Contact & CV

Doctor of Philosophy - Geological Sciences, University of Oregon - June 2015
Dissertation Title: From Cinder Cones to Subduction Zones: Volatile Recycling and Magma Formation beneath the Southern Cascade Arc (Advisor: Dr. Paul Wallace)

Bachelor of Science in Geology - University of California, Los Angeles - June 2010

Academic Appointments

♦ Assistant Professor of Geology (March 2021 - present). Western Washington University.

♦ Assistant Professor of Geology (January 2017 – March 2021). Middlebury College.

♦ Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2015-2016). University of Edinburgh.

♦ Graduate Teaching Fellow & Research Assistant (2010-2015). University of Oregon.

♦ Undergraduate Research Assistant (2008-2010). UCLA.

TEACHING

Teaching at Western Washington University

GEOL 311: Earth Materials (Fall 2023)

GEOL 409/410: Field Methods/Geologic Mapping (Summer 2023)

GEOL 306 Mineralogy (Spring 2021; Fall 2021; Fall 2022; Spring 2023)

GEOL 497V/597V (Winter 2022; Spring 2023)

GEOL 406 Petrology (Spring 2022; Winter 2023; Winter 2024; Spring 2024)

GEOL 502/503 (Spring 2022; Winter 2023; Spring 2023; Winter 2024; Spring 2024)

GEOL 400 Independent Study (Winter 2022; Spring 2022; Fall 2023; Winter 2023; Spring 2023; Spring 2024)

GEOL 101 Introduction to Geology (Fall 2022; Winter 2024; Spring 2024)

GEOL 490 Senior Thesis (Fall 2022; Winter 2023)

GEOL 497V/597V (Summer 2021; Fall 2021)

Student Advising

Current WWU Graduate Student Advisees:

♦ Sam Randall (Fall 2024 – present) – TBD.

♦ Saisha Brody (Fall 2023 - present) – “Understanding Eruption Dynamics through Volatile Contents at Augustine Volcano, Alaska”

Former WWU Graduate Student Advisees

♦ Amanda Florea (Fall 2022-June 2024) – “Using Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions to Better Understand the Transcrustal Architecture beneath Koma Kulshan”

♦ Mahina Robbins (Fall 2021-June 2023) – “Connections between eruption style and magmatic reservoir evolution: Insights from Augustine Volcano, Alaska, USA”

♦ Sloane Kennedy (Fall 2021-August 2023) – “Using Chemical Zoning in Minerals to Understand Magmatic Processes at Augustine Volcano, Alaska”

WWU Graduate Student Committee Member:

♦ Teagan Maher (Fall 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Sue Debari

♦ Kayla Augenbaugh (Fall 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Sue Debari

♦ Katie Kennedy (Fall 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Emily Roland

♦ Craig Gabrielson (Fall 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

♦ Leia Villamizar (Fall 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

♦ Brian Pinke (Winter 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Allison Pfeiffer

♦ Richard Gwynn (Winter 2023 - present) – Primary Advisor Asmaa Boujibar

♦ Sammy Theuer (Winter 2023 - present) – Primary Advisors, Melissa Rice and Sean Mulcahy

♦ Erin Kaplan (Fall 2022 – present) – Primary Advisor, Sue Debari. “Using crystal populations, thermobarometry, and trace elements of dacite to better understand the magmatic plumbing system beneath Koma Kulshan”

♦ Nick Cunetta (Winter 2022 – Winter 2024) – Primary Advisors, Liz Schermer and Sean Mulcahy

♦ Alivia Eng (Winter 2022 – Spring 2023) – Primary Advisor, Melissa Rice.

♦ Brendan Garvey (Fall 2020 - Summer 2022) – Primary Advisor, Sue Debari. “A Recent Snapshot of Mt. Baker’s Transcrustal Magma Storage System”

External Graduate Student Committee Member:

♦ Desiree Cunningham (Fall 2022 – June 2024) – Primary Advisor, Hannah Shamloo, Central Washington University. “Eruption initiation timescales through time at a very-high-threat Washington volcano: Clues from crystal cargo in lavas from Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker)

♦ Emily Yoder (Fall 2022 – June 2024) – Primary Advisor, Hannah Shamloo, Central Washington University. “Timescales of magma storage and eruption processes at Koma Kulshan, WA, for the most recent eruption of the Sulfur Creek lava”

WWU undergraduate research Student Advisees:

♦ Ananya Freeman (Spring 2024-present) – “Analysis of Fe-Ti Oxides to Determine Temperatures of Magma Mixing to Eruption at Augustine Volcano’s Tephra C”

♦ Marcos Munoz (Winter 2024-Summer 2024) – “Analysis of Fe-Ti Oxides to Determine Temperatures of Magma Mixing to Eruption at Augustine Volcano’s Tephra B”

♦ Annabelle Carozza (Fall 2022-Fall 2023) – Honors Thesis defended Fall 2023 “Analysis of Clinopyroxene Reaction Rims as Assimilation Chronometers at Cinder Cone Volcano, Lassen National Volcanic Park, California”

♦ Oscar Scholten (Fall 2022; Winter 2023) – “Characterizing the opening phase of the 1666 eruption of Cinder Cone, Lassen National Park, CA”

♦ Shae Fairchild (Winter 2022; Spring 2022; Fall 2022; Winter 2023) – “Analysis of bubble size distributions of late erupted pyroclasts from Cinder Cone, northern California: Insights into the role of ascent rate during explosive basaltic eruptions”

♦ Claire Rowan-Arnett (Spring 2022; January-June 2023) – “Using Microlite Number Density to Understand Variation in Magma Decompression Throughout a Single Eruption at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA” NSF funded Post Bacc Researcher – GEOREPS Supplement

♦ Stone Machel (Spring 2022) – Analysis of bubble size distributions from opening phase tephra from Cinder Cone, northern California”

♦ Amanda Florea (Fall 2021; Winter 2022) – “Analysis of bubble size distributions and microlite number density of early erupted pyroclasts from Cinder Cone, northern California: Insights into the role of ascent rate during explosive basaltic eruptions”

SCHOLARSHIP

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P. J., DeBari, S. M., Wada, I., Shaw, S. D., & Rea, J. (2024). Disentangling the roles of subducted volatile contributions and mantle source heterogeneity in the production of magmas beneath the Washington Cascades. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2024GC011587.

Kirstein, L. A., Walowski, K. J., Jones, R. E., Burgess, R., Fitton, J. G., De Hoog, J. C., & EIMF. (2023). Volatiles and intraplate magmatism: A variable role for carbonated and altered oceanic lithosphere in ocean island basalt formation. Journal of Petrology, 64(5), egad022.

Paul, A.N., Stewart, J.A., Agostini A.E., Kirstein, L.A., Savov, I., De Hoog, J. C. M., Walowski, K.J. Elliott, T.R. (2023). Refining Boron Isotopic Measurements of Silicate Samples by Multi‐Collector‐Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry (MC‐ICP‐MS). Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research.

[Walowski Contribution: hypothesis development; field work/sample collection; scientific discussions; editing]

Humphreys, J., Brounce, M., & Walowski, K. (2022). Diffusive equilibration of H2O and oxygen fugacity in natural olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117409.

Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T., Savov, I., Jones, R. (2021). Boron recycling in the mantle: Evidence from a global comparison of ocean island basalts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 302, 83-100.

Bekaert, D.V., Turner, S.J., Broadley, M.W., Barnes, J.D., Halldórson, S.A., Labidi, J., Wade, J., Walowski, K.J., Barry, P.H. (2021). Subduction-driven volatile recycling: a global mass-balance. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 49.

Black, B., Mittal, T., *Lingo, F., Walowski, K. J., Hernandez, A. (2021). Assessing the environmental consequences of lava-water interactions during Large Igneous Province emplacement. In Environmental Effects of Large Igneous Provinces: The Deadly Kiss of LIPs (Ch. 5, pp. 113-128). AGU Books.

Befus, K.S., Walowski, K.J., Hervig, R.L., Cullen, J.T. (2020). Hydrogen Isotope Composition of a Large Silicic Magma Reservoir Preserved in Quartz‐Hosted Glass Inclusions of the Bishop Tuff Plinian Eruption. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(12), e2020GC009358.

*Hollyday, A. E., *Leiter, S. H., & Walowski, K. J. (2020). Pre-eruptive storage, evolution, and ascent timescales of a high-Mg basaltic andesite in the southern Cascade Arc. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175(9), 1-21.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P. J., Cashman, K.V., Clynne, M. A., Ruprecht, P., Marks, J.K. (2019). Understanding melt evolution and the magmatic plumbing system at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: Insights from olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 106665.

Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T., Savov, I. (2019). Investigating ocean island mantle source heterogeneity with B isotopes in melt inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 508, 97-108.

Dixon, J. E., Bindeman, I. N., Kingsley, R. H., Simons, K. K., le Roux, P. J., Hajewski, T. R., Swart, P., Langmuir, C.H., Ryan, J.G., Walowski, K.J., Wada I., Wallace, P.J. (2017). Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 18(11), 3801-3839.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P.J., Clynne, M.A., *Rasmussen, D.J., & D. Weis (2016). Slab melting and magma formation beneath the southern Cascade Arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 446, 100-112.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P. J., Hauri, E. H., Wada, I., & Clynne, M. A. (2015). Slab melting beneath the Cascade Arc driven by dehydration of altered oceanic peridotite. Nature Geoscience, 8(5), 404-408.

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Publications in review and preparation

Hudak, M.R., Barry, P.H., Bekaert, D.V., Turner, S.J., Walowski, K.J., Tyne, R.L., Li, K., Nielson, S.G., Curtice, J.M., Kurz, M.D., Calhoon, E., Wallace, P.J., Muth, M., Shaw, A. (In Review) “Deep Nitrogen Fluxes and Sources Constrained by Arc Lava Phenocrysts” at Geophysical Research Letters

Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T. (in Preparation for Lithos Special Edition for Mid-Career Women in Geoscience). “The volatile content of heterogeneous hotspot mantle source reservoirs: Insights from the compositions of olivine hosted melt inclusions”

**Robbins, M.G., Walowski, K. J., Koleszar A.M., Loewen M., and Wallace, K. (in Preparation) “Changes in Magmatic Plumbing System Configuration May Drive Eruption Style at Augustine Volcano (Alaska-Aleutian Arc, USA)” For Bulletin of Volcanology

**Kennedy, S., Walowski, K. J., Koleszar A.M., Loewen M., and Wallace, K. (in Preparation) “Using Chemical Zoning in Minerals to Understand Magmatic Processes at Augustine Volcano, Alaska” For Journal of Volcanologic and Geothermal Research.

**Florea, A., Walowski, K. J., DeBari, S., Shamloo, H., Johnson, E., Ruth, D. and Tucker, D. (In Preparation) “Using Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions to Better Understand the Transcrustal Architecture Beneath Koma Kulshan (Mount Baker)” for Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

** Yoder, E., Shamloo, H., DeBari, S., Walowski, K. J. and Tucker, D. (in Preparation) “Eruption Initiation Timescales at a Very High Threat Washington Volcano: Clues from Crystal Cargo in Lavas from Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker)” for Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

**Cunningham, D., Yoder, E., Shamloo, H., DeBari, S., Walowski, K. J. and Tucker, D. (in Preparation) “Timescales of Magma Storage and Eruption Initiation of the Most Recent Lava Flow at Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker, WA)” for Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

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Grants and Awards

♦ (SUBMITTED) NSF-SNSF: Collaborative Research: Combined bulk and in situ measurements to evaluate the utility of Cl isotopes as a tracer of subduction zone components and magmatic evolution (2024; Co-PI; 3-year; WWU budget $174,282; Lead PI Jaime Barnes, Univ. of Texas at Austin)

♦ NSF MRI: Acquisition of a micro-computed tomography scanner for interdisciplinary research at Western Washington University ($570,040; Lead PI: Casey Saenger, Co-PIs: John Misasi, Tesla Monson Andrew Weitz, and Kristina Walowski)

♦ NSF IF: Upgrade of LA-ICP-MS for research and education at Western Washington University ($468,550; Lead PI: Sue DeBari, Co-PIs: Mai Sas, Manuel Montano, Kristina Walowski, and Sean Mulcahy)

♦ NSF EAR: Collaborative Research: Phenocryst or not? Using a stratovolcano's crystal cargo to explore crustal-scale magmatic systems, Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker), Northern Cascade Arc (Awarded December 2021; Co-PI; 3-year; $333,456; Lead PI Sue DeBari, WWU; Co-PI Hannah Shamloo, CWU)

♦ Meierjurgen Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon (Term in residence, Winter 2021)

♦ NSF EAR RUI: Collaborative Research: How variable is magma decompression rate during a single eruption? (2020; Co-PI; 2-year; $286,530; Lead PI Megan Newcombe, Univ. of Maryland)

♦ 2022 GEO-REPS Supplementary Funding ($17,450)

♦ Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2020 (host: Dr. Linda Kirstein, University of Edinburgh; £34,261; 3-month visit canceled due to COVID-19)

♦ Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship 2020 (3-week travel grant; $6,215)

♦ NSF EAR RUI: Collaborative Research: Testing the controls on eruption size and style at intermediate arc volcanoes: Evidence from the Holocene record at Augustine Volcano, USA (2020; lead PI; 3-year; $290,003; Co-PI Alison Koleszar, Colgate University)

♦ NASA Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM) Proposal to analyze lunar basalts collected during Apollo 12, 15, and 17 (2019).

♦ John M. White '52 Research Fund (2017; 2018), Middlebury College.

♦ Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Teaching Innovation (2017), Middlebury College.

Invited Presentations

♦ United States Geological Survey, Volcano Science Center, Seminar Series (Apr, 2024)

♦ University of Washington, Department Seminar (November, 2023)

♦ IAVCEI Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism (November, 2023)

♦ Colgate University, Cooper Lecture (March, 2023)

♦ Alaska Volcano Observatory, Coordination Meeting (December, 2022)

♦ Alaska Volcano Observatory, 2022 Field Season Review (September, 2022)

♦ United States Geological Survey, Volcano Science Center, Seminar Series (Apr, 2022)

♦ Miami University Geology & Environmental Earth Science Dept Seminar (Nov, 2021)

♦ University of California, Santa Barbara, Geology Department Career Panel (Nov, 2021)

♦ University of Rhode Island, Geochemistry Seminar (October, 2021)

♦ Pre-Goldschmidt Conference Boron Workshop (June, 2021)

♦ Western Washington University, Geology Lunch Talk (May, 2021)

♦ University of Oregon, Department Seminar Series (February, 2021)

♦ American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (2015, 2017, 2020)

♦ Dartmouth College, Department Seminar Series (February 2020)

♦ University of Maryland, Department Seminar Series (November 2019)

♦ University of Vermont, Department Seminar Series (October 2019)

♦ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geochemistry Seminar Series (July 2019)

♦ Williams College (March 2019)

♦ Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (January 2019)

♦ Geological Society of America Meeting (October 2018)

♦ SUNY Binghamton (October 2018)

♦ University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Geology (March 2018)

♦ City University of New York, Division of Earth and Atmospheric Science (February 2018)

♦ Brown University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science Dept. (November 2017)

♦ Oxford University, Deep Volatiles Consortium Meeting (September 2016)

♦ University of California, Davis, Earth and Planetary Science Dept. (March 2016)

♦ Middlebury College, Department of Geology (December 2015)

♦ University of Edinburgh, PVG Seminar Series (October 2015)

♦ Theoretical and Experimental Institute for the GeoPRISMS SCD Initiative (October 2015)

♦ GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany (September 2015)

Recent Conference Presentations

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Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, June 2024

♦Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P.J., DeBari, S., Wada., I, Shaw, S., Rea, J. “Disentangling the roles of subducted volatile contributions and mantle source heterogeneity in the production of magmas beneath the Washington Cascades”

American Geophysical Union, December 2023

♦Kristina J. Walowski, Linda A. Kirstein, Jan C. M. de Hoog “The volatile content of heterogeneous hotspot mantle source reservoirs: Insights from the volatile contents of olivine-hosted melt inclusions”

♦*Claire Rowan-Arnett, Kristina J. Walowski, Megan Eve Newcombe “Using Microlite Number Density to Understand Variation in Magma Decompression Throughout a Single Eruption at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA”

♦**Amanda Florea, Kristina J. Walowski, Susan M. DeBari, Hannah I. Shamloo, Dawn C. Ruth, Emily R. Johnson and Dave Tucker “Using Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions to Better Understand the Transcrustal Architecture Beneath Koma Kulshan (Mount Baker)”

♦**Emily Yoder, Hannah Shamloo, Susan M DeBari and Kristina Walowski “Eruption Initiation Timescales at a Very High Threat Washington Volcano: Clues from Crystal Cargo in Lavas from Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker)”

♦**Erin Kaplan, Susan M DeBari, Julie Andrews, Kristina J. Walowski, Hannah Shamloo and Dawn Ruth “What role do silicic magmas play in the construction of the dominantly intermediate andesitic Mount Baker volcano (Koma Kulshan)?: testing the hypothesis for dacite mush remobilization”

♦**Mahinaokalani Robbins, Kristina J. Walowski, Alison M. Koleszar, Matthew Loewen, and Kristi Wallace “Changes in Magmatic Plumbing System Configuration May Drive Eruption Style at Augustine Volcano (Alaska-Aleutian Arc, USA)”

♦*Stone Machel, Susan M DeBari, Dave Tucker, *Spencer Yaude, Kristina J. Walowski, Hannah Shamloo, and Dawn Ruth “Using Trace Element Concentrations in Volcanic Ash to Elucidate Magma Sources for Koma Kulshan's (Mount Baker) Most Recent Explosive Eruption - the 6.7 ka Black Ash (BA) Tephra”

♦**Desiree Cunningham, Hannah Shamloo, Susan M DeBari, and Kristina J. Walowski “Timescales of Magma Storage and Eruption Initiation of the Most Recent Lava Flow at Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker, WA)”

Goldschmidt Conference, July 2023

♦ M.R., Hudak, P.H., Barry, D.V., Bekaert, S.J., Turner, K.J., Walowski, S.G., Nielsen “Olivine and pyroxene-hosted fluid inclusions record high arc nitrogen fluxes and multiple slab sources”

♦**K. Kim, M. Newcombe, **L. Peterson, K. Walowski, M. Clynne, J. Wang “Variability of magma decompression rates during the 1666 CE eruption of Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA, USA”

USGS Subduction Zone Workshop, January 2023

♦ Walowski, K.J., DeBari, S., Shamloo, H., **Florea, A., **Seitzinger., **Z., Kaplan., **E., Cunningham, D., **Yoder, E. “Phenocryst or not? Using a stratovolcano's crystal cargo to explore crustal-scale magmatic systems, Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker), Northern Cascade Arc”

Murdock College Science Research Conference, November 2022

♦ *Fairchild, S., Walowski, K.J., *Florea, A., *Machel, S., *Rowan-Arnett, C. *Carozza, A., “Using Bubble Size Distribution and Bubble Number Density to Understand Magma Ascent Processes at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA”

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 2022

♦ **Kennedy, S., Walowski, K., Koleszar, A., Loewen, M. “Using Chemical Zoning in Plagioclase and Pyroxene to Understand Magmatic Processes and Changes in Eruptive Behavior at Augustine Volcano, AK”

♦ **Robbins, M., Walowski, K., Koleszar, A., Loewen, M. “Connections between Eruptive Style and Magmatic Reservoir Evolution: Insights from Augustine Volcano, AK”

Goldschmidt Conference, July 2022

♦ Walowski, K.J., Kirstein, L., De Hoog, C. J., & Elliott, T. “The volatile content of heterogeneous intraplate mantle source reservoirs: Insights from a global dataset of olivine-hosted melt inclusion compositions.”

Volatiles from Source to Surface, A GEOPRISMS Workshop, May 2022

♦ Hudak, M., Barry, P., Turner, S., Walowski, K., Bekaert, D., Day, J., Gazel, E., Wallace, P., Muth, M., Kurz, M., Horton, F., Krantz. “Tracing subducted nitrogen in volcanic rocks: Disentangling sources and subduction parameters”

Western Washington University Scholars Week, May 2022

♦ Walowski, K.J., *Florea, A., *Fairchild, S., *Machel, S., *Rowan-Arnett, C. “Magmas are Foams! What the bubbles tell us about dangerous volcanic eruptions” in Faculty/Student Group Collaborations

American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 2021

♦ Humphreys, J., Brounce, M.J., Walowski, K.J. “Diffusive Re-equilibration of Water and Oxygen Fugacity in Natural Olivine Hosted Melt Inclusions.”

♦ Befus, K.S., Hervig, R.L., Walowski, K.J. “Hydrogen isotope composition of a large silicic magma reservoir preserved in quartz-hosted glass inclusions”

♦ Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P.J., DeBari, S., Shaw, S., Rea, J. “Identifying slab-derived volatile contributions and mantle source heterogeneity beneath the Washington Cascades”

Goldschmidt Annual Meeting, 2021

♦ Paul, A.N., Stewart, J.A., Agostini A.E, Kirstein, L.A., Savov, I., De Hoog, J. C. M., Walowski, K.J., Elliott, T.R. “Benchmarking analysis of δ11B in low B Mid Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) volcanic glasses”

♦ Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T., Savov, I., “Boron recycling in the mantle: Evidence from a global comparison of ocean island basalts.” (Invited presentation for Pre-Conference Workshop)

SERVICE

Geology Department Committee Service at WWU

♦ URGE Steering Representative (Spring 2023 – present)

♦ WWU URGE Pod Member and Working Group Leader (Winter 2021 – present)

♦ Structural Geology Tenure Track Search Committee (Fall 2022-Winter 2023)

♦ External Relations, Speakers, and Events Committee (Fall 2021-Fall 2023)

♦ Grad Admissions Committee (Fall 2023-present)

♦ Curriculum and Assessment (Spring 2021-Spring 2022)

♦ Confidential Planning Committee for Ned Brown Chair and Paul Rady Scholars (Spring 2021)

♦ Scholarship Committee (Spring 2021)

♦ Course/TA Schedule Committee (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)

Other Professional Activities at WWU

♦ WWU AMSEC Executive Committee (Fall 2023 – present)

♦ WWU AMSEC Scholarship Committee (Spring 2022 – Spring 2023)

♦ Preview Days Class Demonstration (Spring 2023)

♦ Compass to Campus Tour Day; Three Teaching Demonstrations for 5th Graders (Fall 2023)

♦ Sci Tech Open House; provided micro-CT demonstrations (Fall 2023)

♦ Beyond Diversity Workshop Participant

♦ Applied to serve on various RSP Committees but had to decline seat in Fall 2022 due to conflict of meetings with teaching schedule

♦ WWU AMSEC Scholarship Committee (Fall 2022 – present)

♦ WWU AMSEC Affiliate (Spring 2021-present)

♦ WWU Chapter of SACNAS - STEM into Graduate School Event Panelist (Spring 2021)

♦ WWU Chapter of SACNAS – Research Opportunities Meet-n-Greet Event (Spring 2021)

External Service and Professional Development Activities

♦ Koma Kulshan Field Experience (Summer 2023)

[In collaboration with Sue Debari, Hannah Shamloo (CWU), and Terri Plake (NWIC); week-long course with campus based and field trip experiences for pre-majors from WWU, and Northwest Indian College (NWIC) students, August, 2023]

♦ Converging on Eruption Science with Equity (CONVERSE) Portland Workshop Organize (March 2023) https://conversecenter.org/planning-a-future/

[Launch of the new NSF-funded Geohazards Track 1 CONVERSE Catalyst Center; built website, helped organize dinners and social events, helped build a thematic schedule and invited speakers, helped organize and run workshop discussions]

♦ Founder/Organizer “PNW Monogenetic Volcanoes Working Group” (Spring 2021-present)

[Organize meetings which include scheduling guest speakers, hosting and moderating the online events, and developing engaging discussions topics]

♦ Elected Councilor (2018-present) Council on Undergraduate Research, Geoscience Division

[Nominations Committee Member; lead recruitment of new councilors and facilitated new councilor election process for the Geoscience Division; Awards Committee Member: contributed to advertisement, selection, and awarding]

♦ Peer Reviewer (In 2023 for National Science Foundation proposals, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Petrology, Nature Communications)

♦ Outstanding Student Presentation Judge, AGU Meeting (2015; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2023).

♦ Community Network for Volcanic Eruption Response (CONVERSE) Distributed Volcanism Virtual Eruption Scenario Participant

♦ Skype a Scientist participant (2020-present)

♦ Session Chair, Goldschmidt Conference (2017).

♦ Community Network for Volcanic Eruption Response (CONVERSE) Distributed Volcanism Workshop Organizer (October 2021)

♦ Session Chair, AGU Fall Meeting (2017, 2019, 2021).

♦ National Science Foundation Review Panelist – Division of Earth Sciences (Spring, 2021); Research Experiences for Undergraduates (Fall, 2020); Marine Geology and Geophysics (Spring 2020).

♦ Health Professions Committee Member, Middlebury College (2018-present).

♦ Fulbright Interview Panelist, Middlebury College (Fall, 2018; Fall, 2019).

♦ Member (2017-present) Council on Undergraduate Research.

♦ Member (2017-present) National Association of Geoscience Teachers.

♦ Committee Member (2017-2020). Faculty Advisor Board for International Study Programs, Middlebury College.

♦ GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize Judge, AGU Fall Meeting (2015; 2017; 2018; 2019).

♦ Member (2015-present). The European Association of Geochemistry.

♦ Member (2012-present). The Geochemical Society.
♦ Member (2009-present). American Geophysical Union.

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