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I recently graduate with my PhD in the Earth Sciences from the University of California, Riverside, studying fault creep in northern California through a variety of methods. I am currently the supervisor for the SCEC Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (UseIT) internship program where I work with the interns on a daily basis to help conduct research and answer the research questions they are challenged with. I want to pursue a career involved in science education and outreach more specifically in creating and/or maintaining science internship programs where I can interact with undergraduates, teach as well as mentor them in their own career paths.

Background: I graduated from California State University, East Bay, with a BS in Physics where I pursued internships in physics (in two of my professors physics labs), in geology (at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and in geophysics (the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience). All of these internships helped me decide that I wanted to go to graduate school and pursue a project in depth, which lead me to UCR working with Dr. Gareth Funning on active tectonics.

If you have any questions on my research, or about going to graduate school, being a graduate student, how to get the most out of your graduate time - email me! I am happy to talk!