- Identification and cranial osteology of basal ichthyosaur from the Anisian Fossil Hill Fauna of Nevada.- Fossil identification of hybodont shark teeth and discovered new wastebasket taxons.- Fossil identification of Anisian thalattosaur from the Favret formation, Nevada.- Identified diagnostic features, extensive literature review, preliminary taxonomic analyses, and wrote detailed descriptions of the fossils.

Answered student questions on evolution and ecology concepts for both lecture and lab content including experimental design and scientific writing.

Conducted aural and visual processing and analyses of the Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin vocalizations using spectrograms in Adobe Audition. This analysis focused on identifying temporal (diel) and tidal patterns in vocalizations including whistles and echolocation clicks.

Local herpetile data collection and survey work.