Geological Survey. She received her B.A. in Geology-Chemistry from Whitman College (1998), and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Michigan (2004). She also completed a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Earth and Planetary Sciences, before starting at UA in 2006. She recently served as a science theme leader for the 2011 EPA Technical Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing.