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Assistant Professor, Geology & Geophysics
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Associate Professor, Geology & Geophysics
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Affiliated Faculty, Global Change & Sustainability Center
Professional Service
- National Science Foundation.
Role: Panel Member, Tectonics.
Program Panel Member for reviewing and recommending proposals within the Geosciences directorate.
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
- Institute for Rock Magnetism.
Role: co-chair.
Session co-Chair: Advances in Paleogeography & Tectonics.
01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023
- Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Steering Committee.
Role: Advisory Committee.
Advisory Committee (https://www2.earthref.org/MagIC/about).
07/01/2022 - present
- 2020 Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene, Bremen, Germany.
Role: Scientific Committee.
Scientific Committee.
06/2019 - 08/25/2022
- Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology, American Geophysical Union.
Role: co-Editor.
co-Editor for Special Volume on the 2017 Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene meeting.
10/2018 - 10/2021
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.
Role: Session Co-Convener.
The North Atlantic Region at Transition and During the Early Icehouse World.
06/2018 - 12/2018
- Structural Geology & Tectonics Forum.
Role: Co-Organizer & Convener.
Session Co-Organizer: Effective Teaching of Structural Geology & Tectonics in the 21st Century.
01/04/2018 - 01/07/2018
- 2017 Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene.
Co-Chair, Co-Convener, and Co-Host.
09/04/2017 - 09/09/2017
- Newsletters on Stratigraphy.
Role: Associate Editor.
Editorial Board.
06/2016 - present
- Structural Geology & Tectonics Community.
Role: Participant.
National Science Foundation, Future Directions in Structural Geology & Tectonics Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin.
05/2016 - 05/2016
- College of Mines & Earth Sciences.
Role: Review Coordinator and Reviewer.
Proposal Review Coordinator for Undergraduate Research Opportunties Program for the College of Mines & Earth Science .
04/2016 - 04/2016
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.
Role: Session Co-Convener and Session Co-Chair.
Characterizing Fault Zones in Space, Time, Temperature, and Texture.
06/2015 - 12/2015
- International Ocean Discovery Program.
Role: Plan, Organize, Coordinate, Host, and Chair meeting and field trip.
Organize, Chair, and Host IODP Expedition 342 post-cruise science meeting, for 55 scientists for approx. 30 different countries at Snowbird Resort, including leading a 2-day field trip to Wyoming and Eastern Utah following the meeting.
07/2014 - 11/2015
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah,
04/26/2023
- Taft-Nicholson Summer Faculty Fellow. Project: "Embedding a Capstone Field Course for Geology & Geophysics Undergraduate Students at the Taft-Nicholson Center" ** The Taft Nicholson Summer Fellow Residencies are available to tenure-line faculty in all disciplines for 1-3 weeks of dedicated writing time for scholarly pursuits of research or creative projects. Selected, but declined due to family emergency.
Taft-Nicholson Center for Environmental Humanities,
04/06/2021
- Early Career Faculty Teaching Award
** Up to four awards will be made to Tenure-line or Career-line faculty with at least three full years but less than eight years of service at the University of Utah. A nominee for the Early Career Teaching Award shall have demonstrated distinction in teaching, demonstrated by activities that result in increased learning by students, such as the development of new methods or other curricular innovation. Nominations may be made by any member of the University community, i.e., students, faculty, administrators, alumni, etc. The University Teaching Committee evaluates nominees based on a teaching portfolio, a curriculum vitae, three letters of support, and student evaluations. Awardees will be recognized at a reception during spring semester and receive a one-time cash prize of $2,500. Recipients of the Early Career Teaching Award must wait five years prior to being considered for another University-wide Teaching Award.
Academic Affairs, Office of the Senior Vice President, University of Utah,
04/01/2020
- Career Champions of the Year ** We honor these individuals as members of our campus community who have committed themselves to prioritizing career and internship success for all students.
https://careers.utah.edu/career-impact-award-winners/.
Career & Professional Development Center, University of Utah,
04/01/2020
- Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah,
05/2019
- Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah,
04/2017
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics Division.
European Geosciences Union,
04/2016
Internal Service
- ACCESS Activity Day for Geology & Geophysics.
Workshop leader, lab tour guide, G&G program laison,
05/01/2023 - 05/31/2023.
Department service.
- Sustainability Education Advisory Committee.
Member,
08/22/2022 - present.
University service.
- Search Committee: Solid Earth Technician for Dept. of Geology & Geophysics.
Committee Member,
08/01/2022 - 12/31/2022.
Department service.
- Undergraduate Affairs Committee.
Chair,
07/01/2022 - present.
Department service.
- Executive Committee for the Department of Geology & Geophysics.
Committee Member,
07/01/2022 - present.
Department service.
- Undergraduate Council.
CMES Representative,
07/01/2022 - present.
University service.
- Fellowship Review for Thomas G. Stockham Medal for Conspicuously Effective Teaching.
Reviewer,
03/23/2022 - 04/06/2022.
University service.
- CMES/CoS Curriculum Committee.
Member,
07/01/2020 - present.
College service.
- Undergraduate Affairs.
Chair,
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021.
Department service.
- Masters of Science for Secondary School Teachers Advisory Committee.
member,
03/01/2020 - present.
University service.
- College Committee for the Advancement of Inclusion & Diversity (CAID).
member,
01/06/2020 - 06/30/2021.
College service.
- New Student Orientation, Department of Undergraduate Affairs.
Faculty Leader,
06/2019 - 08/2019.
University service.
- Search Committee: STEM Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Administrator, College of Mines & Earth Sciences, College of Science, and Office for Faculty.
member,
11/2018 - 01/2019.
University service.
- Distinguished Lecture Series Colloquium Series; co-chair and organizer.
co-chair,
07/2018 - 12/2018.
Department service.
- New Student Orientation, Department of Undergraduate Affairs.
Faculty Leader,
06/2018 - 08/2018.
University service.
- Outreach Committee.
member,
07/2017 - present.
Department service.
- Undergraduate Affairs Committee.
member,
07/01/2017 - present.
Department service.
- Curriculum Committee.
member,
07/01/2017 - present.
Department service.
- New Student Orientation, Department of Undergraduate Affairs.
Faculty Leader,
06/2017 - 08/2017.
University service.
- New Student Orientation.
Faculty Discussion Leader,
06/2017 - 06/2017.
University service.
- ad hoc committee for Phase 3 of Sutton Building Halls & Walls teaching rock collection.
co-chair,
03/2017 - 02/2018.
Department service.
- Global Change & Sustainability Center Student Travel and Research Grant Review Committee .
Member,
11/2016 - 11/2016.
University service.
- Search Committee: Igneous Processes Faculty Position.
Member,
09/2016 - 06/2017.
Department service.
- Distinguished Lecture Series Colloquium Series; co-chair and organizer. co-chair, 08/2016 - 12/2016.
08/2016 - 12/2016.
Department service.
- ad hoc committee for Phase 2 of Sutton Building Halls & Walls teaching rock collection.
co-chair,
10/2015 - present.
Department service.
- Distinguished Lecture Series Colloqium Series; co-chair and oragnizer.
co-chair,
08/2015 - 12/2015.
Department service.
- Curriculum Assessment and Revision Committee.
Committee Member,
03/2015 - present.
Department service.
- Merit Review Committee.
Committee Member,
09/2014 - 08/2015.
Department service.
- Graduate Affairs Committee.
Committee Member,
08/2014 - 06/2017.
Department service.
Affiliations
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Friends of the Great Salt Lake
(FGSL),
member,
10/2017 - present
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers
(NAGT),
member,
01/2017 - present
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS),
member,
12/2016 - present
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European Geosciences Union
(EGU),
member,
03/2016 - present
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Global Change & Sustainability Center
(GCSC),
Affiliated Faculty,
09/01/2014 - present
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The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
(CIFAR),
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
03/10/2013 - 02/2015
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The Geological Society of America
(GSA),
Member,
10/01/2004 - present
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The American Geophysical Union
(AGU),
Member,
05/01/2001 - present
Outreach
- U Rock the Earth.
09/17/2019 - 09/17/2019
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