Photo gallery

I am photographed to the right of my poster at poster board #33 on Thursday during the "Hydrothermal alteration in volcanic systems" session. The poster contains information pertaining to the geochemical and mineral changes that occurred nearby the Te Maari vent on Tongariro, New Zealand. This research is currently being written and in prep for journal submission! 🥳

I am photographed to the left of my poster at poster board P1.55. The poster contains information which was collected during the first year of my PhD, including preliminary imaging, major element whole rock geochemistry, and reflected light spectroscopy. 

Photo depicts the custom glass manifold utilized to extract sulphur dioxide gas from powdered samples. I was able to spend a month in Salamanca, Spain extracting learning, watching, and conducting the procedures for stable sulphur isotope analyses. 🤓This laboratory work took place during the third month of my PhD. The NUCLEUS laboratory is host to many instruments which can analyze major and trace element geochemistry as well as stable isotopes. Further stable isotope analyses on samples were conducted after my visit by collaborators. 

Photo of the SEM instrument and control board at Miami University of Ohio along side my personal laptop. Here, I took many images of all olivines contained in my polished grain mount as well as took 15 minute long element maps in order to capture the Fe-Mg core and rim changes of my olivines. This was done in preparation for SIMS analyses (funded by GSA Lipman Research Grant awarded); however, due to protocol regarding visitation and continued disease prevention, in person visiting of the UW SIMS lab was not possible and was composed via Zoom. 

Photo depicts the Frantz magnetic susceptibility separator hosted at Miami University of Ohio. After crushing and separating by size fraction, whole rocks were processed through the Frantz in order to isolate olivine from the whole rock sample. Olivines were then hand picked by myself and sent off to be made into a polished and coated epoxy mount for SEM-EDS and SIMS analyses. 

Photo of sample containers of hand picked olivine crystals which have been separated from host rock by means of crushing and magnetic separation by collaborators. Each small aluminum cap of olivine was collected by hand picking under a binocular light microscope and is equal to ~1/10 g of materials. Olivine samples were then carefully transported in lab to the clean lab for isotope analyses. 

Laboratory image of me on the EPMA at University of Kentucky. During my lab time at University of Kentucky, I took additional points of spectral analyses of my thin sections from Xitle volcano, Mexico. I was then taught to use the EPMA, including how to load samples and automate the spot analyses. 

Photo of all students and hosting faculty and staff for the 2020 UCLA SIMS workshop. Domestic and international students submitted applications describing their research and how SIMS will be utilized for their analyses and are then chosen from the applicant pool to attend. The workshop included a tour of the SIMS facilities at UCLA, presentations by faculty and staff of different applications of SIMS to their respective research, and students were expected to prepare a short 3 minute presentation for the group on the use of SIMS for their respective research projects. At the end of the workshop, students were each given a certificate of workshop participation. 

I am photographed to the left of my poster at poster board #33. The poster presentation included my research conducted during my undergraduate degree and the final results and further implications. This was my very first time hosting a poster at a large conference which included many international researchers as well. 

I was given the amazing opportunity during my Masters to take a field trip to the Smithsonian in my Isotope Geochemistry course taught by Dr. Claire McLeod at Miami University of Ohio. Imaged, I am holding 2 different meteorites from the archive rooms. Here, my love for planetary geology blossomed. 🌕

I am photographed to the left with my research supervisor, Dr. Wendy Bohrson, on the right - holding my award for "Dedication to the Department" from Central Washington University during the 2019 awards ceremony for graduating undergraduate and masters students. Award is given to an undergraduate student who has dedicated their time to outreach events, volunteer, and other public events which highlight the CWU Geology Department. 👩🏽‍🎓

I am photographed to the right of my poster at poster board #29. This was my very first conference where I presented my research conducted during my undergraduate degree. Can you tell the nerves have set in on my face and in my body language? 😅

I am photographed looking out at old lava flows on a very foggy morning. The CWU Geology Spring Field Trip course is hosted annually and the location differs from year to year, held during April Spring Break during the academic year. The 2018 course was taught by Dr. Wendy Bohrson to highlight Hawaii volcanoes, during this time, students were granted to opportunity to visit HVO and view the lava lake hosted at Halemaʻumaʻu. Field trip was hosted prior to the 2018 Kīlauea eruption. 🌋

A field photo of me next to the trail sign for the Pacific Crest Trail on South Sister Volcano, Oregon - holding a tripod which will hold a GPS device that is installed by students at given coordinate points. The geodesy course is held every 3 years and students are expected to attend a field trip prior to the course start date to install temporary GPS stations at given coordinates around South Sister Volcano, Oregon. At the end of field work, GPS stations are gathered and data is then processed by UNIX during class time in order to look at the ground deformation on South Sister Volcano and comparing the data to previously collected data from previous students of the same course. The course is taught by Dr. Tim Melbourne. 📉

A field photo of me walking around Barbershop Pole Hills, Oregon. This course took place over five weeks, which many field locations where students are expected to take field notes of geologic units and contacts and produce a geologic map of the given field locations - much of the course students were put together in groups; however, all student maps are individual and evaluated as such. Field locations took place across areas from Oregon to Idaho from relatively flat to steep and rough terrain at high elevations. This course was held alongside Oregon State University students for 2 weeks. Course was taught by Dr. Jeff Lee. ⛏

A field photo of myself extracting soil gas which is then injected into a sealed gas tube labelled for the sample site location. I was also awarded a scholarship for science communication, this award is granted to the student who received the highest interactions on posts across social media platforms (e.g., Twitter/X) which communicated the work which goes into studying volcanoes.  Instruments to do speedy analyses of gas chemistry (hydrogen sulphide and mercury) is located in the field vehicle, larger instruments are hosted at the 'home base' flat and analyzed at the end of the field day. All in field measurements are noted in a field notebook which is then transcribed into a larger online database. 📋

A field photo of Lava Butte, Oregon. This field trip is part of the course work involved in the Volcanology course where students are expected to write down field observations and field sketches as well as answer questions in the field guide pertaining to the formation of different visited locations. Field locations visited include Newberry Caldera, Big Obsidian Flow, and the Lava River tubes. Course was taught by Dr. Wendy Bohrson. During the last year of my undergraduate, I was one of the undergraduate teaching assistants, in which, I attended this field trip as well as attended laboratory sections in order to assist with questions from undergraduate and masters students. 🌋

A field photo of myself on top of a large rock on the beach of Cape Disappointment during sunset on the Washington coast. The course hosted a week long field trip to the coast of Washington and Oregon where students were grouped together and given an opportunity to collaborate and investigate coastal processes in the form of a journal style article. In this, students were expected to devise a sample technique, simple laboratory analyses techniques, and scientific question to address. This collaborative project was then presented as a group as well as submitted as a paper to the instructor for grading/evaluation. Course was taught by Dr. Bre MacInnes. 🌊

A laboratory photo of myself using an FEI Quanta 250 FE SEM equipped with EDS and EBSD to image and analyze my personally collected sample from Bishop, California during my Introduction to Field Geology course in 2016. This was my first opportunity to collect a field sample and conduct a petrographic analysis using a light microscopy as well as SEM-EDS! The data collected was compiled and written into a final project paper for the course which includes a literature review, results, and discussion of student interpretations of the formation of our respective samples. This course was taught by Dr. Chris Mattinson. During my last year of undergraduate, I was the undergraduate teaching assistant for this course and attended the laboratory sections and the day field trip at Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, Washington in order to assist students with questions and concerns. 🔬

A field photo of a direct contact of geologic units with my field notebook. This was my very first time out in the field with zero experience with mapping. Through the struggle of the steep learning curve, I learned ALOT about the importance of field observations as well as learning my own personal capabilities. This course was taught by Dr. Bre MacInnes and Dr. Anne Egger. ⛏