Experience

Leidos

• Software Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Geologist

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Support Contractor at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Technical task lead and principal investigator for projects spanning carbon storage data, carbon storage risk analysis, and DOE funded field laboratory data curation, including BIL funded research. Regularly engaging with key stakeholders on data ingestion into the Energy Data eXchange (EDX), and building derivative databases to support an interdisciplinary team in developing visualization tools and platforms. Research focuses on big data curation, open-source data aggregation, data visualization and informatics, and working with the NETL team to develop solutions to support the DOE subsurface geologic research community. • Curated, organized, produced metadata, analyzed and produced summary analytics for thousands of carbon storage data resources • Develop web maps and visuals for ESRI's ArcGIS online portal through Arc Enterprise • Analyzed results from natural language processing applied to parse, extract keywords, and produce topic models for thousands of text-based resources from carbon storage data focused literature corpus • Managed research timelines and collaboration with inside and outside collaborators to meet deadlines • Presented research at DOE-specific, national and international meetings and conferences, including DOE Data Days (D3), the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, SPE Open Subsurface workshop, CCUS Database Symposium (hosted by CUSP), and others. • Drafted, edited, submitted, revised, and published research manuscripts and technical reports • Presented at quarterly, and annual review meetings Show less



Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• ORISE Fellow

  • Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  Conducting research at NETL doing geologic subsurface analytical lab work, data analysis, modeling, risk hazard analysis, and data curation for database development. Areas of research include carbon capture and storage, carbon injection risk analysis, gulf of mexico subsurface geology, and rare earth element research. Analytical laboratory work includes use of scanning electron microscopy to support specific projects. Conducting research at NETL doing geologic subsurface analytical lab work, data analysis, modeling, risk hazard analysis, and data curation for database development. Areas of research include carbon capture and storage, carbon injection risk analysis, gulf of mexico subsurface geology, and rare earth element research. Analytical laboratory work includes use of scanning electron microscopy to support specific projects.



Western Washington University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2019

  Graduate student teaching assistant for WWU Geology department. TA duties included: creating and presenting relevant lecture materials each week to accompany Geology 101 labs, guiding students through weekly labs, holding weekly office hours, hosting outside-of-class study sessions, leading extra credit field trips in the local area to talk about and demonstrate local Washington geology. From 2018-2019 I was the Geology 101 Coordinator, which, in addition to teaching labs, involved managing and organizing all Geology 101 labs and lab materials, rewriting the Geology 101 manuals, creating common lecture slide sets for all Geology 101 TAs, managing Canvas online infrastructure for all Geology 101 labs, and organizing field trip visits to the WWU geology department for local schools grades 2-12. Show less



NASA Ames Research Center

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  Managed Raman Laser Spectroscopy instrument for data collection for whole rock, powder, and thin section analysis. Other research included rock hand sample identification, and use of Kalidagraph for data analysis. Collaborated with other researchers from the NASA Astrobiology Institute for data collection and analysis. Managed Raman Laser Spectroscopy instrument for data collection for whole rock, powder, and thin section analysis. Other research included rock hand sample identification, and use of Kalidagraph for data analysis. Collaborated with other researchers from the NASA Astrobiology Institute for data collection and analysis.



SETI Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Part of REU program (NSF funded), focusing on Mars geology, geomorphology, and surface processes. Whole rock hand sample analysis and identification was completed on over 250 samples to support Raman spectroscopy research. Conducted a remote sensing study to analyze gully morphology in West Corozal crater on Mars. Part of REU program (NSF funded), focusing on Mars geology, geomorphology, and surface processes. Whole rock hand sample analysis and identification was completed on over 250 samples to support Raman spectroscopy research. Conducted a remote sensing study to analyze gully morphology in West Corozal crater on Mars.



U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hydraulic Lab Technician

  • Jul 2012 - Apr 2015

  Hydraulic lab technician/assistant in geochemistry lab, working with instrumentation for analytical geochemistry related research. This was a summer internship opportunity provided through Pathways, with my term of work from June-September for all three years. Hydraulic lab technician/assistant in geochemistry lab, working with instrumentation for analytical geochemistry related research. This was a summer internship opportunity provided through Pathways, with my term of work from June-September for all three years.