Education

• PhD The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• M.A. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• B.S. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Courses Taught

• ESC 195 Natural Disasters (Honors Lab)
• ESC 390 Writing in the Earth Sciences
• ESC 494/495 Senior Research/Senior Seminar
• GEL 201 Introduction to Physical Geology
• GEL 302 Historical Geology
• GEL 306 Principles of Paleontology

Research Interests

Evolution and ecology of Mesozoic marine reptiles:

• Biomechanics of swimming
• Tooth form and feeding ecology
• Large-scale patterns of evolution
• Ichthyosaurs of the Sundance Formation (Jurassic–WY)
• Bone microstructure of ichthyosaurs