Ph.D. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley Anticipated 2024 Advisor: Dr. Leslea Hlusko
M.S. in Science Education, Montana State University, Bozeman 2019 Capstone Thesis: Field science experiences in paleontology: shaping science stewardship in high school learners Advisors: Dr. Marcie Reuer and Dr. Dan Lawver
M.S. Museum and Field Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder 2012 Specialization in Vertebrate Paleontology Collections Management Thesis: Tissue-bearing theropod coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, Laramie Formation) of Colorado. Advisor: Dr. Karen Chin
B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Cum Laude 2006 Thesis: New theropod and ornithischian dinosaur footprints at the Dinosaur Footprint State Reservation (Early Jurassic, Portland Formation), Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Advisor: Dr. Margery Coombs
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Integrative Biology 113L – Paleobiological Perspectives on Ecology and Evolution – Spring 2021 Integrative Biology 1B – Introductory Biology II – Summer 2020 Integrative Biology 35 American Cultures – Curriculum Design – Summer 2020 Integrative Biology 1B CD – Introductory Biology II Curriculum Design – Spring 2020, Fall 2020 Integrative Biology 35 American Cultures – Human Biological Variation – Fall 2019, Fall 2020
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of California: Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Instructor August 2019 to present
The Webb Schools: Claremont, CA
Science Laboratory Manager and 9-12th Grade Life Science Instructor April 2016 to June 2019
Subjects taught: Biology, Paleontology, Environmental Science, Integrated Physics and Chemistry
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: Claremont, CA Research Associate August 2016 to present
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology E&O Funding Award 2020 – $1250
Geological Society of America Student Travel Award 2019 – $250
Geological Society of America E&O Travel Grant, 2017 – $500
CU Museum of Natural History Student Research Award, 2011 – $1200
Student Fellowship Award, Field Work – Earthwatch and Millipore, 2001 – $1600
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Geological Society of America Paleontological Society Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists National Association of Geoscience Teachers National Association of Science Teachers
For a full list of abstracts, invited talks, and community service, please check out the CV file below.