Mysterious volcanic rock from the Eastern Blue Ridge? (TBD)

2017-

Estimating water contents of Bishop Tuff magma from hydroxyl concentrations in feldspar phenocrysts.

2016-

Insights into magmatic water contents at the onset of a Yellowstone supereruption from OH contents in feldspar; Skarn fluid history recorded in zoned raspberry garnet from Lake Jaco, Mexico

2015-

Analytical Methods in the Geosciences (AMiGEO) Project. 

2016-

Volatile history recorded in the Bishop Tuff megaeruption, CA

2016-2017

Volatile history recorded in the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff megaeruption, Yellowstone

2016-2017

Developing a protocol for BSE image mapping entire thin sections using a Phenom XL SEM

2016-2017

P and T analyses of amphibolites and schists from three metamorphic terranes to understand the tectonic history of the eastern Piedmont of Virginia (Internship / Research through the USGS Reston)

2015-2017

Distribution of water content in pyroxenes from Eocene basaltic volcanoes in Virginia and Bermuda

Determining Pressure and Temperature Conditions of Lower Crustal Xenoliths from Augusta County, Virginia, Using Ternary Feldspars; Skarn fluid history recorded in zoned raspberry garnet from Lake Jaco, Mexico

2015-2016 Currently MS student at U Tennessee.

Eruptions triggered by magma mixing at Mount Jefferson, Cascade Range, Oregon?

Water in the asthenospheric and lithospheric mantle underneath the eastern US

Water in the asthenospheric and lithospheric mantle underneath the eastern US

2014-2015

Structural controls on emplacement of Eocene dikes and plugs in western Highland County, VA. (Co-advisor: S. Whitmeyer)

Structural controls on emplacement of Eocene dikes and plugs in western Highland County, VA. (Co-advisor: S. Whitmeyer)

2013-2014 Currently Researcher at USGS Virginia Water Science Center

Ultrahigh Temperatures Recorded in Lower Crustal Xenoliths from the Shenandoah Valley, VA

2013-2014

U-Pb geochronology of Grenvillian and Late Jurassic lower crustal xenoliths in the Shenandoah Valley, VA

2013-2014

Timing and eruption mechanism of felsic Eocene dikes in the Valley and Ridge Province of VA and WV

Depth and temperature of the lithospheric mantle beneath Highland County, VA

Evidence for a two-stage eruption at Trimble Knob, an Eocene volcanic plug in Highland County, VA

2012-2013

Petrographic analysis of lower crustal xenoliths from Augusta County, VA

Melting the Eocene mantle under Mole Hill, VA: LA-ICPMS analysis of melt inclusions in olivine xenocrysts; JMU countertops database project

The origin of sandstone xenoliths from Mole Hill, VA

Water concentrations in mantle xenoliths, Mole Hill, VA

Thermobarometry of mantle xenocrysts, Mole Hill, VA

2010-2011

Textural and chemical analysis of metal landmine parts from Cambodia and Jordan

2010

Eruption and degassing of lava flows from Mt. Jefferson, OR

2009

Geochemical and petrographic analysis of sandstone xenoliths from Mole Hill, VA

2009-2010

Testing the OH-in-rutile oxybarometer, Roseland Anorthosite, VA

2008-2009

Age and petrogenesis of a felsic porphyry dike, Ben Levy, Ireland

2008-2009

Student perceptions of geologic time using a 45.6-foot-long timeline

Magmatic water in Yellowstone mega-eruptions; Zr-in-rutile thermometry of sapphires from San Bernardino Co, CA

Geochemical analysis of Mn oxide stream deposits from Skyline Mine, TN

2007-2008

Textural characterization of Mn oxide stream deposits from Skyline Mine, TN

2008

Trace element chemistry and OH in rutile from mantle xenoliths, West Africa

Trace element chemistry and OH in rutile from mantle xenoliths, West Africa

2006

Trace element chemistry and OH in rutile from mantle xenoliths, West Africa

2006