I am a bedrock geologist, and I assist with a variety of mapping projects as well as water and critical mineral resource characterization across the state of Iowa. I consider myself a broadly trained geologist with interests spanning the breadth of geologic time, from Precambrian continental assemblages and Earth’s early glaciations to modern day depositional processes and their rock record analogs.

I have a BA in geology from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and an MS in geosciences from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. During my time as a student, I had internships with the National Association of Geoscience Teachers - United States Geological Survey, the Illinois State Geological Survey, and a silica sand and high-purity quartz mining company (Unimin Sibelco/Covia). After graduation, I worked for Brierley Associates Corporation in Laramie, Wyoming, for two and a half years. My work at Brierley consisted of evaluating ground conditions and hazard assessment of properties and infrastructure in areas with historic underground coal mining in SE Wyoming, modeling and resource estimations for a granite aggregate quarry in SE Wyoming, and geotechnical investigation and mapping in the Uintah Basin in NE Utah for future tunneling. I joined the Iowa Geological Survey in August 2023.