Research Interests
an overview of my current and previous research projects
My general interest is in near-surface geophysics and how it can be combined with other geoscience disciplines to investigate the subsurface. I enjoy coding for analyses such as, modeling surface processes and geologic phenomena, analyzing statistical relationships, and parsing data but I also enjoy going out into the field to collect data.
Some of the other disciplines that I have an interest in are geomorphology, geochemistry, rock physics, and hydrology/hydrogeophysics.
I just love learning new things!
Masters Thesis
My Master's thesis concentrated on quantifying weathering, using measurements from downhole geophysics, near surface geophysics, tectonic geomorphology, geochemistry, and rock physics to understand subsurface weathering and their controls. Dr. Riebe and I innovated a new method to quantify weathering in heterogenous parent materials from depletion of immobile elements, by modifiying traditional geochemical mass balance equations of immobile elements to quantify chemical mass loss, which is also known as tau. I was advised by Drs. Cliff Riebe, Dario Grana, and Brad Carr. We are currently working on publishing this work in a scientific journal.
Undergraduate Project
During my undergraduate studies at UCLA, I worked with Dr. Seulgi Moon. We started by investigating how time-averaged shear wave velocities within the first 30 meters of the subsurface (VS30) are correlated to geomorphic metrics, such as local relief, curvature, and slope.
This then lead to our current project, which is entails using topographic metrics and P- and S- wave velocity profiles to understand controls of subsurface bedrock weathering. We are currently working on publishing this work in a scientific jounral.
Other experiences
Lab Assistant I at UCLA
U.S. Geologic Survey – Earthquake Science Center Pathways Intern (2021)
UCLA Field Geophysics Capstone on the Big Island
GeoTenerife Intern Summer Programme (2018)
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU) Program at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (2017)
Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) (2016)
