I am a paleontologist with a focus on marine communities associated with mass extinction and extreme climate events in geologic history. I am particularly interested in the disconnect of recovery pace and process between local and global scales following mass extinction events. My research on extreme climate events serves as both a proxy for anthropogenic climate change and as a window into the impact of climate on evolutionary trajectories. I work extensively in the field to document sedimentological changes and collect fossil samples. I use museum collections and fossil databases as well as laboratory tools including microfacies, stable isotope geochemistry, and sclerochronology to study these events. When I am not studying extinction you can also find me swimming, biking, and running triathlons or sampling the best ice cream that the greater San Jose area has to offer.