Bio

Education

2001    Ph.D.  Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1999    M.S.    Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College

1996    B.A.     Dual Major: Earth Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz

Professional Appointments

2009 -            Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University

2007 -            Research Associate, Plant Conservation and Biology, Chicago Botanical Garden

2006 -            Courtesy Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University

2004 - 2009   Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University

2002 - 2004   Postdoctoral Fellow, Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology

2001 - 2002   Postdoctoral Fellow, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Expertise

Aqueous geochemistry

Radiogenic isotope geochemistry

Geomicrobiology

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

2008    Geochemical Society F. W. Clarke Medal

2007    David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship

2005    Searle Center Junior Teaching Fellow, Northwestern University

2002    Dorr Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2000    Scott Turner Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1998    Graduate Alumni Research Award, Dartmouth College

1996    Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Fellowship, Dartmouth College

1996    Doug Drexler Memorial Scholarship, University of California, Santa Cruz

1996    Ellen Renard Memorial Scholarship, University of California, Santa Cruz

1996    Highest Honors, Chemistry Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

1996    Honors, Earth Science Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Funding

2009 - 2012    OPP-NSF “Collaborative research: chemical weathering and organic carbon export

                       from Arctic watersheds, North Slope, AK” $258,707 out of $657,845 (PI Andrew

                       Jacobson; co-PI Thomas Douglas; co-PI James W. McClelland)

2008 - 2010    EAR-NSF “The Ca isotope geochemistry of weathering in the New Zealand Southern

                       Alps” $60,000 (Sole PI)                                                                                      

2007 - 2012    David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship $825,000

2007 - 2012    MRI-NSF “Acquisition of thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS) for Earth,      

                       environmental, and cross-disciplinary research” $847,218 (Sole PI)

2006 - 2008    EAR-NSF “The rates and mechanisms of Ca isotope transport in aquifers” $91,035

                       (Sole PI)

Teaching

EARTH 101  Earth Systems Revealed (Introductory Geology)

EARTH 310  Aqueous Geochemistry

EARTH 313  Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry

EARTH 440  Geomicrobiology: Principles and Applications

Department, University, and Professional Service

2009 - 2010   Co-chair of “Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future” theme at

                       the 20th V. M. Goldschmidt Conference in Knoxville, TN

2009 - 2010   Co-chair of  planning committee for “One Book, One Northwestern: Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas

                       L. Friedman”

2009 -             Department Director of Undergraduate Studies

2009               Panelist for NSF Geochemistry and Geobiology Program

2008               Panelist for DOE Environmental Remediation Sciences Division within the Office of Biological and

                       Environmental Research

2006               Panelist for DOE Environmental Remediation Sciences Division within the Office of Biological and

                       Environmental Research

2006 -             Faculty Fellow at Communications Residential College

Reviewer for NSF, DOE, PRF, Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Chemical Geology; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface; Geology; Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems (G3); Applied Geochemistry; and American Journal of Science.