Education

2003 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. Geochemistry
Thesis: “Hydrogen in nominally anhydrous crustal minerals.” Data files

1999 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
M.S. Geochemistry

1997 Rice University, Houston, TX
B.A. Geology, cum laude

Professional Appointments and Research Experience

8/2006-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, James Madison University

10/2005-8/2006
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

4/2005-10/2005
Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles

10/2004-present
Assistant Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles

8/2003-8/2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences

1997-2003
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology

Summer 1996
Physical Science Technician, Naval Research Laboratory

Summers 1993-1995
Physical Science Aid, Naval Research Laboratory

Recent Grants and Fellowships

2006 James Madison University Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning Workshop, $1000

2005 PI, NSF Grant EAR-0538107
“OH in Rutile: An Oxygen and Water Barometer,” $249,090

2004-2006 PI, NSF Grant EAR-0409883
“Characterization of Hydrogen Diffusion in Volcanic Feldspars,” $150,000

2005 UCLA Office of Instructional Development Mini-grants for instructional improvement
ESS103A Igneous Petrology trip to Long Valley/Owens Valley: $890
ESS5 Environmental Geology trips to Searles Lake and museum: $2168

2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship , Smithsonian Institution
“Characterization of water and hydroxyl in manganese oxide minerals using FTIR spectroscopy” $40,900