I am a geoscientist skilled in combining field, laboratory, and computational methods to solve interdisciplinary problems. I am employed as a research scientist in the Engineering and Mining Experiment Station at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where I maintain instrumentation for the chemical characterization of geologic, aqueous, organic, and other materials and assist researchers from a variety of disciplines in their use. I also pursue my own research focused on understanding the generation and preservation of biosignatures in the rock record employing a wide range geological, geospatial, and biological techniques.