I am interested in all things dolomite, with experience ranging from low-temperature (<50°C) dolomitization in isolated carbonate platforms to high-temperature (>100°C) dolomitization in structurally controlled settings. For my Ph.D. at The University of Manchester, I employed a wide range of geological techniques (e.g., hyperspectral imaging, rock deformation experiments, and carbonate geochemistry) to evaluate how cement-supported breccias, fractures, and zebra textures form in fault-controlled, hydrothermal dolomite bodies.
As a post-doctoral scholar at The Pennsylvania State University, I am conducting a series of replacement dolomitization experiments in order to constrain partitioning coefficients and isotopic fractionation factors for uranium and δ238U during the conversion of aragonite/calcite to dolomite.