Lecturers

- Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Senior Lecturer
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
- Phone 831-459-5429
- Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A347
- Earth and Marine Sciences A347
- Office Hours Monday 1-3 p.m.
- Mail Stop Earth and Planetary Sciences
Summary of Expertise
Vertebrate Paleontology, Environmental Geology, Paleoecology
Research Interests
General vertebrate paleontology and taphonomy, fossil preservation, and sedimentary geology. Specific ongoing projects involve taphonomic and sedimentologic history of the Manyara Basin, Tanzania; taphonomy of dinosaur gastroliths; geochemistry and mineralogy of bone preservation.
Biography, Education and Training
B.A. Geology, UC Santa Barbara, 1978
Ph.D. Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1983