I am a Research Associate and Staff Scientist with the Institute for Rock Magnetism at the University of Minnesota.

Variations in Earth’s magnetic field recorded in rocks and sediments have the ability to provide unique information on a wide variety of earth processes, from core to crust and from deep time to the very recent past. My research combines characterizing variations in the geomagnetic field and exploiting these variations to better understand volcanic and other geologic processes, from local to planetary scales.  Complementary work seeks to clarify the origin of magnetic remanence in igneous materials. This work combines standard rock- and paleo-magnetic techniques with potential field observations and modeling, as well as techniques in experimental petrology.