Background

Academic Appointments

2020-Current Postdoctoral Fellow, Drs. Patrick Belmont and Brendan Murphy, Dept. of Watershed Sciences, USU

2018-2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Isaac Larsen, Dept. of Geosciences, UMass

2013-2018 Research Assistant, Dr. Douglas Edmonds, Dept. of Geological Sciences, IU

Education:

Ph.D. (2018), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Dissertation: Floodplain Morphodynamics: The Origin and Function of Floodplain Channels

Adviser: Dr. Doug Edmonds


M.S. (2015), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Thesis: Mapping Floodplain Morphological Variability: Implications for Controls on Floodplain Channel Development

Adviser: Dr. Doug Edmonds


B.S. (2011) , Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Senior Thesis: Stratification Under Combined Flows: Description and Implications for Storm Deposits

Adviser: Dr. Jim Best


Teaching Experience

Instructor, Utah State University

WATS-3700: Fundamentals of Watershed Sciences, Spring 2023 (co-taught with Dr. Adrienne Ernst)

WATS-3700: Fundamentals of Watershed Sciences, Spring 2022 (co-taught with Dr. Patrick Belmont)

GEOG-1000: Introduction to Physical Geography, Fall 2021

GEOG-1005: Introduction to Physical Geography Lab, Fall 2021

Associate Instructor, Indiana University

COLL-C 105: Billion Dollar Weather Disasters, Spring 2015

GEOL-G 334: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Fall 2013

Guest Lecturer

GEO-SCI 697G: Advanced Geomorphology; University of Massachusetts, Spring 2019

Topic: Depositional Sedimentary Systems

COLL-C 105: Billion Dollar Weather Disasters, Indiana University, Fall 2013

Topic: Flooding Processes

Other

Eureka!, University of Massachusetts/Girls Inc., Co-Workshop Leader, Summer 2019

Topic: Earth from the Inside Out!

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Indiana University, ArcGIS Workshop Instructor, Spring 2014

Topics: Introduction to ArcMap; Python Scripting for ArcGIS

Outreach

Journal Reviewer

Water Resources Research; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface; Earth Surface Processes and Landforams

Outstanding Student Presentation Award Judge (OSPA), AGU

Judge at AGU conference

Eureka!, University of Massachusetts/Girls Inc., 2019

Workshop instructor, 2019

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Indiana University, 2012-2018

Crossroads Geology Conference Co-Chair, 2014-2016

Instructor for ArcGIS workshops