While my primary job responsibilities are teaching and student advising I still try to remain activie geoscience research.  My primary research interests center on construction of the oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges (MORs) and in particular the volcanic systems that occur along the MOR and on near-ridge seamounts.  Most recently I have been involved as part of a multidisciplinary group using geopophysical surveying, the submersible Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry to study  near axis seamounts at 8° 20′ N latitude near the Siqueiros Fracture Zone.

 

For more detail regarding my geoscience research see my Publications list.  Detail regarding my field experience is provided below.

Field Experience

2018   Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis, Siqueiros Fracture Zone, OASIS II (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros) cruise.

2016   Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis, Siqueiros Fracture Zone, OASIS (Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros) cruise.

1995   Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II, Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR), NOAA Vents cruise Leg 1 (voyage 132-09).

1994  Petrochemist and camera pilot aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 1 (voyage DI-94-03).

1994   Petrochemist aboard RV Atlantis II, JdFR, (voyage 131-18).

1994   Scientific personnel and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, East Pacific Rise (EPR) at 9°-10°N, AdVenture IV cruise                                         (voyage 131-14).

1993  Scientific personnel aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2.

1992  Petrochemist aboard the RV Atlantis II, EPR at 9°-10°N, AdVenture III cruise (voyage 131-11).

1991  Petrochemist and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2 (voyage 125-29).

1991   Scientific personnel and dive participant aboard the RV Atlantis II and DSV ALVIN, EPR at 9°-10°N, AdVenture cruise (voyage 125-24).

1990   Scientific personnel RV Atlantis II, NOAA Vents cruise on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Leg 3 (voyage 125-11).

1990   Scientific personnel and camera pilot aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer, JdFR, NOAA Vents cruise Leg 2 (voyage DI-90-03).

1990   Resistivity Surveying, Geohazards Inc., Gainesville, FL

1988   Two months field work in intertidal and shallow subtidal zones, Shoals Marine Lab, Appledore Island, NH.

1988   One month field work studying sedimentation processes in tidal mud flats, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, Durham, NH.

1988   One month mapping and sampling in Maine for senior thesis.

1988   Two weeks mapping and sampling offshore in Maine aboard the R.V. Jere Chase.