About

My research interests primarily revolve around using a combination of geochemical analyses and petrologic modeling to understand magmatic plumbing systems of submarine volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges. Many of my research questions revolve around geochemical variability of MORBs, mantle heterogeneity, volatile cycling in the mantle, and mid-ocean ridge magma generation and supply both on and off axis.

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To explore these themes, I use a wide array of instrumentation and tools including FTIR, EPMA, ICP-MS, and TIMs. After collecting geochemical data, I use programs like Matlab to create models of magma melting, fractional crystallization, isotope mixing, and clustering analyses to better understand geochemical heterogeneity from shallow processes and from the mantle itself.

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As a daughter of a 4th grade teacher, my passion for teaching developed early. When I had a day off school I would go to my dad's classroom and spend the day "playing teacher" with his students. During my master's I discovered the field of Geoscience Education Research (GER), and have been fortunate enough to be able to conduct a GER-based project during my PhD in addition to my petrology work. In alignment with my liberal arts background, I believe being a multifaceted researcher strengthens my work and provides a wide variety of perspectives.

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When I'm not in the lab, I love exploring the public lands in Idaho through hiking, camping, backpacking, and kayaking. I enjoy creative outlets like dancing, knitting, and seeing live music. As an east coast native in land-locked Idaho, I relish the opportunity to be near a body of water at every chance I get!​