Welcome. I am glad you are here today.
Mars 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University / Mastcam-Z instrument team
PhD Earth Sciences (Now courtesy faculty)
University of Oregon
Advisors: Lucas Silva and Greg Retallack
MS Agriculture / Soil Science
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Department
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Advisor: Dr. Chip Appel
Mollisol (rich, fertile grassland soil, 43.2 thousand years old) buried by volcanic ash, in the desert today, Fossil Lake OR.
Ediacaran (left)-Cambrian (right) boundary (~541 Ma) at Ross River, Northern Territory, Australia
Sedimentary rocks at “Hogwallow Flats”, Jezero Crater, Mars as seen by the Mastcam-Z instrument onboard Mars 2020 Perseverance rover
Planetary Soils 