Curriculum Vitae

At the Alaska Volcano Observatory on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, I am actively researching the 2023 eruption series of Shishaldin Volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. I am particularly interested in the relationship between seismoacoustic data (seismic activity and infrasonic signals) and volcanic emissions for the 13 events. I presented the results of my project in the form of a poster at AGU 2024 in Washington, D.C. and expanded upon this work for the 2025 IAVCEI Scientific Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. My research on these eruptions will be incorporated into the first chapter of my Ph.D. dissertation.

During my fourth and final year at Western Washington University (WWU), I assisted Dr. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach in studying concert seismicity. In September 2023, we attended Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA to record qualitative  observations of crowd motion to later compare with data from the nearby KDK accelerometer. Throughout Winter and Spring 2024, we collaborated on a seismicity comparison between shows put on by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, and explored seismic contributions by other performers at Lumen Field. The project ultimately served as my capstone for the University Honors College. I also revisited this research at AGU 2024, assisting Dr. Caplan-Auerbach with a science communication-focused Lightning Talk.

Throughout my second year at WWU, I worked alongside Dr. Casey Saenger to investigate the ways in which coral can indicate marine heatwave events. My primary task was analyzing and interpreting daily and monthly sea surface temperature data  from Python scripts to present at weekly meetings. Dr. Saenger and I also collaborated on a presentation that was given in a virtual format at AGU 2021.

ESS 601: Introduction to Earth System Science

ESS 602: Best Practices for Research in Alaska

ESS 692P: Earth System Science Seminar

GEOS 604: Seismology

GEOS 606: Volcanology

GEOS 631: Foundations of Geophysics

GEOS 670: Selected Topics in Volcanology

GEOS 689P: Topics in Geophysics

GEOL 211: Physical Geology

GEOL 213: GIS in Geology

GEOL 311: Earth Materials

GEOL 318: Structural Geology

GEOL 352: Introduction to Geophysics

GEOL 452: Applied Geophysics

GEOL 497W: Geochemistry of the Solar System

MATH 224: Mutlivariable Calculus & Analytic Geometry I

MATH 304: Linear Algebra

MATH 331: Ordinary Differential Equations

MATH 341: Probability & Statistical Inference

PHYS 161-163, 220: Physics with Calculus I-III, IV

PHYS 326: Tools & Data Analysis

PHYS 363: Classical Mechanics