Enjoying the beaches of Senegal.
Aragonite in colored pencil
Amethyst in colored pencil
I am a geologist, educator, and artist living in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I am the Science and Outreach Coordinator for the Continental Scientific Drilling Facility in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of the University of Minnesota.
I received my undergraduate degree at Brown University in Old World Archaeology and Art and Geological Sciences. While on an archaeological excavation in Greece, I befriended an emerging explorer named Katy. I discovered that oceanography provided an opportunity to combine my interests in geology and archaeology.
I worked as a marine researcher traveling the world on oceanographic expeditions before receiving a Master’s degree at the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. I then enrolled in the Science Illustration Program at California State University, Monterey Bay.
I spent the next seven years with the American Geosciences Institute as the science illustrator for EARTH Magazine until the closing of the magazine in 2019. During that time I worked on the Geoscience Handbook, EarthComm textbook, Aerial Geology, and countless other educational publications.
I moved to Minnesota in 2012 where I expanded my artistic expression to metalworking, textile and jewelry design. I joined the faculty of Minneapolis Community and Technical College in 2019 and the staff of the University of Minnesota in 2021.