Curriculum Vitae

updated April 2024

Education

2020, PhD University of Maryland, College Park  Geology Dept.  Advisor: Nicholas Schmerr

Thesis: Planetary Seismology using Single-Station and Small-Aperture Arrays: Implications for Mars and Ocean Worlds  

2013, BA Boston University  Major: Geophysics and Planetary Sciences Minor: Mechanical Engineering


Employment

2023-| Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

2022-2023| Geophysicist, USGS Earthquake Science Center 

2020-2022 |Postdoctoral Scholar, NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA

2020- | Dragonfly Science Team Associate

2015- | InSight Science Team Collaborator 

2015-2020 |Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland College Park, MD

2016 | NASA Intern, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

2014-2015 |Lecturer and Grader, Rutgers University

2013-2014 |Technical Assistant, Columbia Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

2011-2013 |Undergraduate Research Assistant,  Boston University Center for Space Physics

2012| NASA PGGURP Intern, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

2010-2012 |Undergraduate Research Assistant, Boston University, Earth Sciences Department

Honors & Awards

2022| Seismological Society of America Early Career Travel Grant 

2018-2020 | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) 

2015-2020 | Dean’s Fellowship - University of Maryland

2019 | Seismological Society of America (SSA) Travel Grant

2019 | Goldhaber Travel Grant- University of Maryland

2017 | Best Pre-Candidate Graduate Student Talk - University of Maryland

2017, 2018, 2019 | ESSIC Travel Grant - University of Maryland

2013 | Center for Space Physics Prize - Boston University

2010-2013 | Dean's List - Boston University

Publications

Peer Reviewed

White Papers

Presentations

Invited/Public Lectures 

1st author Conference Abstracts-  (see Google Scholar for complete list)

Teaching Experience

2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD Teaching Assistant for GEOL 110: Introduction to Geology Lab

2016, 2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD Teaching Assistant for GEOL 200: Earth’s Fury

2015 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Grader, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

2014 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Teaching Assistant, Geochemistry

2010-2014| Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth Teaching Assistant for Astronomy (Bristol, RI 2010), Astrophysics (Baltimore, MD 2013, Lancaster, PA 2014)

Service

2023-     | Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) Science Co-lead

2021, 2022| AGU Fall Meeting Primary Convener

2021, 2022 | NASA Review Panelist

2022| AbSciCon, Session Co-Convener

2022| SSA Meeting, Session Co-lead

2022| LPSC Session Moderator

2022, 2023| Reviewer, GRL

2022| Reviewer, Icarus

2020-2023 | Reviewer, JGR: Planets

2019, 2022 | Dwornik Judge for LPSC

2021 | AGU OSPA Judge

2021 | Reviewer, Planetary Science Journal 

2019-2020 | AGU Voices for Science

2019 | AGU Fall Meeting Session Co-convener 

2019 | Planetary Data System (PDS) Reviewer

2019 | Microblogger for LPSC50

2019 | IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness) Founding and Committee Member

2017-2019| College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Graduate Student Council, Geology Dept. Representative 

2017-2019| NASA Panel  Executive Secretary

2018| Volunteer for Structural Geology Class Field Trip 

2018 | Volunteer for Field Geophysics Class Field Trip 

Outreach

2024 | UA's Sands Club Eclipse Day

2020| Visiting Expert for Girl Scouts of Central and Southern NJ, Virtual Camp

2016-2019| Volunteer for Geology Department at University of Maryland, Maryland Day Open House

2019-2020| Skype A Scientist 

2019| Two Scientists Walk into a Bar, Denizens Brewing Co. 

2019| Expert-Is-In Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 

2018| Volunteer for IRIS at USA Science & Engineering Festival 


Popular Media

On Artemis and LEMS

2024| UA Press Release Humans will again set foot on the moon; this time, they'll have UArizona science in tow April 2024

On Lunar Exploration

2023| KNX News 97.1 FM Los Angeles radio interview. American Spacecraft could be causing Moonquakes September 2023

2023 | CNN: Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module causing tremors on the Moon September 2023, Jackie Wattles 

2023 | CNN: India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon August 2023, Jackie Wattles

On Planetary Seismology:

2022 | Scientific American article: Seismic Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Underworlds July 2022, Jonathan O'Callaghan

On InSight:

2019| Interview on 21 WPTA Fort Wayne, Indiana. May 20 2019.

On SIIOS deployment:

2021 | SRL press release: Icy Ocean Worlds Seismometer passes further testing in Greenland March 17 2021. Becky Ham

2020 | IRIS Science Highlight:  Exploring icy worlds using seismology September 30th, 2020. Dr. Alka Tripathy-Lang and Dr. Wendy Bohon

2019 | AGU Podcast: 3rd Pod from the Sun: Special Release, Deviations from the Norm August 12th, 2019

2019 | Europa: The Search for Life Matthew E. Wright. UMD College of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

2018 | AGU Guestgrammer (on instagram) for SIIIOS project Sept 20-24th 2018

2017 | UAF scientists use Gulkana Glacier for NASA research KTVA 11 - The Voice of Alaska. (2017). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from 

2017 | A glacier in Interior Alaska is a testing ground for equipment intended for use in Space. Rosen, Yereth. Anchorage Daily News. 18 September (2017)

On NESSF Award:

2018 | Irene Ying.  Three UMD Graduate Students Receive 2018 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.  

On Coronavirus and Early-Career Impacts:

2020 | Meghan Bartels. Coronavirus prevention measures take their toll on astronomy. Space.com 18 March 2020. 

Workshops Attended

2023| NASA's PI Launchpad

2019| JPL's Planetary Science Summer School 

2018| AGU's Sharing your Science Communications Workshop

2017| POLENET/SCAR-SERCE Glacial Seismology School

Memberships and Collaborations

2024-| Artemis III Deployed Instrument LEMS: Science Team Member and SeisLEMS Lead

2020- | NASA Mission Dragonfly: Science Team Associate

2015- | NASA Mission InSight: Science Team Collaborator 

2020-| Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW)  and Future Leaders of Ocean Worlds (FLOW) member 

2018- | Seismology Society of America 

2018- | American Geophysical Union

2016- | Geological Society of America, Planetary Sciences Division

2015-| Earth Science Women's Network

2017-2018 | International Space Science Institute (ISSI): An International Reference for Seismological Data Sets and Internal Structure Models of the Moon: Young Scientist 

2015-2020 | Geological Society of Washington

2018-2020 | Potomac Geophysical Society

Software and Programming Experience

Expert Level: MATLAB, SAC, Adobe Creative Suite

Proficient Level: Python, Obspy, InstaSeis, AxiSem, Salvus, HPC computing