EDUCATION

Aug. 2017     Ph.D.  The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences. Thesis: Novel (U-Th)/He thermochronometric constraints on serpentinized ultramafic rocks, 

Dissertation committee: Dr. Daniel Stockli (advisor) (UT), Jaime D. Barnes (UT), Richard A. Ketcham (UT), Frieder Klein (WHOI), Othmar Müntener (UNIL)

May 2011      B.A.     Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Thesis: Depositional environment and detrital zircon dating of the Jardine Metasedimentary Sequence from the South Snowy Mountains in Yellowstone National Park, 

Co-advisors: David Mogk (MSU), Darrell Henry (LSU), Nicholas Christie-Blick (Columbia U)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

*includes maternity leave in 2017 and 2021

2023-present Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence, RI

2021-2023* Gabilan Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2019-2021   Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2017-2019*  Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

2012-2017    Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2010-2011    Undergraduate Research Assistant, Columbia University, New York, NY

ACADEMIC AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2022  Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students, University of Southern California

2021   Dorothy LaLonde Stout Lecturer, American Geophysical Union

2021   Gabilan Assistant Professorship, University of Southern California 

2017   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Doherty Postdoctoral Scholarship 

2014   National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship 

2014   The University of Texas at Austin: F. Earl Ingerson Graduate Research Assistance Fellowship in Geochemistry 

2014   The University of Texas at Austin: Graduate Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement 

2014   The University of Texas at Austin: Chevron Minority Summer Fellowship  

2013   Geological Society of America: Diversity Award 

2013   Geological Society of America Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology and Volcanology Division: Student Research Award 

2012   The University of Texas at Austin: Jackson School Graduate Fellowship 

2010   University of Kansas (Field Camp): Golden Hammer Award

RESEARCH GRANTS

2022 NSF EAR:  E. H. G. Cooperdock (PI), J. D. Barnes (Co-PI), J. S. Lackey (Co-PI), “Collaborative Research: Halogen behavior in the plutonic-to-volcanic arc system.”, NSF-EAR-2211241, USC award: $219,557.

2021 NSF EAR: Ananya Mallik (Co-PI), E. H. G. Cooperdock (Co-PI) Collaborative Research: Tracking nitrogen in mélange matrix from fore-arc to sub-arc depths with implications for deep nitrogen cycling: A combined field and experimental approach”, NSF-EAR-2138484, USC award: $196,000 

2021 USC WiSE: E. H. G. Cooperdock (PI) Major Research Support , $25,000 “Postdoc support for state-of-the-art thermochronology laboratory in Earth Science”, $25,000 (maximum awarded)

2021 NSF Career-Life-Balance Supplement: E. H. G. Cooperdock for “Collaborative Research: Evaluating the exhumation history of the Aleutians with zircon and apatite thermochronology”,  USC award: $63,655 

2021 NSF OCE: E. H. G. Cooperdock (PI), Michael Eddy (Co-I): “Testing the timing and direction of mantle exhumation at the Iberia-Newfoundland margins with low temperature thermochronology.” NSF-OCE-2049940, USC award: $284,753

2020   NSF EAR: E. H. G. Cooperdock (Co-PI), R. Rudnick (Co-PI), R. E. Bernard (Co-PI), S. L. Goldstein (Co-PI): “Diversifying geochemistry – travel support for students from under-represented constituencies to attend the Goldschmidt Conference.” NSF-EAR-2018087, $55,200, No funds come to PIs, all funding goes to support student travel grant to Goldschmidt.

2019   SCEC: K. A. Farley, F. Hofmann, E. H. G. Cooperdock, A. J. West (Co-I’s): “Cosmogenic 3He dating of alluvial surfaces using detrital magnetite enabled by microCT scanning”

2019   NSF GeoPRISMS: E. H. G. Cooperdock (PI), C. Bucholz (Co-I): “Collaborative Research: Evaluating the exhumation history of the Aleutians with zircon and apatite thermochronology” NSF-EAR-1949148, USC award: $311,203

2018   Postdoctoral Scholar Research Grant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

2015   Jackson School of Geosciences Grant Matching Program: “Trace Element Systematics of Serpentinites”, University of Texas at Austin

2015   Mineralogical Society of America’s Mineralogy/Petrology Student Research Grant 

2014   Jackson School of Geosciences Summer Analytical Fees Grant, University of Texas at Austin

2013   Geologic Society of America Students-in-Aid Research Grant: “Magnetite (U-Th)/He and (U-Th)/Ne geochronology: constraining serpentinization along magma-poor continental margins” 

2013   Jackson School of Geosciences Grant Matching Program: “Magnetite (U-Th)/He and (U-Th)/Ne geochronology: constraining serpentinization along magma-poor continental margins”, University of Texas at Austin

PUBLICATIONS, *denotes student or postdoc author

22. *Carrera, A., Cooperdock, E. H. G., Kay, S. M., Bucholz, C. and Callejas, E., “Tectonic and Climatic Drivers Exhuming Adak and Kagalaska Islands” in review at Geology

 21. *Rojas, A., Cooperdock, E. H. G., Hofmann, F., and Lackey J. S. “Longterm San Andreas Fault history re-examined through a multichronometer study of a piercing point” in review at Geology

 20. *Rebaza, A. M., Mallik, A., Cooperdock, E. H. G., and *Holman, B. I., “The Fate of Ultramafic-Rich Mélanges in Cold to Hot Subduction Zones: Implications for Diapirism (or not) and Chemical Geodynamics” in revision at EPSL

 19. *Pavia, F., Cooperdock, E. H. G., *de Obeso, J. C., Tissot, F. L. H., Kelemen, P. B., Sims, W. W., and F. Klein (2023). Uranium Isotopes in Serpentinites as Tracers of Weathering, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 623, 118434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118434

18. Mallik, A., *Rebaza, A. M., Li, L., *Du, Y., Al Shams, A., Kapp, P., and Cooperdock, E. H. (2023). Metabasic rocks as important nitrogen carriers to forearc depths: Implications for deep nitrogen cycling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 361, 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.10.007

17. *Carrera, A., *Luckie, T, and Cooperdock, E. H. G., (2023). Extreme underrepresentation of first-generation college students in the geosciences: An intersectional issue. Journal of Geoscience Education, 1-12.

16. #Cooperdock, E. H. G., #*Hofmann, F., *Tibbets, R. C., *Carrera, A., Takase, A., & Celestian, A. (2022). “Rapid phase identification and characterization of apatite and zircon grains for geochronology using microCT”, Geochronology, 4, 501–515. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-501-2022 #These authors contributed equally to this work.

15. Ketcham, R. A., Tremblay, M., Abbey, A., Baughman, J., Cooperdock, E. H. G., Jepson, G., Murray, K., Odlum, M., Stanley, J. & Thurston, O. (2022). Report from the 17th International Conference on Thermochronology. Earth and Space Science Open Archive. April 11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10511082.1 (Not peer-reviewed)

14. Cooke, M., Breitbart, M., Cooperdock, E. H. G., Levin, N., Niemi, N., Bell, C., & Viskupic, K. (2021). First-year graduate courses foster inclusion. Nature Geosciencehttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00800-6

13. *Hofmann, F., Cooperdock, E. H. G., West, A. J., *Hildebrandt, D., *Strößner, K., & Farley, K. A. (2021). Exposure dating of detrital magnetite using 3He enabled by microCT and calibration of the cosmogenic 3He production rate in magnetite. Geochronology, 3(2), 395–414. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-395-2021

12. Lazar, C., Cooperdock, E. H. G., & *Seymour, B H. T. (2021). A continental forearc serpentinite diapir with deep origins: Elemental signatures of slab-derived fluids and a mantle wedge protolith at New Idria, California. Lithos, 398–399, 106252. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106252

11.  Cooperdock, E. H. G., *Chen, C. Y., Guevara, V. E., & Metcalf, J. R., “Counteracting Systemic Bias in the Lab, Field, and Classroom.” AGU Advances, 2, e2020AV000353. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000353 

10. Fulweiler R.W., Davies S.W., Biddle J.F., Burgin A.J., Cooperdock E.H.G., Hanley T.C., et al. (2021) Rebuild the Academy: Supporting academic mothers during COVID-19 and beyond. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001100  

9. Cooperdock, E., & Ault, A. (2020). Iron Oxide (U–Th)/He Thermochronology: New Perspectives on Faults, Fluids, and Heat. Elements16(5), 319–324. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.16.5.319 

8. Cooperdock, E. H. G., *Labidi, J., *Dottin III, J. W. & *Keisling, B. (2020) Black Lives Matter: Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Geochemistry. Elements 16, 226–227.

7. Cooperdock, E. H. G., Stockli, D. F., Kelemen, P. B., and de Obeso, J. C. (2020).  Timing of magnetite growth associated with peridotite‐hosted carbonate veins in the SE Samail ophiolite, Wadi fins, Oman. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018632. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018632

6. Cooperdock, E. H. G., Ketcham, R. A., and Stockli, D. F. (2019). “Resolving the effects of 2-D versus 3-D grain measurements on apatite (U-Th)/He age data and reproducibility.” Geochronology, 1(1), 17-41. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-17-2019

5. Schwarzenbach, E., Caddick, M., Petroff, M., Gill, B., Cooperdock, E. H. G., and J. D. Barnes (2018) “Sulphur and carbon cycling in the subduction zone mélange.” Scientific Reports 8:15517.

4. Bernard, Rachel E. and Emily H. G. Cooperdock (2018), “No progress on diversity in 40 years.” Nature Geoscience 11, 292–295 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0116-6.

3. Cooperdock, E. H. G., and D. F. Stockli (2018). “Dating exhumed peridotite with spinel (U-Th)/He chronometry.” Earth Planetary Science Letters 489: 219-227.

2. Cooperdock, E. H. G., *Raia, N. H., Barnes, J. D., Stockli, D. F. and Schwarzenbach, E. M. (2018) “Tectonic origin of serpentinites on Syros, Greece: Geochemical signatures of seafloor serpentinization preserved in a HP/LT subduction complex.” Lithos 296: 352-364. *Undergraduate student mentee

1. Cooperdock, E. H. G., and D. F. Stockli (2016) “Unraveling alteration histories in serpentinites and associated ultramafic rocks with magnetite (U-Th)/He geochronology.” Geology 44(11): 967-970. doi: 10.1130/G38587.1

REFEREE 

Nature Communications, Chemical Geology, EPSL, GCA, Lithos, National Science Foundation, German Research Foundation, Advances in Geoscience, Geochronology

PRESENTATIONS (conferences, *oral, † poster):

2024

US Ice Core Community Meeting, Portland, ME

*INVITED KEYNOTE:Challenges and Opportunities for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”

*INVITED:Integrating ”DEI” into a geoscience career”

2023

Conference on Rock Magnetism, Institute for Rock Magnetism, Minneapolis, MN, *INVITED KEYNOTE: “Dating magnetite in ultramafic systems: a tale of tears, trace elements, and unexpected ages”

2022

Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI  “Rapid phase identification and characterization of apatite and zircon grains for geochronology using microCT”

2021

AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans & Virtual, 1) *INVITED: “Weaving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Geoscience Education“; 2) *A continental forearc serpentinite diapir with deep origins: Elemental signatures of slab-derived fluids and a mantle wedge protolith at New Idria, California”; 3) *“Uranium Isotopes in Serpentinites as Tracers of Redox Conditions and Weathering”

2020   

GSA Annual Meeting, (Virtual), *INVITED: “Tracking magnetite  growth during fluid rock interactions with (U-Th)/He thermochronology”

2019   

AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, *INVITED: “The Th/U Cycle in Serpentinites”

2018   

AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, *INVITED: “Multi-stage history of fluids and faults in serpentinites on Syros, Greece”

AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC,  †”Who has benefitted from outreach in the geosciences

 16th International Conference on Thermochronology, Quendlinburg, Germany,  †“Spinel (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Dating mantle exhumation by tectonic and volcanic processes”

Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Boston, MA,  * “Spinel (U-Th)/He chronometry: A novel approach to date mantle exhumation”

Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Boston, MA,  * “The impact of Science Y’all: A grassroots student blog”

2017   

Tomography for Scientific Advancement Meeting (ToScA) North America, Austin, TX, *” Improved mineral grain screening and measurement using X-Ray Computed Tomography: Applications to (U-Th)/He chronology”

2016   

4th International Serpentine Days Conference, Sete, France, * “Unraveling alteration histories of serpentinites and associated ultramafic rocks with magnetite (U-Th)/He geochronology”

2014   

Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA, * “(U-Th)/He Dating of Magnetites in Serpentinites

14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, † “Improved Methodology for Magnetite (U-Th)/He Dating of Serpentinites”

2013   

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, † “Vetting Unconventional Minerals for Thermochronology”

Geological Society of America South-Central Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, † “Magnetite (U-Th)/He Geochronology: Advancements in Sample Preparation and Application to Date Serpentinites”

PRESENTATIONS (institutions, *oral, † poster):

2024

  • Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Department colloquium (Invited)
  • Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, GMP Lunch Bunch

2023

  • Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences weekly colloquium and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science colloquium
  • Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science weekly colloquium and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • Stony Brook University, Department of Geoscience weekly colloquium (Invited)
  • Rigaku Micro Computed Tomography Workshop, University of Southern California (Invited talk)
  • University of Arizona’s 51st GeoDaze, Department of Geosciences (Invited Keynote)
  • Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Geological Sciences weekly colloquium and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences weekly colloquium
  • 43rd Annual Woodford-Eckis Lecture and Pomona Centennial Celebration, Pomona College Geology Department, (Invited Keynote, 2 talks)
  • University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Sciences weekly colloquium and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)

2022

  • University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience weekly colloquium and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • American Natural History Museum, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department weekly seminar (Invited)
  • University of Nevada Reno, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering colloquium and DEI award (Invited)
  • University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana, Department of Geology weekly seminar (Invited)
  • Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment Weekly Seminar (Invited)
  • University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences Lithospheric Dynamics Seminar

2021  

  • DIG: Diversity and Inclusion in Geosciences, multi-institution DEI speaker series
  • National Science Foundation, Geosciences Directorate-wide Special Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Seminar (Invited)
  • Louisiana State University, Geology and Geophysics Department Seminar (Invited)
  • Utah State University, Department of Geosciences Seminar and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bonus seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • University of Vermont, Department of Geology (Invited for DEI panel)

2020

  • UNLV, Department of Geoscience Department Seminar (Invited)
  • University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences Department Seminar and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • UC Santa Barbara (postponed due to COVID) (Invited)
  • University of Minnesota, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Seminar and Hard Rock Seminar (Invited, 2 talks)
  • University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Lithosphere Dynamics Seminar

2019   

  • UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Department Seminar (Invited)
  • UCLA, Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Department Seminar (Invited)
  • CSU Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences Department Seminar (Invited)

2018   

  • University of Rhode Island, Department of Geosciences Department Seminar (Invited)
  • University of Delaware, Department of Geological Sciences Department Seminar (Invited)
  • Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Lunch Bunch Seminar (Invited)

2017  

  • Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry Seminar (Invited)
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Seminar (Invited)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Petrology, Geochemistry, Structure and Tectonics Seminar
  • University of Houston, Geochemistry Seminar
  • Rice University, Geochemistry Seminar
  • University of Texas at Dallas, GeoClub Meeting and UTD Friday Seminar
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School Research Symposium

2011-2016   

  • Exxon-Mobil, Research and Development team presentation, Houston, TX (2015)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Petrology, Geochemistry, Structure and Tectonics Seminar (2014)
  • Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Hot Topics Seminar (2014)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Petrology, Geochemistry, Structure and Tectonics Seminar (2014)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School Research Symposium(2014)
  • Exxon-Mobil, Research & Development team, Houston, TX (2013)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School Research Symposium† (2013)
  • Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Noon Balloon Seminar (2011)

TEACHING & GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

2024

Instructor, EEPS 2910V DEI in STEM, Brown University

Mentor, SPRINT UTRA Course Development: Geology of Star Wars, Brown University

2023* (*Fall 2023 – teaching release at Brown University)

Instructor, GEOL 563 Geochemistry Seminar, University of Southern California

Co-Instructor, GEOL 316 Petrology, University of Southern California

2022

Instructor, GEOL 593 Practicum in Teaching Liberal Arts, University of Southern California, [Instructor rating by students: 3.9/4.0]

Instructor, GEOL 315 Minerals and Earth System, University of Southern California, [Instructor rating by students: 3.9/4.0]

Co-Instructor, GEOL 460 Geochemistry, University of Southern California, [Instructor rating by students: 3.8/4.0]

2021   

Instructor, GEOL 599 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM, University of Southern California [Instructor rating by students: 3.9/4.0]
Instructor GEOL 563 Geochemistry Seminar, University of Southern California [Instructor rating by students: 3.9/4.0]

2020   

Instructor, GEOL 593 Practicum in Teaching the Liberal Arts, University of Southern California [Instructor rating by students: 4.0/4.0]
Early Career Faculty Geoscience Workshop: Accepted, but could not attend due to COVID.

2019   

6-week CET New Faculty Institute, University of Southern California (interrupted by COVID)
Co-Instructor, GEOL 315 Minerals and Earth Systems, University of Southern California [Instructor rating by students: 3.8/4.0, Co-instructor with Doug Hammond]
Instructor, GEOL 505, Introduction to Graduate Studies, University of Southern California [Instructor rating by students: 3.9/4.0]

2016   

Teaching Assistant, Earth Materials, The University of Texas at Austin [Instructor rating by students: 4.7/5.0][Instructor rating by students: 4.7/5.0]
Mentor to Undergraduate Honors Student, The University of Texas at Austin [Mentor to Natalie Raia. Final products included a poster at AGU 2016 and a publication in Lithos.]

2015   

Mentor, Students Raising Students Program, The University of Texas at Austin [Mentor to Allison Berti, undergraduate geophysics major]

2014   

GK-12 Associate, The University of Texas at Austin [Presented to high school
classrooms, lead department tours for K-12 students.]

Co-coordinator for UTChron Undergraduate Summer Minority Intern Program [Organized and mentored undergraduates Claudia Roig (University of Puerto Rico), Doris Rivera-Santiago (University of Puerto Rico) and Kendall Salinas (University of Texas) in (U-Th)/He related research projects at University of Texas at Austin.]

Teaching Assistant, Honors Undergraduate Field Trip to the Colorado Plateau, The University of Texas at Austin

2013   

Participant, On the Cutting-Edge Workshop: Preparing for an Academic Career in Geosciences, Boulder, CO

2010   

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates: Precambrian Rocks of Yellowstone National Park [The results of the REU were published in by Mogk et al. (2012) in Yellowstone Science]

Teaching Assistant, Solid Earth Systems, Columbia University (2 semesters)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ACTIVITIES

2024

Brown Service

Spring Break Field Trip Leader

International Service

Convener, Goldschmidt Annual Meeting Conference Session

Member, National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Geosciences subcommittee of its Advisory Committee (AC-GEO) for a New Scientific Ocean Drilling Platform (NSDOP)

 2023

Brown Service

LunaSCOPE DEI committee member

Spring Break Field Trip Leader

International Service

Panelist, NSF EAR-Tectonics

2022

USC Service
Department of Earth Sciences Admissions Committee
Co-host of informal graduate student professionalization series (lunchtime Q&A discussion on topics ranging from “how to find a postdoc” to “how to develop your research compass”)
Invited Guest Speaker at the 2022 Wrigley Summer Fellows Leadership Dinner

International Service
Convener, Goldschmidt Annual Meeting Conference Session
Panelist, AAPG Women’s Network Panel: Perceptions of DEI Work in Academia and Industry Careers (Virtual)
Discussion Leader and Attendee, Second National Conference: Justice in Geoscience, AGU Chapman Conference (Virtual)

2021

USC Service:
Faculty advisor to Department of Earth Science Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Club
Admissions Committee
Global Change Search Committee

International Community Service:
Member, Geochemical Society Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
Panelist, AAPG Women’s Network Panel: Perceptions of DEI Work in Academia and Industry Careers (Virtual)

2020   

USC Service:
Organized USC-wide virtual film screening of “Picture A Scientist” (over 300 participants); organized and moderated post-screening panel discussion (over 80 participants)
Faculty advisor to Department of Earth Science Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Club
Admissions Committee
Global Change Search Committee

International Community Service
Panelist, NSF Tectonics Fall Panel
Member, Geochemical Society Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
Invited guest, University of Chicago Department of Earth Sciences discussion on race and diversity
Organizing committee for 6th International Thermochronology Conference (delayed due to COVID)
Organizer and Panelist, Goldschmidt Town Hall: Black Lives Matter

2019   

USC Service:
Merit Review Committee

International Community Service
Guest Editor, Elements Magazine issue on “Noble Gas Thermochronology”
Co-convener, AGU Session “Hydrothermal Systems in 4-D”
Organizing committee for 6th International Thermochronology Conference

2018   

Leadership, 500 Women Scientists of Cape Cod
Member, Diversity Action Committee, Woods Hole, MA
Co-convener, 16th International Conference on Thermochronology

2017

 Co-convener, Goldschmidt Session “Innovations and Advances in Thermochronology”

2016   

Co-convener, AGU Session “4 Billion Years of Serpentinization on Earth and Beyond”
Co-founder & Editor, Science, Y’all! the official student science blog of the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Coordinator, Petrology, Geochemistry, Structure and Tectonics Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin
Panel Member, Jackson School of Geosciences 10th Anniversary Celebration and Research Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin

2015   

Graduate Student Representative, Jackson School Dean’s Evaluation Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
Planning Committee Member, iSamples EarthCube Research Coordination Workshop, Austin, Texas

2014   

Secretary, Graduate Student Executive Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
Lead Coordinator, Jackson School Poster Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin

2013  

 Vice President, Graduate Student Executive Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
Student Volunteer, South-Central Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America

2012   

Student-Faculty Liaison, Graduate Student Executive Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
Participant, Pyrenees Workshop 2012, St. Martin d’Arrossa, France

2011   

Research Assistant, International Drilling Program Dead Sea Project, Dead Sea, Israel

2010   

Student Volunteer, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America

2009  

Participant, Geoinformatics Workshop, Geological Society of America
Research Assistant, MEDCOR Research Cruise, Messina, Sicily

FIELD EXPERIENCE

2016   

Etang de Lers, France, Participant in 2-day field trip for Serpentine Days conference led by Yves Lagabrielle
Newfoundland Bay of Islands Ophiolite; Participant in week-long field trip for UT graduate seminar led by John Dewey and Jack Casey 

2015   

Aleutian Islands, Alaska; Field assistant for GeoPRISMS funded sampling of volcanic rocks on the islands Atka and Unalaska with Columbia University collaborators
Western Alps, Switzerland; Ph.D. field work to collect serpentinite samples for geochronology
Oman Ophiolite; Ph.D. field work to collect serpentinite samples for geochronology

2014   

Colorado Plateau, USA; Teaching Assistant for week-long UT honors undergraduate field trip
 Malenco, Italy and Davos, Switzerland; Ph.D. field work to collect serpentinite samples for geochronology and geochemistry

2013   

Graubünden, Switzerland; Participant in Exxon Mobile Field School, ‘Tectonic Sedimentary and Magmatic Evolution of Hyper-Extended Rift Margins” led by Gianreto Manatschal
Franciscan Subduction Complex, CA, USA; Participant and driver in the International Lithosphere Program Field Trip led by Mark Cloos
Cycladic Islands, Greece; Participant in week-long field trip for UT graduate seminar led by Daniel Stockli, followed by week-long field work with UT Ph.D. student (Spencer Seman) to collect samples for U-Pb and (U-Th)/He analyses

2012   

Western Pyrenees; Participant in 3-day field trip of the Pyrenees Workshop led by Emmanuel Masini followed by week-long field work with UT M.S. student Nicole Hart to collect samples for U-Pb and (U-Th)/He analyses
Dead Sea, Israel; Field assistant, documented stratigraphy, soft sediment collection

2011   

Dead Sea, Israel; Field assistant for International Continental Drilling Program: Dead Sea Drilling, prepared and described drill cores

2010   

Yellowstone National Park, WY; Senior thesis field work to collect Archean metasedimentary rocks for geochronology and pseudo-stratigraphic sections
Colorado, Nevada and Utah; Participant in the University of Kansas field camp for 6-weeks

ADVISING AND MENTORING

University of Southern California (2019 – )

Florian Hofmann, Postdoc, Mentor

Justine Grabiec, Ph.D. candidate, Advisor

Alexia Rojas, Ph.D. candidate, Advisor

Anahi Carrera, Ph.D. candidate, Advisor

Ryley Collins, Ph.D. candidate, Advisor

Sabreen Lyman, undergraduate research, Advisor

Kathleen Grant, Ph.D. candidate, Qualifying exam committee member

Alexis Floback, Ph.D. candidate, Qualifying exam committee member

Naomi Rodgers, Ph.D. candidate, Qualifying exam committee member

Hengdi Li, Ph.D. candidate, Qualifying exam committee member

Cullen Schleland, Ph.D. candidate, Qualifying exam committee member

Tarryn Cawood, Ph.D. candidate, Defense committee member

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Geological Society of America

Mineralogical Society of America

American Geophysical Union

Geochemical Society