NEWS

I had a great time meeting up with colleauges at GSA Connects 2026 and sharing a chapter from my PhD disseration focused on understanding clay mineral interactions with eukaryotic algae. 

I got to travel to Suzhou and Nanjing, China to present research at STRATI 2026 and the International Conference on Ecosystem Evolution and Environmental Changes before and after Neoproterozoic Glaciations. 

I also presented research at Goldschmidt 2026, which was right here in Montreal! 

I'm joining Morgan Raven's UCSB NOISE lab on the second leg of a 6-week cruise on the RV Kilo Moana studying organic matter preservation in the Pacific Ocean! We are looking at sinking phytoplankton and deep marine sediments that are rich in organic matter, sulfur, and iron. 

I graduated with my PhD from Vanderbilt University!

I defended my PhD on ecology and taphonomy of early eukaryotic microfossils!

I travelled to Oxford University Museum of Natural History for an extended research visit to work with Frankie Dunn. I was looking at microfossils and mineral textures from Paleoproterozoic cherts.