For my masters research, I assessed the viability of using the LA-ICPMS technique to measure Rb and Sr isotopic signatures in geological samples with adequate accuracy within the 200 Myr (2σ) precision benchmark presented in NASA’s Technology Roadmap. I generated synthetic isochrons using Monte Carlo simulation models to evaluate the accuracy and precision limitations of this method.

I was a team member of the DALI-funded KArLE (Potassium Argon Laser Experiment) project, which advances multiple in situ analytical techniques to establish the ages of planetary materials. I investigated the science goals driving this instrument's development and its potential to further lunar science, compiled a first draft of an operations sequence for a spaceflight version of the instrument, and created in-house standard to calibrate the laser's rate of ablation.