Resume

• 2007

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Doctoral research on Earth formation and planetary differentiation.

  Geology

  University of Maryland College Park

• 2001

  Master of Science (MS)

  Quaternary glacial geology.

  Geology

  Southern Illinois University

  Carbondale

• 1998

  Bachelor's Degree

  Hydrogeology and karst.

  Geology

  Tennessee Technological University

  PH125.2x: Data Science: Visualization

  HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX

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  Data Science: R Basics

  HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX

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• Data Analysis

  Technical Writing

  Science

  Statistics

  Quaternary Geology

  Public Speaking

  GIS

  Environmental Science

  Hydrogeology

  Higher Education

  Field Work

  Experimental Petrology

  Grant Writing

  Geology

  Research

  PowerPoint

  University Teaching

  Mineralogy

  ArcGIS

  Microsoft Office

  Shofner

  Gregory

  Shofner

  Southern Illinois University

  Clark County School District

  Towson University

  Illinois State Geological Survey

  Institut de Physique du Globe

  Montana State University

  SAIC

  University of Maryland

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  Predominantly environmental geology projects including: Groundwater sampling at former and current hydrocarbon-impacted retail gasoline sites; Support of CERCLA actions and investigations at abandoned mine sites

  participated in field investigations

  including soil and groundwater sampling

  and collection of GPS locations; Geological expert in support of litigation of responsible parties at EPA Superfund and other industrially-contaminated sites.

  Geologist

  SAIC

  Teaching undergraduate geology courses

  primarily introductory

  core curriculum Physical Geology

  and upper division courses such as Physical Oceanography and Sedimentology/Stratigraphy

  Towson University

  Institut de Physique du Globe

  Paris

  Research on planetary formation based on high pressure and high temperature experimental petrology.

  Post-doctoral Researcher

  Carbondale

  Teaching undergraduate introductory- and upper-division labs.

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Southern Illinois University

  Teaching Earth System Science

  and Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy

  Montana State University

  Clark County School District

  Cimarron-Memorial High School

  Geoscience Teacher

  Research on Earth accretion and early differentiation based on high pressure and high temperature experimental petrology and synchrotron-based x-ray diffraction.

  University of Maryland

  Assistant Geologist

  Managed projects at multiple wetland mitigation sites

  including client interaction

  reporting

  and complete oversight of and participation in site activities; site activities included drilling boreholes for monitoring-well installation and stratigraphic interpretation

  describing and characterizing soil zone and surficial geologic materials

  collecting and interpreting of water-level data

  and 2-d and 3-d elevation surveys (rod and level

  Leica total station).

  Illinois State Geological Survey

  Mineralogical Society of America

  American Geophysical Union