Get to know me

I am a post-doctoral candidate in the Earth Sciences Department at the University of California, Riverside. I study stratigraphy and invertebrate paleontology with special attention to the lower Paleozoic of Gondwana and trilobites. I am interested in how the physical earth affects biodiversity, relying heavily on paleogeography and geochronology to frame this investigation. My research is heavily field and specimen-based, but I also utilize computational and database approaches to make sense of specimen collections and contextualize local information within broader regional context. Such approaches include geometric morphometry, cladistics, CONOP, and non-metric multidimensional scaling.

I am also passionate about teaching with experience in diverse lower and upper division courses. My interest in teaching does not stop at course work. I have mentored several undergraduates in the lab, and I am frequently engaged in outreach activities, having worked with wide groups of people from preschool through adults. Find out more about my teaching and outreach in their respective pages.

My Ph.D. is in geological sciences from UC Riverside, and my B.S. and M.S. are both in geology from the University of Oklahoma.