Awards
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) - Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research Award ($1,500)
and
Geological Society of America (GSA) Graduate Student Research Award ($2,100)
for research project on "Layering-forming mechanisms in mafic-ultramafic intrusions: constraints from magnetic fabrics and image analysis in the Stillwater Complex, Montana"

Field Experience
Geophysics Fall 2005 Observed seismic exploration line, Kentucky, 1 day.
Structural Geology Summer 2004 Geology Summer Field Course, June 16-August 31, 6 weeks
Fall 2003 Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, 2 days.
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Spring 2003 Pennsylvanian-Mississippian stratigraphy, Illinois Basin, 4 days.
Paleontology Fall 2003 Falls of the Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky, 2 days
Mississippian fossils, Anna, Illinois, 2 days.