Co-Founder of Volcan.org and Assistant Director of Volcan, Inc., nonprofit corporation working in small indigenous communities to help reduce risk from threat of volcanic hazards. Volcanic Hazards Mitigation Team: Volcanologist, Geophysical Hazards Specialist.

Geologist 1 with the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES). Underground mine mapping project.

Expedition scientist working on Ubinas Volcano, Peru. Performed a series of field surveys mapping and monitoring the ongoing eruption using the FLYSPEC UV Spectrometer, GPS mapping and seismology. Report submitted to Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalorgico.

Finalizing the digitizing of the Franklin, West Virginia Quadrangle into USGS standardized format, using ArcGIS 9.1.

Teaching Assistant and leader for the Volcanology Field Monitoring and Methods course. Organized food, housing, and driving for the group. Responsible for the coordination and safety of fieldwork. Worked with the instructors in teaching the various techniques of volcanic monitoring.

Fieldworker, creating detailed geological map of the Fort Seybert, West Virginia Quadrangle.

30 hours of volunteer service working on trail maintenance; acted as a volunteer ranger; and working safety patrol at the Visitor Center.

Association of American State Geologists (AASG) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Internship for STATEMAP Structural Mapping Project. Assisted in creating a detailed geologic map quadrangle of the Franklin, West Virginia Quadrangle. Constructed cross sections, rock identification, descriptions, sample collections and recordings.

Worked on the Coal Bed Mapping Project (CBMP). Researched well logs to determine coal bed type and depth.

Worked with STRATAFACT data program, inputting and correlating well logs to determine depths of coal seams in West Virginia.

Assisted in coordination and logistics of the 33rd Annual Virginia Geological Field Conference on Middle Eocene Igneous Rocks in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia and West Virginia.