000 scale mapping and sampling of three igneous intrusions
Solu Khumbu, eastern Nepal 2012
1:50,000 scale mapping and sampling of two 100 km transects across the orogen
Southernmost Patagonia, Chile 2008-10
1:25,000 scale mapping and sampling of two 40 km transects across the fold-thrust belt
Hawaii Volcano National Park 2005
GPS mapping and igneous petrology of an active volcano
ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE
EBSD, University of California 2013
Electron backscatter diffraction of deformed quartz grains
SEM/CL, University of California 2013
CL imaging of Ti in quartz grains
EPMA, University of California 2012
Electron microprobe analyses of Ti in quartz and Fe-Mg exchange in garnet/biotite
Syracuse University Noble Gas Laboratory 2009
40Ar/39Ar step heating thermochronology analyses on Patagonian muscovite samples
Arizona LaserChron Center, University of Arizona 2009
U-Th-Pb dating of Patagonian detrital zircons using Laser Ablation Multicollector ICP-MS
M.S. Thesis research, University of Vermont 2008-10
Structural cross section line balancing, stratigraphic analysis, petrography and sandstone modal analyses, REE geochemistry provenance analysis
B.A. Thesis research, Smith College 2006-07
Analogue sandbox deformation assessing the effects of sedimentation and erosion on the internal geometry of a developing fold and thrust belt using sand and glass beads to simulate rheologic contrast
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Wilderness Medical Society
Geological Society of America
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Association for Women Geoscientists
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Vermont Geological Society
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Geological Catastrophes, University of California 2014
Field Methods II, University of California 2013
Structural Geology, University of California 2013
Field Methods I, University of California 2012
Structural Geology, University of Vermont 2010
Field Geology, University of Vermont 2009
Earth Hazards, University of Vermont 2009
Introductory Geology, University of Vermont 2008