Field Work

I spent some of July 2026 coring several lakes in Delta Junction, Alaska with a team of researchers from the University of Wyoming! This provides cores to research throughout my PhD, specifically within the Donnelly Training Area, a military ground within Delta Junction. This was my first lake coring experience, and a beautiful one at that!

I spent a week in August 2026 coring several lakes in and around Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Within both Wyoming and Idaho, a team of the University of Wyoming researchers camped and explored the parks while collecting cores for research. We experienced a crazy thunderstorm and the most clear lake water I have ever seen!

I got to spend my undergraduate senior year's spring break in 2026 exploring around Puerto Rico. With a Geology and Ecology class at James Madison University, we got to conduct field work around the island. We explored from coast to coast, looking at marine organisms, beautiful waterfalls, and explored in some crazy caves in the Northern Karst Belt!

My undergradaute field camp was conducted in the Summer of 2025 and traveled around the Mid-Atlantic region with James Madison University. Traveling from Virginia to Kentucky, and everywhere in between, we got to conduct mapping projects in some of the most beautiful Appalachian terrain. 

As a continuation of my field camp, we traveled to the Virginia Coastal Plain to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. This opened the door to a wonderful world of sedimentology and coastal dynamics. We looked at shoreline vulnerability on untouched islands throughout Assateague and Chincoteague, traveling by boat and chatting with VIMS professors!

I spent the Summer of 2024 doing research at Standford University on the outskirts of San Francisco, California. We had several opportunities to go out into the field, exploring the Monterey Bay and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.