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Education

• University of Miami, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Ph.D. in progress, January 2006- present.
• Current thesis work: Nitrogen sources and cycling in sub-tropical marine estuaries adjacent to large urban centers (Supervisor: Dr. Peter K. Swart)

• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, Major in Geological Sciences with Chemistry minor, magna cum laude, B.S. 2005.
• Thesis: Volatiles in subglacially erupted basalts in Iceland: Implications for the origin of low oxygen isotopic ratios (Supervisor: Dr. Jacqueline E. Dixon)

• Plainview- Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, NY, High School Regents Diploma with Honors, 2002.
• Senior Project: A Petrographic and Geochemical Analysis of Mesozoic Fossils to Evaluate Potential for Direct Dating with Emphasis on Uranium (Supervisor: Dr. E. Troy Rasbury)
• Junior Project: A Petrographic Analysis of Neo Proterozoic Cap Carbonates to Facilitate Sampling for U/Pb Dating; Age Constraints for the Snowball Earth Hypothesis (Supervisor: Dr. E. Troy Rasbury)

Relevant Coursework

Geology

GSC 110 Physical Geology   
GSC 111 Earth System History   

GSC 114 Marine Geology Lab/Field Study

GSC 260 Earth Materials

GSC 360 Depositional and Diagenetic Systems

GSC 380 Paleontology and Stratigraphy

GSC 440 Igneous Petrology (University of Iceland)

GSC 480 Current Crustal Movements (University of Iceland) 

GSC 482 Field Methods    
GSC 490/491 Senior Thesis 

GSC 540 Introduction to Geophysics (University of Iceland)    
GSC 580 Summer Field Geology    
SAP 311 Introduction to the Geology and Geography of Iceland (University of Iceland)

MGG 513 Environmental Geochemistry

MGG 514 Geophysics

MGG 662 Comparative Sedimentology

MGG 672 Basin Analysis

MGG 676 Paleoclimatology

MGG 679 Plate Tectonics

MGG 583 Scanning electron microscopy

Chemistry

CHM 111 Chemistry 1

CHM 112 Chemistry 2

CHM 113 Chemistry Lab 1

CHM 114 Chemistry Lab 2

CHM 205 Organic Chemistry 1

CHM 360 Physical Chemistry 1

CHM 401 Environmental Chemistry

MAC 581 Organic Geochemistry

MAC 625 Marine Biochemical Cycles

MAC 602 Chemical Oceanography