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Education

Ph.D. (Geophysics)                                                                               August 2011  

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Thesis:  Active Tectonics in Southern Alaska and the Role of the Yakutat Block

Constrained by GPS Measurements

M.Sc. (Geophysics)                                                                              August 2005

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Thesis:  Coseismic deformation of the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake: Contributions from synthetic aperture radar speckle tracking

B.A. (Physics)                                                                                       May 1999

Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

Professional Experience

Assistant Research Professor                                                                        2021 -

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Michigan State University

Assistant Professor                                                                                   2014 – 2021

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Purdue University

Postdoctoral Research Associate                                                              2011 –  2014

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Cornell University

Graduate Research Assistant                                                      2002 – 2005, 2006 – 2011 Geophysical Institute

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Graduate Teaching Assistant                                                                  2005 – 2006 Department of Geology and Geophysics

University of Alaska Fairbanks