Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN                                                                                                    Ph.D. in Geology – 2008

Dissertation: “Determination of mineral abundances in ordinary chondrites using powder X-ray diffraction: Applications to parent body processes and asteroid spectroscopy”

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN                                                                                                          M.S. in Geology – 2005

Thesis: “Identification of terrestrial alkalic rocks using thermal emission spectroscopy: Applications to Martian remote sensing”

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA                                                                                                                  B.S. in Geology – 2000

Professional Experience     

Associate Professor of Geology                                                                                                                      Colby College, Waterville, ME                                                                                                                  January 2019 – present

Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Geology                                                                                Colby College, Waterville, ME                                                                                                                February 2014 – December 2018

Assistant Professor of Geology                                                                                                                      Illinois State University, Normal, IL                                                                                                                   August 2009 – December 2013

Visiting Professor of Geology                                                                                                                          Illinois State University, Normal, IL                                                                                                                     July 2008 – May 2009

Funded Grants

  • Metasomatic alteration of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from the CV3-4 and CK3-4 carbonaceous chondrites. $663,318 ($73,443 Colby amount). PI: A. Krot. Co-PI: NASA Emerging Worlds, 2022-2025.
  • Acquisition of a SEM-EDS-EBSD-CL microanalytical system for geologic research, teaching, and outreach at Colby College, a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI). $299,950. PI: T. Dunn; co-PIs: W. Sullivan, B. Koffman. NSF Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities, 2021-2022.
  • Thermal metamorphism of the unequilibrated CK chondrites: Evidence for a single CK-CV chondrite parent body? $125,044. PI: NASA Cosmochemistry Program, 2013-2015.
  • Nickel content in CV and CK chondrites: Evidence for a single parent body? $3,318. PI: Pre-tenure Faculty Initiative Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University, 2011.

Professional Recognition

  • Asteroid 1981 EJ28 officially named (8999) Tashadunn, August 2014
  • Excellence in Outreach, University of Tennessee, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), 2008
  • Excellence in PhD Research, Planetary Geoscience Institute, University of Tennessee, 2008
  • LPI Career Development Award, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2008
  • Vesta Mayo Memorial Scholarship, Mayo Educational Foundation, 2007
  • Excellence in Outreach, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2007
  • Excellence in Graduate Course Work, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2006
  • Departmental Service Award, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2006
  • Excellence in Outreach, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2005
  • Dedicated Enthusiasm Award, Planetary Geoscience Institute, University of Tennessee, 2005
  • Excellence in Graduate Student Presentations, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2005
  • Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Tennessee, EPS, 2004

 Invited Talks

  • ”To be (a CK) or not to be (a CK)?: The unusual case of Northwest Africa 10588” –  Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX  Aug. 26, 2022
  • “It’s getting hot in here: Metamorphism of primitive solar system materials” – UCLA, Feb. 21, 2021
  • “It’s getting hot in here: Thermal metamorphism of the least equilibrated CK chondrite” – Tulane University, Jan. 29, 2021
  • “It’s getting hot in here: Thermal metamorphism of the least equilibrated CK chondrite” – University of New Hampshire, March 12, 2020
  • “It’s getting hot in here: Thermal metamorphism of the least equilibrated CK chondrite”  – Columbia Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Dec. 7, 2018
  • “Thermal Metamorphism in Primitive Asteroids: Addressing the CK-CV Parent Body Question” – Rutgers University, Dec 2, 2015
  • “Thermal Metamorphism in Primitive Asteroids: Addressing the CK-CV Parent Body Question” – Bates College, Nov 3, 2015
  • “Thermal Metamorphism in Primitive Meteorites” – Texas Christian University, January 16, 2015
  • “Thermal Metamorphism in Primitive Meteorites” – University of Iowa,  April 5, 2013
  • “Primitive Meteorites and their Parent Asteroids” – Colby College,  Dec. 2, 2011
  • “Ordinary Chondrites: Mineral Abundances and Parent Body processes” – Southern Illinois University,  Oct. 6, 2011
  • “Ordinary Chondrites: Mineral Abundances and Parent Body processes”- Ohio University, October 2009
  • “Understanding Meteorite Parent Bodies” – ISU Department of Physics Informal Seminar, September 2009
  • “Ordinary Chondrites: Mineral Abundances and Parent Body processes”- Illinois State Univ., January 2009

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union
  • Mineralogical Society of America
  • Geological Society of America, Planetary Science Division
  • Meteoritical Society
  • Sigma Xi Research Society, Full member

         

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