Outreach & Skills

Outreach

2019-: Participated in Wolverine Express: led rocks and minerals based activities in under-resourced high schools across Southeast Michigan, collaborated with administrators at high schools for student opportunities.

2018-19: Collaboration with Ypsilanti Community High School to incorporate geology and environmental science hands-on activities into curriculum, led activities in-class monthly.

2018-19: GeoClub President (departmental geology club for undergraduate and graduate students; liaison with faculty and alumni of Earth Department)

September 2018: Guest Lecture about Hurricanes and Climate Change for Livonia Churchill High School "Natural Disasters" class

2016-18: GeoClub Director of Outreach

2016-18: Mentorship for elementary school student via letter through Letters to a Pre-Scientist, which connects scientists with middle school children interested in science (a pen pal program).

January 2017, 2018: Organized and served on a panel visiting a local high school environmental science club, discussing how to get into research in college.

Technical Skills

Languages

English, Spanish, R, Python

Programs

ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Access, Adobe Photoshop, ImageJ, Jupyter Notebook

Laboratory Equipment and Protocols

Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy

Costech Elemental Analyzer

Pyrolisis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Leaf Clearing and Preparation for microscope analysis with Chromium Trioxide and Sodium Hydroxide techniques

Machine Shop: Rock Crushing - Jaw breaker & Shatterbox

Soil, Leaf, and Animal Tissue preparation for elemental and isotopic analysis