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Golden, Colorado, United States

Geologic Hazards Science Center- I manage science center operations, staff, and programs in Earthquake, Geomagnetism, and Landslide hazard monitoring areas. This includes utilizing expertise in geology, geophysics, and network operations to support the goals and objectives of the USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area.

Volcano, HI

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory- I was responsible for HVO's seismic instrumentation and data processing from its network of 80+ stations on Hawaii and Maui. Set priorities and worked with support staff to ensure high-quality equipment installation, repairs, upgrades, and operation to maintain robust seismic and infrasound monitoring networks, including.

Honolulu, HI

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center- Monitored global earthquakes on a 24x7 basis, rapidly locating earthquakes, forecasting tsunami potential, issuing alerts, troubleshooting technical problems, performing operational research, developing software and procedures, and interacting with multiple partners including local, state, and national emergency management.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Research Assistant- Determined earthquake locations, depths, and focal mechanisms using land and ocean bottom seismic data to constrain lithosphere stress models at the Tonga subduction zone.- Developed a technique to study reflections off the Earth's D'' layer above the core-mantle boundary.- Modeled seismic energy focusing antipodal to large planetary.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

- Managed staff, operations, budget, promotions, and sales for an on-campus outdoor recreation gear rental business catering to camping, skiing, biking, backpacking, and other outdoor sports. Performed equipment maintenance, and taught clinics on backpacking, cross- country skiing, and kayaking. Organized community events related to outdoor recreation and.

Juneau, Alaska, United States

- Led a research team to measure glacier thickness using seismic refraction and gravity methods during the Juneau Icefield Research Program expedition. Participated in other projects including differential GPS glacier movement, glacier mass balance, and katabatic wind meteorology.- Obtained interdisciplinary training in arctic earth system science in the.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Geodesy Research Assistant (1/2000 - 6/2000)- Constrained geodynamic dislocation models of creep on a buried fault in the New Madrid Seismic Zone using precision continuous GPS data in order to characterize the region's stress state and hazard.Geochemistry Lab Assistant (9/1998 - 2/1999)- Measured the carbon content of Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary rocks.

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

- Processed interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) satellite data to make highly accurate digital elevation model (DEM) maps for regions of Alaska and Antarctica.- Participated in geological field trips to remote Alaskan locations and learned skills in geological field research, backpacking, mountaineering, glacier travel, and wilderness survival.

Houston, Texas, United States

- Designed, built, and tested an electronic detector to measure real time atomic oxygen flux in upper atmosphere scattering experiments at the Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory of the Physics and Astronomy Department.- Aligned optics and other equipment for carbon nanotube production at the NASA Johnson Space Center's Applied Nanotechnology.

Ph.D., Geology And Geophysics

Dissertation: “Geological and Geophysical Investigations on Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes, Hawaii”. This includes projects related.

Commercial Aviation

Private Pilot, Human Factors

M.S., Space Studies

Interdisciplinary program offering an in-depth study of space from scientific, technical, political, legal, historical, and social.

Certificate, Space Studies

Activities and Societies: Policy and Law Department 10-week program trains future leaders of the global space community through an.

Ph.D. (Incomplete), Earth And Planetary Sciences

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Senate, Graduate Council, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students See.

Mission Lifecycle Process

Principal Investigator in an 18-person team effort to create and design a Mars Geophysical Lander mission concept study responsive to a.

Parallel Supercomputing

Learned computational theory and hands-on techniques for parallel supercomputing. Program held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's.

M.A., Earth And Planetary Sciences

Activities and Societies: Peer Mentor, webmaster for EPSc Student Central thesis: "Outer Rise Seismicity and Dynamics: Implications for.

B.A., Integrated Science Program, Geological Sciences, Physics

Activities and Societies: Integrated Science Program, Lindgren Residential College of Science and Engineering, Running Club, Senior Class.

High School Diploma, Physics

Activities and Societies: Student Council, Science Fair, Junior Academy of Science, Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, Pugwash, Track.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Boy Scouts, Order of the Arrow, Odyssey of the Mind, Band, GCT-TV, Quiz Bowl, Model United Nations, Student.