⇒Research Interests
⇒Training/Experience
⇒Field Work
Research Training & Experience
Assistant Research Professor (2019-present)
Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
• Characterization of proteins in fossilized tissues by mass spectrometry and post-acquisition bioinformatics.
• Methods development for proteomic analyses of mineralized and/or insoluble extant tissues and proteins, as well as highly diagenetically altered tissues, proteins, and environmental samples.
Postdoctoral Research (2014–2019)
Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2014-2019 (Advisor: Dr. Mary Schweitzer)
• Methods development for protein extraction from recent and fossilized bone of various ages and taxa.
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, 2014-2015 (Advisor: Dr. Neil Kelleher)
• Compared efficacy of bone protein extraction protocols for immunological response and MS analyses.
• Methods development for extraction protocols and MS data analyses of ancient (>1 Ma) bone proteins.
Doctoral Research (2008–2013)
Department of Biology, Drexel University (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Lacovara)
• Demonstrated molecular preservation in the holotype of Dreadnoughtus schrani using biomolecular techniques.
• Histological and ontogenetic evaluation of sauropod limb bones, including the Dreadnoughts holotype.
• Evaluated the comparative osteology of Dreadnoughtus cervical vertebrae within Titanosauria.
Field Work
International: 2009
Drexel University
| Cerro Forteleza Formation | Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
Cerro Forteleza Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
New Jersey: 2008–2014
Drexel University, New Jersey State Museum, Mantua Township
| Hornerstown Formation (Inversand) | Sewell County, NJ | Cretaceous Marine |
South Dakota: 2003, 2005, 2006–2011
Project Exploration, University of Chicago, The Mammoth Site
| The Mammoth Site | Hot Springs, SD | Pleistocene Mammals |
| Hell Creek Formation | Faith, SD | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
Judith River Formation, Montanta
Montana: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2018
North Carolina State University, The Museum of The Rockies, Project Exploration, The University of Chicago
| Judith River Formation | MT | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| Claggette Formation | MT | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| Bear Paw Shale Formation | MT | Cretaceous Marine |
| Lost in Time Ranch | Wibaux, MT | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| Black Leaf Formation | Lima, MT | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| Two Medicine Formation | Chouteau, MT | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
Wyoming: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012
Project Exploration, University of Chicago
| Morrison Formation | Shell, WY | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| Kadesh Ranch | Shell, WY | Cretaceous Vertebrates |
| PaleoPark (Zerbst Ranch) | Newcastle, WY | Cretaceous Vertebrates |