| Oct 19, 2026 | Defending my Ph.D. dissertation, A Microbiological Basis for Critical Mineral and Material Acquisition from Abandoned Coal Mines in Pennsylvania, at Duquesne University. |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Presenting Governed by Genomes and Bound by Eh-pH: Guiding Microbial Communities for Recovery of Critical Minerals at GSA Connects 2026 in Denver, CO (October 11–14). |
| Oct 11, 2026 | Presenting the invited talk The Mineral within the Protein: Predicting Structural and Functional Properties of Proteins from Mineralogical Scaffolds at GSA Connects 2026 in Denver, CO (October 11–14). |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Presenting Computational approaches assist in critical mineral recovery and remediation effort prioritization within mining-affected systems at the American Society of Reclamation Sciences 2026 conference in Laramie, WY. |
| May 10, 2026 | Received the American Society of Reclamation Sciences Ph.D. Level Memorial Scholarship Award. |
| Jul 31, 2025 | In this interview, I discuss my Ph.D. projects and my experience as an ORISE fellow. |