Education and Experience

I'm a trained Environmental Technologist (Diploma, NBCC), with a focus on groundwater/surfacewater interactions. I gained my BSc in Environment and Natural Resources (UNB) specializing in natural resource management.

Presently, I am a graduate student and a research and teaching assistant at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr Britta Jensen. There I use computational methods to improve our understanding of past volcanic activity. I am developing new tools to correlate ancient volcanic ashes using their geochemical signatures as well as applications to make better estimates of erupted material. This work is important to assess risk and improve understanding of climate, environmental, and anthropological impacts. It is also important in facilitating the use of tephra as a precise time marker in the archaeological/geological record (i.e., tephrochronology).

My experience includes roles as field and laboratory technologist, researcher and research assistant, curatorial assistant, and project manager in the private sector, academia (UNB and UofA), and government (Royal Alberta Museum, Quaternary Environments Program).