Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Geology, University of Minnesota, 2010

Thesis: Dual hydrogen and oxygen isotopic approach for tracking seasonal precipitation contributions and evaporative processes in modern systems and in paleoclimate reconstructions

Emphasis: Paleoclimate, vegetation ecology, sedimentology, biomarkers and stable isotopes

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Shuman

B.A. Geology-Biology, Brown University, 2003

Senior Project: Survey of ice margin recession as an indicator of climate change near the ELA of the Llewellyn Glacier, Alaska-Canada 1985-2002

GRANTS

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Postdoctoral Fellowship – 2010 – 2012 ($100,000)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – 2007 – 2009 ($12,000)
Quaternary Paleoecology Minor Grant, University of Minnesota – 2007 – 2009 ($5000)
Geologic Society of America Student Research Grant – 2009 ($3750)
Department of Geology Summer Funds, University of Minnesota –2007 – 2009 ($2900)
H.E. Wright Footsteps Award, University of Minnesota – 2007 – 2008 ($3000)
Department of Geology Travel Award, University of Minnesota – 2007 – 2009
Kerry Kelts Memorial Travel Award, University of Minnesota – 2007 – 2009
ISOSCAPES Travel Award – 2008
NASA Space Grant Scholarship, Juneau Ice field Research Program – 2002
Undergraduate Teaching and Research Grant, Brown University – 2001

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Minnesota (2005 – 2010): Collect lake sediments and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) profiles.
Rocky Mountains (2005 – 2010): Collect lake sediments, GPR profiles, vegetation surveys
Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana Drill Project (2004): Sediment scientist on Glad800 rig.
Juneau Ice Field (2002): Two-month field camp measuring ice and snow characteristics.
Plant Environmental Center, Brown University (2000 – 2003): Maintenance of conservatory plants.
Northeastern U.S. tidal marshes (2001): Vegetation ecology along climate and salinity gradients.

INVITED TALKS

Upcoming: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, March 30, 2012
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory, Quantico, Virgin, 2011
University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Sciences, 2011
Pennsylvania State University, Earth System’s Center, 2011
University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2009
Quaternary Paloecology Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2009
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 2007

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Minnesota (2005 – 2009): Graduate Teaching Assistant: Geology and Cinema, Introduction to Geology, Glacial Geology (*weekly field trips)
Quaternary Paleoecology program seminar series chair (2006 – 2009): Organized and facilitated weekly interdisciplinary seminars.
Quaternary Paleoecology program short course co-chair (2007): “Phenology and Changing Seasonality of Climate: implications for ecology, hydrology, and civilization. Past, Present, Future.”
Brown University (2003): Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Earth System’s History (*weekend fieldtrips)
Bastia, Italy (1998 -1999): Taught spoken and written English to fourth graders

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota – 2009 – 2010 (full year of support)
Loft Literary Center, Mentor Series Awards in Fiction and Nonfiction – 2009 and 2010
Departmental Fellowships, University of Minnesota – 2007 and 2008 (semester of support)
Howard Hughes Science Writing Fellowship, Brown University – 2003
Casey Shearer Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction, Brown University – 2002

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Geophysical Union
Geologic Society of America
Ecological Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Women Geoscientists

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Referee: Journal of Hydrology, Geophysical Research Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Reviewer of proposals for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Panelist for NASA Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Panel
Session Convener, Paleoclimate Insights from Vegetation Proxies and Models, AGU (2010)
Student Representative, Association for Woman Geoscientists National Board (2007 – 2009)
Student Representative, Minnesota Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists (2006 – 2007)
Institute of Technology Graduate Women Coordinator, University of Minnesota (2005 – 2006)