Education
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 2018-2023
University of Southern California
Doctoral dissertation: "The geobiological role of bioturbating ecosystem engineers during key evolutionary intervals in Earth history
B.A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2014-2018
Vanderbilt University
Thesis: "Terminal Neoproterozoic bioturbation and implications for the extinction of the Ediacara biota"
Appointments
1851 Science and Engineering Research Fellowship, 2023-2026
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
Funded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Awards, Honors, and Fellowship
Science and Engineering Research Fellowship, 2023-2026
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Ph.D. Achievement Award, 2023
University of Southern California
Council Poster Prize, 2022
The Palaeontological Association
Winifred Goldring Award, Honorable Mention, 2022
The Paleontological Society, Association for Women Geoscientists
Gold Fellowship, 2021
University of Southern California
President's Prize, 2020
The Palaeontological Association
Cisco Systems Graduate Student Fellowship, 2020
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at the University of Southern California
Research Funding
Total funds raised: ~£210,000
Science and Engineering Research Fellowship
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Gold Fellowship
University of Southern California
Graduate Student Research Grant
Geological Society of America
Student Research Grant
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Foundation
Harry B. Whittington Award, Student Research Grant
The Paleontological Society
Eugene Vaughan Assistantship in Geology
Vanderbilt University
Invited Presentations and Seminars
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting - Invited Speaker, 2024
Session: Phylogenetic and Computational Approaches in Paleobiology
Anaheim, California, USA
University of Oxford, All Souls College and Department of Earth Sciences, 2024
"The Past anf Future of Life on our Dynamic Planet" semianr series
Oxford, England
University of Portsmouth, School of the Environment, Geography, and Geosciences, 2022
Portsmouth SEGGS seminar series
Portsmouth, England
University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, 2022
Earth Surface Science Institute seminar series
Leeds, England
Biosphere Evolution, Transitions, and Resilience - Invited Speaker, 2022
Milton Keynes, England
6th Annual Nereis Park Conference - Keynote Speaker, 2022
Session: Bioturbation-Ecosystem Relationships
The European Institute for Marine Sciences (IUEM), Lagonna-Daoulas, Brittany, France
Goldschmidt Annual Meeting - Keynote Speaker, 2022
Session: Life and the Environment in the Phanerozoic
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
NASA Jet Propolsion Laboratory, 2020
Origins and Habitability Lab seminar
Pasadena, California, USA
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Earth and Ocean System: 2023,2024
University of Southampton
Palaeobiology: 2024
University of Southampton
Bioturbation and palaeoecology
Marine Invertebrates: 2024
University of Southampton
Evolutionary Fuaunas
Co-evolution of Life and Earth: 2024
University of Southampton
Biodiversity curves and mass extinctions
Teaching Assistant
The History of Life on Earth: A View Through the Museum: 2019, 2020, 2021
University of Southern California
Climate Change: 2019
University of Southern California
Crises of a Planet: 2018
University of Southern California
Earth Systems Through Time: 2016, 2017
Vanderbilt University
Pedagogical Training
Practicum in Teaching the Liberal Arts: 2018
University of Southern California
Public Outreach and Engagement
Sidmouth Science Festival, 2024
Volunteer with University of Southampton
Developed and presented exhibit "Reefs Through Time"
Southampton Boat Show, 2024
Volunteer
Developed and presenting exhibit on reefs intergrated with a palaeoscienes outreach booth
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, 2024
Organising Team
Developed and presented exhibit "Reefs Through Time"
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival, 2024
School of Ocean and Earth Science Organising Team
Stem Bytes Seminar Speaker, 2020
"How Early Worms Helped Engineer Earth's Early Benthic Ecosystems
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Chapter at the University of Southern California
On Point, National Public Radio (NPR) guest speaker, 2018
"It's Senior Thesis Seasion" episode, 6 April 2018
Professional Service
Committees and Appointments
Secretary of the Earth Systems Science Group, 2023-present
Geological Society of London
Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Extinction and Ecosysttem Engineers (E6) RCN, 2021-present
National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network member
PIs: Kate Lyons, Cindy Looy, Simon Darroch, Pete Wagner
Secretary of the Earth Systems Science Group, 2023-present
Geological Society of London
Graduate Student Representative, 2020-2022
Geological Society of America - Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Dean's Student Advisory Board, 2016-2018
Vanderbilt University
Academic meetings and seminars
Life and Planet, 2024
Geological Society of London
ESSG Secretary | Organizing committee member
Symposoium of Vertebrate Palaeontolog and Comparative Anatony, 2024
University of Southampton
Organizing committee member
Life and Planet, 2023
Geological Society of London
Organizing committee member
Paleo/Environmental Seminar, 2021-2022
University of Southern California
Academic year organiser
Southern California Geobiology Symposoium, 2020-2021
University of Southern California
Deputy co-chair of ogranising committee
Conference Sessions
Ecosystem Engineering Through Earth History, 2022
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Organized with E6 RCN graduate student members
Ecosystem Engineering Through Earth History, 2020
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
New Voices in Geobiology, 2020-2022
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Annual GSA GBGM Division Session, one session/3 years
New Advances in Geobiology, 2020-2022
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Annual GSA GBGM Division Session, one session/3 years
Phanerzoic Earth-Life Transitions, 2020-2022
Geobiology Society Conference
Other service roles
Student presentation awards judge, 2022
GSA GBGM Division, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Student presentation awards judge, 2022
The Palaeontologial Society, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting