Grants and awards earned:

• 2017: CIMERA Postdoctoral Research Grant (with Profs. Wladyslaw Altermann & Richard Ernst) to study aspects of the Mesozoic intrusive structures of South Africa at the University of Pretoria – ZAR 291,000 ($24,735)
• 2014:  Geological Society of America Graduate Research grant – $2,001
• 2009:  Don Hodges Outstanding Undergraduate Geology Student
• Scholarship
• 2008-2009:  Flint Hills Undergraduate Research Competition grant – $2,500
• 2003: Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America