Staff Scientist
Earth and Planets Laboratory
Carnegie Institution for Science
| 2014 - Present | Staff Scientist | Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2008 - 2014 | Assistant Professor | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2005 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC |
| 2005 | Ph.D. in Geosciences | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 2000 - 2005 | Graduate Research Assistant | University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ |
| 2002 | Research Intern | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA |
| 2001 | Research Intern | BP, Houston, TX |
| 1996 | B.A. in History/Sociology | Columbia College of Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 2015 - 2017 | PASSCAL Standing Committee Chair | |
| 2016 | Wavefields Demonstration Community Experiment Participant, Demobilization | |
| 2016 | NGEO Proposal Community Co-Author, Enabling Discoveries in Multiscale Earth System Dynamics | |
| 2008-2010 - 2014-2015 | PASSCAL Standing Committee Member | |
| Future Geophysical Facilities Required to Address Grand Challenges in the Earth Sciences, Report Writing Committee & Workshop Participant | ||
| 2013 | IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer |
| Review Panel Member NSF (various) | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), USGS-NEHRP | |
| 2017 | EarthScope Synthesis Workshop Co-Organizer E | Evolution of the Southern Appalachian Lithosphere |
| 2016 | EarthScope Synthesis Workshop Co-Organizer | Synthesizing EarthScope Results to Develop a New Community Model for the 4-D Evolution of the North America Continent |
| SSA Richter Awards Committee Member | ||
| 2015 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Planning Committee | Seismology Section |
| 2014 - 2015 | East Coast of North America (ENAM) Co-Chief Scientist | Broadband Ocean Bottom Seismometer Deployment & Demobilization |
| 2013 | NSF-EarthScope National Meeting Tri-Chair | |
| 2013 | Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
| 2009 | Workshop for an Earthscope Science Plan Invited Discussion Leader |
STATEMENT
As with many seismologists of my generation, it is difficult for me to imagine seismology research without IRIS. The upcoming merger between IRIS and UNAVCO should reflect the strengths of both organizations, and I hope will leave us stronger unified. That said, I expect the next three years will likely be ones of challenges and change as we work to envision what this new organization will look like. I am confident that we can rise to the occasion. IRIS has always been an organization directed and governed by the scientists it serves. If elected, I would see my service as Board member as an opportunity to listen to scientists from the many different communities served by IRIS and UNAVCO and to bring their concerns, needs, and scientific aspirations to the decision-making table. I would also work to ensure that the merged organization is one that fully enshrines the primacy of community governance to ensure that the increase in the size of our beloved organization does not result in a weakening of the community’s voice in its goals, activities, and direction. With our community’s ongoing engagement and support, and with a responsive Board and Management structure, I think our best years are still to come. I would value the opportunity to help make it all happen, and I would be humbled to represent our broad scientific community throughout this process.
