| 1998 |
Intern, Nuclear Theory Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1999 |
B.A. in Physics, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa |
| 2001-2003 |
Research Assistant. Electron Microprobe Lab, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota |
| 2002 |
M.S., Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies Program, University of Minnesota |
| 2003-Present | Research Fellow & Principal Analyst, Electron Microprobe Lab, Department of
Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota |
| 2007 |
Ph.D. candidate, Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota |
| 1998 |
Pion Absorption Cross Sections of Heavy Nuclei. Proceedings of the
1998 Research for Undergraduates (REU) Program, University of Illinois |
| 2002 |
The Potential of Electron Microprobe Analysis in Provenance Studies of
North American Native Copper Artifacts. M.S. thesis, University of Minnesota |
| 2002 |
Electron Beams and Micro-scale Composition: The Electron Microprobe as
an Archaeological Tool. University of Minnesota Archaeology Consortium Lunch Series |
| 2004 |
Electron Microprobe Analysis of North American Native Copper.
First Archaeological Sciences of the Americas Symposium, University of Arizona |
| 2004 |
Consultation to Collaboration: Why Geologists Should Learn Archaeological Theory.
University of Minnesota Archaeology Consortium Lunch Series |
| 2004 |
From Consultation to Collaboration: Why Geologists Should Learn Archaeological Theory.
Session #127: Archaeological Geology. Geological Society of America, 2004 Denver Annual Meeting |
| 2005 |
An Electron Microprobe in the Classroom: A Remote-Access System for Education. Session #29:
Inquiry-Based, Hands-On, Classroom Exercises, Lab Demonstrations, and Field Investigations in Geoscience
Education. GSA North-Central Section |
| 2005 |
Electron Microprobe Analysis of Artifacts: Where Physics Meets Archaeology.
Grinnell College, Physics Department Seminar |
| 2005 | The History and Physics of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis. Lawrence University,
Physics Department Colloquium |
| 2005 |
Blasting Stone Tools with Electron Beams: Crossroads of Archaeology and the Physical Sciences.
Lawrence University, Science Hall Colloquium |
| 2006 |
Relevance, History, and Frameworks in Teaching Instrumentation (or How I Learned to Stop
Talking about Vacuum Systems and Discuss 1950s Russian Microprobe Designs). Invited,
Session T53: Teaching Instrumentation to Geoscience Students: Course Design, Objectives,
and Presentations. Geological Society of America, 2006 Philadelphia Meeting |
| 2007 |
Humans: The Newest Geological Transport Process (or Looking for Obsidian in all the Wrong
Places). Hard Rock Lunch seminar series, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University
of Minnesota |
| 2007 |
Electron Microprobe Analysis in 21st-Century Archaeology: Its Strengths, Weaknesses, and the
Advancements Useful to Archaeologists. Archaeometric Methods, Archaeological Applications I.
Society for American Archaeology, 72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas |
| 2007 |
Microanalytical Characterization of Native Copper Artifacts in Order to Differentiate Raw
Material Sources. Invited, Session P-09: Metallurgy, History, and the Fine Arts. Microscopy &
Microanalysis 2007, Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam
Analysis Society, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
