Graduate Researcher in Geology at the University of Houston
RESEARCH TOPICS
OCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA
For a combined >120 days, I was aboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer to collect data with my colleagues from Thwaites Glacier Offshore Research (THOR). My role was to use microfossil (foraminifera) assemblages to reconstruct changes in the ocean. Learning about oceanic changes helps us understand the drivers for past retreat of Thwaites Glacier. I also used the chemical composition of the microfossils to age-date the sediment cores to help our group determine the timing of retreat and its drivers.
PAST WORKS
Storm events and sea level rise impacts of Mobile Bay
Trinity University and University of Alabama
My undergraduate thesis research was on sea level rise and storm events in Mobile Bay during the natural (post-Last Glacial Maximum) and anthropogenic time periods. I use micropaleontology, sedimentology, and geochemistry on a sediment core from Mobile Bay to reconstruct the paleoenvironment record of the Holocene and Anthropocene.
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Paleoenvironment of Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracksite, Texas Hill Country
Trinity University, The Witte Museum, and the University of Texas at San Antonio
My first, first author publication was on the summer research project on the Heritage Museum's dinosaur tracksite, though not on the tracks themselves. My collaborators and I are interested in the environmental conditions of the surrounding stratigraphy. This data reveals not only the environmental conditions the track bearer's endured, but also revealed how they correlated to nearby Texas tracksites.
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See our fieldwork video here, and scroll down to find our publications!
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Field Geology in China
Trinity University and Guizhou University
Undergraduate students of Trinity University were paired with graduate student mentors of Guizhou University for a field trip on the geologic time scale, from the Neoproterozoan 'Snowball Earth' to the Mesozoic dinosaur fauna.
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Salt emplacement of Neoproterozoic Patawarta Salt Sheet, South Australia
Trinity University and the University of Texas at El Paso
For my first field experience, I was a field assistant to now Dr. Rachelle Kernen. In an all women's' team, we camped three weeks in the Flinders Ranges to map, measure stratigraphic sections, and collect samples. As a result of my participation, I have presented at a conference and contributed to a publication.
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See our fieldwork video here, and scroll down to find our publications!