CV

EDUCATION

2020 Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, Arizona State University

2015 B.S. in Environmental Geosciences, cum laude, University of Notre Dame


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2024-Present        Staff Scientist, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2022–2024         Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nuclear and Radiochemistry Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2020–2022 Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory

Supervisors: Dr. Richard Carlson and Dr. Conel Alexander

• Isotopic analyses of bulk meteorites and their individual components (TIMS and MC-ICPMS)

Isotopic analyses of Ryugu asteroid samples (TIMS)

Development of chemical separation methods for sample-limited, contamination-sensitive meteorite and asteroid samples 

2015–2020 Graduate Research Associate, Arizona State University 

 Advisor: Prof. Meenakshi Wadhwa

• PhD Dissertation: Early Solar System Processes and Parent Body Relationships Recorded by Cr and Ti Isotopes in Meteorites

Isotopic analyses of meteorites and their components (MC-ICPMS)

• Isotopic analyses of meteorites and their components (MC-ICPMS)

2014 Intern, LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science

Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA Johnson Space Center

Advisor: Dr. David Mittlefehldt

2013–2015 Undergraduate Researcher, University of Notre Dame

Advisor: Prof. Antonio Simonetti

• Developing nuclear forensics methods for source attribution of nuclear devices


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2020                Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Institution for Science 

2019                Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology 


HONORS AND AWARDS

2023 Asteroid (34585) Torrano

2022 Elsevier Travel Award ($1,500)

2020                ASU The College Graduate Excellence Award

2020               Nininger Student Travel Award ($1,000)

2019               Planetary Studies Foundation Travel Award ($1,000)

2018                Honorable Mention, Nininger Meteorite Award

2018                ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Excellence Award

2018                Nininger Student Travel Award ($1,000)

2017                Barringer Crater Company Travel Award ($1,000)

2017                Nininger Student Travel Award ($1,000)

2015                Rev. Alexander Kirsch, C.S.C Award, University of Notre Dame

2014–2015     E. and M. Cantwell Scholarship, University of Notre Dame

2011–2014     University Scholarship, University of Notre Dame


LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2021–present Peer Reviewer for Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, JGR-Planets

2023 Panel Chair, NASA Review Panel

2021, 2022 Panelist, NASA Review Panel

2021 Travel Awards Committee, 84th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society

2020-present External Reviewer, NASA Review Panels

2019 Executive Secretary, NASA Review Panel

2018 Executive Secretary, NASA Review Panel

2015–2016 ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration Graduate Student Council


INVITED TALKS

2022 Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory Seminar Series 

“Isotopic Compositions of Refractory Inclusions in Meteorites: Tracers of Early Solar System Processes”

2022 Geological Society of Washington

“Refractory Inclusions in Meteorites: Tracers of Early Solar System Isotopic Reservoirs”

2021 The Open University, Cosmochemistry Research Group

 “The relationship between CM and CO chondrites: Insights from Ti, Cr, and O isotopes”

2020    University of Maryland, Department of Geology Seminar

“Cr and Ti Isotopes as Tracers of Early Solar System Processes and Parent Body Relationships”

2020                Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Colloquium

 “Isotopic investigations of meteorites: using forensic tracers to unravel the mysteries of our early Solar System”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017                TA, Introduction to Geology II Lab, Arizona State University

2017                TA, Intro Geology II (Historical), Arizona State University

2016                TA, Introduction to Geology I Lab (solo taught 3 lab sections), Arizona State University


LABORATORY AND ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE

• Handling and processing contamination-sensitive samples in a metal-free cleanroom 

• Method development for chemical separation and purification of Cr, Ti, and Mg from various matrices including bulk meteorites, calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, and chromite grains 

• High-precision Cr, Ti, and Mg isotopic measurements using the Thermo Neptune MC-ICPMS

• High-precision Cr and Pb isotopic measurements using the Thermo Triton TIMS

• Measurement of major and trace element concentrations using the Thermo iCAP-Q ICPMS

• Elemental mapping and quantitative spot analyses using the JEOL JXA-8530F Field Emission Electron Probe Microanalyzer 


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Meteoritical Society, Geochemical Society