About Me
Hailing from Minnesota, I've lived all across the West, and found my roots in Pittsburgh after joining the Ph.D. program in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh. After high school, I escaped to Alaska to work seasonally just outside of Denali National Park. I made my way from Alaska to San Francisco to major in journalism. After a spring break in Key Largo, Florida, and volunteering for the Marine Mammal Conservancy, I developed my curiosity of how the natural world works.
I made my way to Northern Arizona University to major in Environmental Sciences. I was lucky enough to work with Dr. R. Scott. Anderson, reconstructing the paleoecology of lake sediments in Alaska and sediments from Navajo National Monument in Arizona. From there, I was introduced to Dr. Josef Werne, my current Ph.D. advisor at the University of Pittsburgh. I am currently studying hydrogen isotopes from leaf wax biomarkers in lake sediments from Mesoamerica to calibrate how precipitation has changed across a gradient and apply it downcore to an arid Western Mexican lake sediment record.
Now a Pittsburgh transplant, I hope to use my education in the environmental, geological, and climate sciences to expand the knowledge of the natural world to communities and students in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. I have a strong desire to work in science education, communication, and outreach. No matter where my career leads me, I hope to make a difference in this world.
I made my way to Northern Arizona University to major in Environmental Sciences. I was lucky enough to work with Dr. R. Scott. Anderson, reconstructing the paleoecology of lake sediments in Alaska and sediments from Navajo National Monument in Arizona. From there, I was introduced to Dr. Josef Werne, my current Ph.D. advisor at the University of Pittsburgh. I am currently studying hydrogen isotopes from leaf wax biomarkers in lake sediments from Mesoamerica to calibrate how precipitation has changed across a gradient and apply it downcore to an arid Western Mexican lake sediment record.
Now a Pittsburgh transplant, I hope to use my education in the environmental, geological, and climate sciences to expand the knowledge of the natural world to communities and students in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. I have a strong desire to work in science education, communication, and outreach. No matter where my career leads me, I hope to make a difference in this world.