PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2023-               Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Bioarchaeology & Stable Isotope Research Lab, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University (Advisor: Dr. Tiffiny A. Tung)

2021-2023       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Critical Molecular Anthropology Lab, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University (Advisor: Dr. Rick W. A. Smith)

2020-2021       Postdoctoral Fellow, Light Isotope Lab, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (Advisor: Dr. Daniel O. Breecker)

EDUCATION

2020                The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Anthropology (Advisor: Dr. Fred Valdez, Jr.)

2015                The University of Texas at Austin, M.A. in Anthropology; minor: Geosciences

2013                California State University, Long Beach, B.A. in Anthropology

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

2024-               Oster Terrestrial Paleoclimate Lab [PI: Dr. Jessica Oster]. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University.

2021-               Bioarchaeology Stable Isotope Research Lab [PI: Dr. Tiffiny Tung]. Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University.

2021-               Critical Molecular Anthropology Lab [PI: Dr. Rick W.A. Smith]. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University.

2021-2023       Laboratory of Genetic Anthropology and Biocultural Studies [PI: Dr. Jada Benn Torres]. Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University.

2017 - 2020     Isotope Clean Lab and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer Lab [PI: Dr. Jay L. Banner]. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin.

2016 - 2019     Bolnick Molecular Anthropology Lab [PI: Dr. Deborah A. Bolnick]. Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin.

2015 - 2021     Stable Isotope Laboratory [PI: Dr. Daniel O. Breecker]. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.

2014 - 2015     Quadrupole ICP-MS Laboratory [PI: Dr. Nathan Miller]. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin.

2011 - 2013     The Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments and Society [PI: Dr. Hector Neff]. California State University, Long Beach.