I am a research geologist, data scientist, and lifelong learner with broad
interests. I am currently working as an electrician and taking coursework toward my Master’s degree
in Electrical Engineering through the University of Colorado, Boulder, with an emphasis on Li-ion
battery technology and management systems, power electronics, and renewable energy.
I obtained my M.Sc. in Earth and Planetary Science working with Dr. Nick Swanson-Hysell at the University of California, Berkeley. Much of my research involved the integration of paleomagnetic, geochronologic, and stratigraphic data to solve geologic problems. Check out the UC Berkeley Paleomagnetism Lab webpage to learn more about how we develop paleomagnetic data. My research in the Earth sciences spanned a variety of topics in geophysics and Earth history, including
- ancient continental reconstructions and the supercontinent cycle
- rates of plate tectonic motion and other large-scale geodynamic processes, and how these have evolved throughout Earth history
- hypothesized events of rapid reorientation of the solid Earth (true polar wander)
- the evolution of the geodynamo and Earth’s magnetic field
- the frequency of geomagnetic reversals through time and stochastic models of geomagnetic field behavior
In addition to my scientific research, I was also involved in the development of scientific computing tools such as PmagPy, a Python package that today is widely used in the geomagnetic research community. I also have experience working with and contributing to large repositories of geomagnetic data, such as the MagIC and PINT databases.