Postdoctoral Fellow
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77058

Professional Background

Education

Ph.D., 2006, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, GPA: 3.69, Dissertation: “Mountain Building on Io: An Unsteady Relationship Between Volcanism and Tectonism”
B.S., magna cum laude, 2001, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, GPA: 3.667, Major: Physics with emphasis in Astrophysics, Minor: Math

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, October 2006–present
Teaching Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, August 2003-December 2003, Planetary Geology.
Graduate Research Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 2002– September 2006, Mountain formation on Io.
Teaching Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, January 2002–May 2002, Evolution of the Earth.
Teaching Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, August 2001–-December 2001, Geology of National Parks.
Summer Research Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, June 2000-August 2000, Mapping lineaments on Europa.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, January 1999-December 2000, Light curve of eclipsing binary star BL Lac.

Jeffrey Earl Award – Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics, University of Missouri – St. Louis

Physics Club President, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri – St. Louis, January 2000–December 2001
Colloquium A/V Technician, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, August 2002–May 2003
Ongoing Graduate Research Symposium Organizer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, August 2004–May 2005
Seminar Chair, Lunar and Planetary Institute, May 2007–current.
Session Chair, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, March 2008

Impact Cratering in the Outer Solar System, Physics Department, University of Houston – Clear Lake,
March 23, 2008