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Curriculum Vitae

Research Appointments

Research Scientist, Jacobs/NASA Johnson Space Center, 2023-present

LPI/ARES Postdoctoral Researcher, Lunar and Planetary Institute/NASA Johnson Space Center, 2021-2023
with Dr. Francis McCubbin and Dr. Kathleen Vander Kaaden

  • Experimental petrology and geochemistry of Mercury and meteorites

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2021
with Dr. Nick Dygert

  • Thermal and redox history of winonaite and IAB iron complex meteorites

NASA Earth and Space Sciences Graduate Fellow, Brown University, 2018-2021
with Dr. Stephen Parman and Dr. Ralph Milliken

  • Volatile Partitioning in silicates at very low oxygen fugacity

Electron Microprobe Assistant Manager, Brown University, 2018-2021
with Dr. Joe Boesenberg

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2014-2016
with Dr. Heather Watson

  • Planetesimal Core Formation Using High T, High P, Deformation X-ray Microtomography
  • Simultaneous Ultrasonic and Tomographic Measurements of Porous Materials Under Pressure

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2013-2014
with Dr. Benjamin Hallett

  • Metamorphic History of the Goshen Dome

Education

Brown University, Providence, RI
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Ph.D. (2021) Geological Sciences

  • Volatiles and Redox in Mercury and Chondritic Parent Bodies: Insights from Experiments and Laboratory Analyses of Meteorites

M.S. (2016-2018) Geological Sciences

  • Effect of Oxygen Fugacity on the Chemical Properties of Very Reduced Mercurian Melts


Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
B.S. (2013-2016) Geology

Teaching Appointments and Training

LPI/ARES Summer Intern Mentor, Lunar and Planetary Institute (2022)

  • Mentored undergraduate student Emily Etheridge on project investigating thermal evolution of enstatite chondrites

Summer@Brown Pre-College Course Instructor, Brown University (2020)

  • Habitable Worlds: Possible Places for Life in the Universe

Brown Asteroid & Meteorites Summer Reading Group Co-Organizer (2020)

Teaching Assistant under Dr. Reid Cooper, Brown University (2018)

  • GEOL0010: Face of the Earth

Sheridan Teaching Seminar – Course Design (2020)

Sheridan Teaching Seminar – Reflective Teaching (2017)

Honors and Recognitions

  • Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society Associate Membership (2020)
  • GeoClub Award Winner- presented for outstanding service to the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown (2018)
  • AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award- given to top 2-5% of student presenters (2017)
  • Joseph L. Rosenholtz Prize- awarded to a senior in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at RPI for outstanding work in earth sciences (2016)
  • Rensselaer’s Founders Award of Excellence- honor given to students who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, and the values of pride and responsibility at Rensselaer (limited to 1% student body) (2015)

Funding Awarded

Fellowships and Research Grants

  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship- Interior Volatiles of Mercury (2018-2021)
  • NSF/GSA Graduate Student Geoscience Grant-Volatile Partitioning in Enstatite in Reduced Experiments (2020-2021)
  • Fellowship, Paul G. Benedum Graduate Travel & Research Fund for Geological Sciences (2019-2020)
  • GSA Graduate Student Research Grant-Volatile Partitioning in Enstatite in Reduced Meteorites (2019-2020)
  • Brown University First Year Fellowship (2016-2017)
  • Rensselaer Leadership Scholarship Award (2013-2016)
  • Sanofi US Scholarship Recipient (2013-2016)

Travel Grants

  • Goldschmidt Planetary Science Grant (2019)
  • Brown University International Travel Grant (2019)
  • Mercury: Current and Future Science of the Innermost Planet Young Scientist Travel Award (2018)
  • Brown University Graduate Student Council Travel Award (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Brown University Graduate School Travel Award (2017, 2018, 2019)

Research Skills

Experimental

  • Piston-cylinder apparatus
  • Evacuated silica tube experiments
  • Vapor deposition experiments
  • Multi-anvil apparatus
  • In-situ high pressure, high temperature, deformation X-ray microtomography
  • In-situ falling sphere viscometry experiments
  • High pressure experimental sample preparation
  • Preparation of powdered starting material for experiments
  • Meteorite sample preparation

Analytical

  • Petrographic microscope
  • Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA)
  • Scanning electron microanalysis (SEM)
  • Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) volatile analyses
  • Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) trace element analyses
  • Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy (reflectance + transmission)
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy (fluorescence: sulfur, chlorine, chromium; transmission: silicon)
  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
  • Evolved gas analysis (EGA)

Computational

  • MATLAB
  • ATHENA (XANES spectroscopy data processing + analysis)
  • Lattice-Boltzmann permeability simulations

Image Manipulation/Design

  • ImageJ
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • XMapTools

Professional Memberships

  • Mineralogical Society of America
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Geological Society of America
  • Geochemical Society
  • Meteoritical Society

Leadership and Service

Service to the Profession

  • Geochemistry Lead for NASA’s Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) Steering Committee Member (2023-present)
  • Cross-AG IDEA Working Group Committee Member (2023-present)
  • Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Geoscience (AAPIiG) Steering Committee Member (2022-present)
  • NASA Review Panel Member (2022, 2023), NASA Executive Secretary (2020)
  • Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE) Brown DEEPS Pod Leader (2021)
  • Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSC) Panelist for Applying for and Winning STEM Fellowships (2020)
  • Goldschmidt Conference Student Helper Volunteer (2019)
  • Chair for Mercury Geochemistry: Observations and Laboratory Constraints session at Mercury Conference (2018)
  • Dwornik Judge for Undergraduate Presentations, LPSC (2018, 2019)

Service to the Community

  • Braving Diversity Committee Member at Lunar and Planetary Institute (2022-2023)
  • Invited Speaker, 10th Grade Earth Science Class, Midwood High School- Meteorites and Career Path as a Person of Color in Planetary Science (2021)
  • Student Equity and Diversity Committee (SEDC) in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) at Brown University (2018-2021)
  • Steering Committee on Equity and Diversity (SCED) in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) at Brown University (2018-2021)
  • Graduate Student Council Representative (2018-2020)
  • DEEPS STEP Volunteer Elementary Grade Teacher (2017-2018)

Service to the Department, Brown University

  • Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology Lunch Seminar Series Organizer (2017, 2018)
  • DEEPS Leadership Alliance National Symposium Outreach Booth Chair (2017)
  • Graduate Diversity Working Group Co-Leader (2017-2019)
    • Co-Organizer of Departmental Diversity/Inclusion/Bias Workshop (2018)
  • GeoClub Co-President (2017-2018)
  • DEEPS AGU Outreach Booth Committee Chair (2017-2018)

Mentoring Experience

  • GeoClub First Year Mentor (2019-2020, 2020-2021)
  • GeoClub International Mentor (2017-2020)

Professional Development

  • NASA Psyche Science Team Meeting Observer (2020)
  • New England Future Faculty Workshop Participant – Northeastern ADVANCE (2020)

Other Service

  • Brown Grad/Med Student Christian Fellowship Leadership Team (2017-2020)
  • Scholarship Chair, Phi Mu Delta Fraternity (2014)
  • National Service Project Coordinator, Phi Mu Delta Fraternity (2014-2015)
  • Small Group Coordinator, Rensselaer Christian Association (2013-2016)
  • Troy Alley Action Project Volunteer Project Leader (2014-2015)