News/Updates
March 2024: LEMS selected for Artemis III Deployed Instruments
UA will be providing the seismic sensors for the LEMS instrument package.
March 2023: New position at University of Arizona
This month I will begin my new role as Assistant Research Professor at the University Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Lab!
January 2023: New paper in Earth and Planetary Sciences
My 4th paper from my postdoc is available, open access in EPSL. We discuss how we can constrain Encealdus' ice shell thickness variation using difference aspects of surface waves.
January 2023: Colloquium at Georgia Tech
I'll be giving a seminar at Geogia Tech's Earth and Atmospheric Science Department.
December 2022: AGU Week
I'll be attending in-person in Chicago. Check out my virtual poster!
December 8 2022: Colloquium at University of Arizona
I'll be giving two seminars at UA today. One for the lunar and planetary lab at noon, and a second for the seismology and geophysics group at the geosciences department at 3 pm.
November 2022: Colloquium at Penn State University
I'll be the colloquium in the geosciences department at Penn State.
July 2022: New paper in Planetary Science Journal
My 3rd postdoc paper is now available, open access, in PSJ. The paper discusses how methane clathrates affect the thermal and seismic profile of Titan.
June 2022: New Role at USGS
I am now with the USGS Earthquake Science Center! I'm excited to begin research on induced seismicity near geothermal sites and what small arrays can tell us.
May 2022: New paper in Earth and Space Sciences
My second postdoc paper is now available in Earth and Space Sciences. Seismic Detection of Euroquakes Originating From Europa's Silicate Interior
May 2022: AbSciCon week
I'll be in person at the AbSciCon meeting. I'll be chairing the planetary geophysics session and presenting my work on euroquakes.
April 2022: SSA week
I'll be in-person at the SSA meeting. Come check out the planetary seismology session and my poster on Euroquakes!
March 2022: LPSC week
I'll be in-person this week to chat about InSight's Diversity and Inclusion efforts and new results for Titan.
February 2022: New paper in Earth and Space Sciences
The last paper from my PhD work in now available, open access, through Earth and Space Sciences. The Detection of Seismicity on Icy Ocean Worlds by Single-Station and Small-Aperture Seismometer Arrays
24th February 2022: Colloquium at the University of Iowa
I'll be visiting the Earth and Environment Department to chat about planetary seismology and the future of seismic exploration.
8th February 2022: Colloquium at Auburn
I'll be visiting the Geosciences Department to chat about planetary seismology and the future of seismic exploration.
4th February 2022: Colloquium at UCSC
I'll be (virtually) giving the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department's Seminar this week!
24th January 2022: Colloquium at Texas A&M
I'll be visiting the Geology and Geophysics Department to chat about planetary seismology and the future of seismic exploration.
December 2021: AGU week
I will be virtually attending AGU this week. Check out the session on planetary geophysics I'll be convening. Missed my poster? Check it out here
28 July 2021: Presentation at NOW available online via YouTube
Here I discuss the geophysical instruments and technology that will help us explore potentially habitable worlds.
22 July 2021: New Paper
The InSight team has found the martian core! Read about the details here
17 March 2021: New paper out!
My newest paper, The Deployment of the Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS) in Northwest Greenland: An Analog Experiment for Icy Ocean World Seismic Deployments, is now available through Seismological Research Letters.
15-29 March 2021: LPSC Week
This week I'll be attending LPSC virtually. Come check out my poster here, I discuss how clathrates on Titan can influence the thermal and seismic profiles of the surface ice shell
January 2021: New Paper Available
Our paper from 2019's PSSS is now available. In this paper we discuss how a New Frontier's class mission could explore an intersteller object (ISO) or a long period comet (LPC).
16th December 2020: AGU presentation
I will be presenting the latest work from my postdoc during Wednesday evening's session on the Geophysics of Ocean Worlds
06 July 2020: New Paper Available
Second paper on lunar seismology is now available here! This paper reviews instrumentation and data collected from the Apollo seismometers.
01 June 2020: New Position at JPL
Starting in June, I will begin my new role as postdoctoral researcher at JPL! I'm excited to continue working on icy ocean world seismology and the InSight mission to Mars.
24th April 2020: Thesis Defended!
I'm happy to announce that I have passed my thesis defense! Thank you to my advisor, as well as my friends and family for their support.
18th March 2020: SRL Paper now Available
Our Data Mine paper is now available!
8-13th December: AGU Week
I'll be presenting my latest work on ambient seismicity at AGU's Fall Meeting. My poster will appear at P53D 3478 on Friday. Not at AGU on Friday? Come find me during the week and I can show you the poster on my laptop.
10th November: New publication now available on Space Science Reviews
Our paper " Lunar Seismology: An Update on Interior Structure Models " is now available on https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11214-019-0613-y#enumeration.
23rd October 2019: Two Scientists Walk into a Bar
Denizens Brewing Co. in Riverdale will be hosting me and another scientists for the National Academies of Science, Two Scientists walk into a Bar program. Come ask me questions over a pint of beer!
25th September 2019: IRIS Webinar on InSight
I'll be giving an IRIS webinar on the InSight mission. Register and watch live, or check it out on the IRIS youtube channel.
12th September 2019: Public Lecture at Potomac Geophysical Society
Come hear me discuss the past, present, and future of planetary seismology.
05 August - 09 August 2019: JPL Planetary Summer Science Seminar
I'll be attending the JPL PSSS in Pasadena, CA. This exciting opportunity has allowed me to work with other early career planetary scientists and engineers. We will be writing a New Horizons style proposal for a mission to an Interstellar Object or Long-period Comet.
24 July 2019: Dean's Fellowship Awarded for Academic 2019-2020
Thank you to UMD and the Geology Department for this award. The recognition and financial support is greatly appreciated.
03 July 2019: Expert-Is-In at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Come by today to hear me talk about Earthquakes, the InSight Mission, and how seismology can be used to explore our own planet and solar system. I'll be in the Geology Hall on the 2nd floor.
10 April 2019: Seismological Society of America (SSA) Travel Grant Awarded
Thank you to the SSA for awarding me $1325 to attend the 15th InSight Science Team Meeting in Paris!
08-10 April 2019: Voices for Science Orientation
I'll be in Washington DC learning how to properly communicate with the media and general public. I'm excited to meet my cohorts and plan the next year of science communication.
17-24 March 2019: LPSC week
I'll be attending LPSC this week where I'll be presenting my poster at Tuesday night's poster session. Come check it out!
14 March 2019: Accepted to Voices for Science Program
I'm excited to announce I'll be part of the 2019 Class of Voices for Science media/public communications track. For the next year I'll be learning how to better communicate science with the media. Stay tuned for some exciting science communications!
25 February-01 March 2019: InSight Team Meeting
This week I'll be in Pasadena for the 14th InSight Team Meeting. I'm looking forward to the science discussions. On Thursday I'll be presenting results of a blindtest with Renee Weber and Raphael Garcia. Go InSight!
06 February 2019: Talk at GSW
I'll be giving a talk at the next Geological Society of Washington (GSW) meeting. The talk will be on using Greenland as an analog site to study Ocean Worlds. For details on the meeting time and location see GSW's homepage.