Awards

American Geophysical Union Thomas Hilker Early Career Award for Excellence in Biogeosciences, 2021 American Society of Microbiology Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, 2021 Scialog Fellow, Signatures of Life in the Universe Initiative, 2020 Georgia Tech Faces of Inclusive Excellence, 2020 Georgia Tech College of Sciences Immel Teaching Award, 2019 Faculty Champion Award in Green Infrastructure and Citizen Science, GT Serve-Learn-Sustain, 2019 Kavli Fellow, 2018 Georgia Tech Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Judith Curry Service Award, 2016 NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011-2013 PEO Scholar, Arizona State University, 2010-2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Arizona State University, 2007-2010

Education

Ph.D. Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, 2011 B.Sc. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, 2006 B.Sc. Oceanography, University of Washington, 2006

Research

Astrobiology Anaerobic oxidation of methane Environmental controls on greenhouse gas cycling, with a focus on methane and nitrous oxide, in terrestrial and marine ecosystems Biogeochemical cycles of bioessential trace elements Marine microbiology, with a focus on anaerobic metabolisms Influence of trace metal bioavailability on microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling Integrating omic and geochemical datasets Co-evolution of microbial metabolisms and ocean chemistry over Earth history