I am broadly interested in active tectonic processes and understanding the risks posed to humans. I love exploring outside and usually spend my free time doing a combination of camping, trail running, biking, hiking, and skiing.

As a daughter of two scientists, I swore off science before I ever gave it a chance, thwarting my parents’ attempts to send me to science summer camp with a firm belief that summers should be spent outdoors. I entered college open to any major except a science, but quickly found geology, which was unlike anything I studied previously: I found it fascinating, intuitive, and it included fieldwork! I participated in a Keck Geology Consortium project for undergraduates my senior year, studying the accretionary history of Mongolia. I loved the research process, but came away with a desire to focus on a project that would directly benefit society. This desire led to me pursue a Master’s degree in hydrogeology, where I felt I could combine basic research with relevancy. Now I work in active tectonics with the USGS Earthquake Hazards program. I love working in a field with so many unanswered questions and being able to combine fieldwork with remote sensing and modeling to study earth processes.