Working as a UIC Cavern Geologist, I provide geologic and state regulatory guidance upon review of salt cavern permit applications and compliance submittals, specifically for Class III Brine Solution-Mining, Class II Hydrocarbon Storage, and Class V Hydrogen/ Other Gas Storage injection wells. My job is to help ensure salt cavern projects for subsurface fluid injection are monitored and compliant with state regulations, for the public’s safety, so that they do not introduce contaminants into surface waters or subsurface geologic strata containing Underground Sources of Drinking Water.

Responsibilities included administrative tasks such as file management, organization, invoicing, and assisting with visitors, as well as more advanced tasks such as data entry, review of underground injection control forms and permits, geological reviews of saltwater disposal wells, and technical writing.

Worked under Dr. Peter Clift: Attended weekly meetings; Processed rock samples; Created and analyzed thin sections; Poster creation and presentation. Co-Authored “U-Pb Detrital Zircon Constraints on Active Margin Magmatism and Sedimentation after the Grampian Orogeny in Western Ireland” completed November 2020.