Experience

The Water Institute of the Gulf
• Research Scientist

  • Jan 2023 - Present

Georgia Southern University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Assistant Professor

  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2023


Rice University

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - May 2019

  •Large-scale (~600km), long-term (500 yr) simulation of Texas’ coastal barrier system response to sea-level rise •Onshore and near shore sediment sampling/coring •Create and lead outreach activities •Mentor graduate student research •Apply for and obtain external funding •Develop lectures and co-teach Siliciclastic Depositional Systems •Scientific programming in Matlab and Python •Large-scale (~600km), long-term (500 yr) simulation of Texas’ coastal barrier system response to sea-level rise •Onshore and near shore sediment sampling/coring •Create and lead outreach activities •Mentor graduate student research •Apply for and obtain external funding •Develop lectures and co-teach Siliciclastic Depositional Systems •Scientific programming in Matlab and Python



Shell

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geologist

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  •Aeolian reservoir static property prediction and up-scaling •Subsurface and modern analog data analytics •Scientific programming in Matlab •Automated report generation (Powerpoint) in Matlab •Aeolian reservoir static property prediction and up-scaling •Subsurface and modern analog data analytics •Scientific programming in Matlab •Automated report generation (Powerpoint) in Matlab



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2015

  •Forward modeling of 3D aeolian dune morphodynamics and stratigraphic preservation•Scientific programming in Matlab•Remote sensing of aeolian dune morphology and kinematics via airborne LiDAR•Field surveys of fluvial sediment transport and dynamic bed morphology•Designed and executed successful field campaigns

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  •Instructional leader in field, lab, and supplemental sessions with groups of 5 to 30 students•Lab instructor: Sustaining a Planet (2010)•Teaching assistant: Introduction to hydrogeology (2009, 2010)•Field instructor: Hydrogeology Field Camp (2008, 2009)•Lab instructor: Groundwater Hydrology (2008)•Lab instructor: Earth’s climate: past, future, and present (2008)

• Postgrad intern

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  •Internship with upstream clastic geology research group •Sector scale modeling of aeolian reservoir static properties •Internship with upstream clastic geology research group •Sector scale modeling of aeolian reservoir static properties