I have a PhD in Earth Sciences from Montana State, MS in Geology from BYU-Provo, and a BS in Biology with Geology Minor from ISU. Aside from ISU, I currently also teach Geology at the College of Eastern Idaho and Life Science at Mountain View Middle School in Blackfoot.

 

My research interests and projects include the taphonomy and vertebrate paleontology of the Wayan Formation of Idaho, with a special focus on the burrowing orodromine dinosaur Oryctodromeus. I am also part of a group researching the biotic recovery after the Permian-Triassic extinction as recorded in the marine Thaynes Formation of the western US. Other work includes the taphonomy and geology of bird nesting sites in the Eocene Green River Formation, the taphonomy of the Jurassic Morrison Formation, and the taphonomy and fauna of the Cambrian Spence Shale of Idaho and Utah.