EDUCATION
Princeton University, PhD Candidate
Fall
2006-present
Carleton College, B.A. Geology (Magna Cum Laude)
Spring
2005
Carleton Geology
Seminar
Fall 2003
Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco,
Italy
HONORS AND
AWARDS
Lewis and Clark Field Scholar in Astrobiology,
American Philosophical Society, 2006
Phi Beta Kappa, member 2005-present
Sigma Xi, member 2005-present
Distinction on Undergraduate Thesis, Carleton
College, 2005
Pick Foundation Scholarship in Geology, Carleton
College, 2004-2005
Duncan Stewart Fellowship, Carleton College,
2004
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Paleomagnetism and chemostratigraphy of the
Bitter Springs Formation, Amadeus Basin, Australia, Summer
2006-
• Testing
the true polar hypothesis for the 800 Ma Bitter Springs
Stage through physical, chemical
and magnetic stratigraphy for carbonates, siltstones and
basalts of the Amadeus Basin.
Detrital zircon geochronology in the
southernmost Andes, Tierra del Fuego, Winter 2005-Spring
2006
• Sampled
clastic sediments from the marginal and foreland basin of
the Fuegian Andes to better understand the development of
the Fuegian Andes and the Patagonian orocline. Prepped the
samples at the U. of South Carolina tectonics and
sedimentation lab and analyzed the zircons using the
LA-MC-ICP-MS at the U. of Arizona LaserChron
center.
Magnetostratigraphy in a foreland basin
sequence, Ebro Basin, Spain, Summer 2004-Winter
2005
• Senior
thesis project using polarity reversals in Paleogene
alluvial-fan deposits to constrain the timing of basin
development and evaluate models of alluvial-fan
stratigraphy.
KECK Geology Consortium Mongolia Expedition,
Summer 2004
• Collaborated
with Mongolian and American students and professors
investigating the periglacial geomorphology of the Northern
Mongolian Altai.
Paleomagnetism of the North Shore Volcanic
Complex, Winter 2004
• Collected
and analyzed gabbros and basalts from these Keweenawan aged
rift rocks.
RELEVANT
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, University of South
Carolina, Tectonics and Sedimentation Lab, Winter-Spring
2006
• Worked
on a research project on the Magallenes Basin, Argentina
collecting, preparing and running samples for detrital
zircon analysis.
Teaching Assistant, Carleton College Seminar in
Geology, Osservatoria di Coldigiococ, Italy, Fall
2005
• Assisted
in the teaching of this field based study abroad
program.
Geology Laboratory Assistant, Carleton College:
Structural Geology, Winter 2005; Introduction to Geology,
Fall 2004; Tectonics, Winter 2004.
• Assisted
in the preparation and teaching of lab exercises. Designed
a paleomagnetism lab assignment for a Carleton College
tectonics class; supervised use of lab equipment and
interpretation of data.
Geology Department Employee, Carleton College,
Fall 2001 – Spring 2003.
• Included
administrative work for department technical director and
professors, as well as technical help with research;
preparing thin sections, etc.