In 2017 I participated in a 6-week geology field camp taught in partnership between Frontiers Abroad and the University of Canterbury. Modules included field mapping & stratigraphy in  Castle Hill, volcanology on Mt. Ruapehu and Mt. Ngarahoe, and metamorphic core complexes on the West Coast of the South Island. 

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Following field camp, I conducted a semester-long research project which combined newfound knowledge of volcanic lithofacies with coursework in geohazards. This project, “How primary volcanic emplacement and cooling mechanisms influence rockfall hazard” combined field observation with underlying geology to determine rockfall hazard, and was presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2017 (abstract here) with the support of a Conference Travel Award from the Washington University Office of Undergraduate Research.