Appointments

Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, 2008 - present

Sr. Research Scientist, Washington University, 2008

Research Associate, Washington University, 2004 - 2008

MARGINS Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003 - 2004

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University, 2000 - 2004

Education

Ph.D., Brown University; Providence, RI, 2001

Sc.M. Geophysics, Brown University, 1998

B.S. Geology, minor Mathematics, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994

Field Experience

Ocean Bottom Seismograph deployment across Mariana Arc, R/V Kaiyo, 2003

Seismic Array in Fiji and Tonga (SAFT), 2001, 2002

Trans-Antarctic Mtn Seismic Experiment (TAMSEIS), 2001

North American Mantle Anisotropy and Discontinuity Experiment (NOMAD), 1998

Boomerang Cruise Leg 6, R/V Melville - cruise to Southeast Indian Ridge near Amsterdam-St. Paul hotspot, 1996

Teaching/Work Experience

Instructor, Solid Earth Geophysics, Southern Illinois University, 2008

Instructor, Science in the Media, Washington University, 2006, 2007, 2008

Guest Instructor, Earth Forces, Washington University, 2004

Teaching Assistant, Structural Geology, Brown University, 1997, 1998, 2000

Geological Data Technician at Kennecott Exploration, Inc.; Magna, Utah, 1994 - 1995

Professional Development

AGU Chapman Lherzolite Conference; Mt. Shasta, CA, 2008

MARGINS Marianas Subduction Factory Workshop; Honolulu, HI, 2007

GSA Backbone of the Americas Conference; Mendoza, Argentina, 2006

CIDER Workshop Relating Geochemical and Seismological Heterogeneity in the Deep Earth, Santa Barbara, CA, 2004

InterRidge Backarc Processes; Jeju, Korea, 2004

State of the Arc (SOTA); Mt. Hood, Oregon, 2003

MARGINS Subduction Zone Modeling Workshop; Ann Arbor, MI, 2002

Ocean Mantle Dynamics Workshop; Snowbird, Utah, 2002

PEW Consortium Workshop on Building an Academic Career; Grinnell, Iowa, 2001

RIDGE Plume-Ridge Interaction Workshop; Troutdale, Oregon, 2000

RIDGE Mantle Flow and Melt Migration Workshop; Providence, RI, 2000

RIDGE Ophiolite Field School; Larnaca, Cyprus, 1999

GSA Penrose Conference, Mid-Cretaceous to Recent Plate Boundary Processes in the Southwest Pacific; Arthur's Pass, New Zealand, 1999

RIDGE Mid-Ocean Ridge Processes Summer School; Lake Myvatn, Iceland, 1997

Committee Participation/Community Involvement

Graduate Student-Faculty Liaison; Dept. of Geosciences, Brown University, 1998 - 2000

Geo-Club President; Brown University, 1996 - 1997

Peer Reviewer: EPSL, JGR, GRL, GJI, G-Cubed, Geology, NSF, CRDF, EPS

Science Blogger for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Affiliations

American Geophysical Union.

Sigma Xi

Awards

AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award, Spring Mtg, 2000

Utah Geological Association's Field Camp Scholarship, 1994

Research Interests

Mantle flow and melt migration at mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones

Ridge-hotspot interaction

Plate boundary responses to plate motion changes

Active tectonics

Publications