CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

September 2008 to Present  PhD. Student Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz (expected completion 2013)

June 2008  B.S. Earth Sciences - Geochemistry, University of California San Diego, Honors: Cum Laude/High Distinction, GPA: 3.733

Professional Experience

September 2008 - present: PhD research project; Measuring trace metals in seawater using an ethylaminediaminetriacetic acid chelating resin. Advisor: Ken Bruland

January 2007-June 2008: Undergraduate Independent Study research projects; Nitrogen isotopic analysis of chlorophyll. Advisor: Lihini Aluwihare

June 2007-September 2007: NOAA Hollings Scholar Internship; Method development for a sequential injection analysis technique to measure Manganese in seawater. Advisor: Joe Resing

February - June 2007, Independent Study research project; Oxygen isotopic analysis of corals from Sri Lanka. Advisor: Chris Charles

June - August 2006, Research Experience for Undergrads (REU), SIO; Radioactivity of short lived Radium and Thorium Isotopes Antarctica. Advisor: Matt Charette

Publications

Love, B., Resing, J., Cowen, J., Lupton, J., Fornari, D. Shank, T., Biller, D. (2008). Methane, manganese, and helium in hydrothermal plumes following volcanic eruptions on the East Pacific Rise near 9°50'N. Geochem, Geophys, Geosyst. 9

Awards and Scholarships

May 2006 - May 2008, NOAA Hollings Scholar

February 2005 National Society of Collegiate Scholars

April 2005 Golden Key Honor Society

June 2004 - June 2008 California Masonic Foundation C.E. Towne Scholar