My fundamental responsibility is to collaborate with the rest of the IGS team on mapping endeavors, and I also get to assist with a variety of other projects and activities that the IGS is involved in.  More specifically, my work seeks to integrate conodont biostratigraphy (as well as other chronostratigraphic proxies) with applied geologic mapping, stratigraphy, and paleogeographic facies studies to better understand the bedrock geology of Iowa.

My educational background includes BS degrees in biology and geology from Lake Superior State University and MS and PhD degrees in geology from The Ohio State University.  Prior to finishing my dissertation, I was a lecturer (in geology) for two years at Lake Superior State University.  After completing my dissertation, I was a postdoctoral research scholar at The University of Iowa for two years.  I then spent the next five years working at the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.  In July of 2021, I joined the team here at the Iowa Geological Survey.