About Me

I am a paleontologist who loves the adventure of fieldwork and travel.  Becoming a paleontologist was a life-long dream of mine.  I have been fortunate to travel the world in pursuit of fossils and curiosity.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Vertebrate paleontology;  paleoecology, sedimentary processes; geoscience education and outreach

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2

2022-Present     Director, UL Lafayette Science Museum and Senior Instructor, Associate Museum Curator,  UL Lafayette

 

2020-2022          Senior Instructor, Associate Museum Curator,  UL Lafayette

 

2016-2020         Instructor, Associate Museum Curator, UL Lafayette

 

2011-2015          Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University

 

2009-2011          Postdoctoral Researcher, Syracuse University

 

EDUCATION

2009                    Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

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2004                    M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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2002                    B.S., University of Louisiana at Lafayette