Experience

J.C. Steele & Sons, Inc.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Scientist; Laboratory Manager

  • Oct 2020 - Present



Cogito Geologic

• United States

• Consultant

  • 2012 - Present

  Available for consulting work, primarily in geochemistry, characterization (rocks and engineered materials), petrogenetic modeling, mining and mineral resources, and environmental situations. Available for consulting work, primarily in geochemistry, characterization (rocks and engineered materials), petrogenetic modeling, mining and mineral resources, and environmental situations.



Texas A&M University-Kingsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2013 - May 2019

  Assistant Professor of Geology supporting undergraduate research and the following courses and laboratories: Earth Science; Introduction to Oceanography, Astronomy and the Atmosphere; Physical Geology; Mineralogy; Petrology; Geochemistry; Field Course I and Field Course II. Co-director and organizer of Texas A&M University – Kingsville Field Camp (2014 – 2019). Assistant Professor of Geology supporting undergraduate research and the following courses and laboratories: Earth Science; Introduction to Oceanography, Astronomy and the Atmosphere; Physical Geology; Mineralogy; Petrology; Geochemistry; Field Course I and Field Course II. Co-director and organizer of Texas A&M University – Kingsville Field Camp (2014 – 2019).



Oregon State University

• PhD Student

  • 2005 - Jun 2012

  PhD, Geology, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, 2012 Thesis title: Rhyolitic magmatism of the High Lava Plains and adjacent northwest Basin and Range, Oregon: Implications for the evolution of continental crust Advisor: Dr. Robert A. Duncan PhD, Geology, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, 2012 Thesis title: Rhyolitic magmatism of the High Lava Plains and adjacent northwest Basin and Range, Oregon: Implications for the evolution of continental crust Advisor: Dr. Robert A. Duncan