Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Current Projects


NASA's Europa Clipper Mission

Affiliated graduate student on the Europa Imaging System (EIS), a dual camera imager on the Europa Clipper spacecraft.


NASA's Lunar TrailBlazer Mission

Affiliated graduate student on the Lunar TrailBlazer Mission.

Positions/Employment


Graduate Research Assistant

Brown University - Providence, RI

October 2021 - Present


Pathways Intern

Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD

July 2022 - Present

Education


Ph.D., Anticipated 2026, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, Providence, RI

Sc.M., 2023 Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, Providence, RI

B.S., 2021 Geology, Summa Cum Laude, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Teaching Experience


Mars, Moon, and the Earth (EEPS 0050), Brown University ; Teaching Assistant (2022)

Habitable Worlds, Brown University Pre-College Program; Teaching Assistant (2022, 23)

Art of Science Communication, Brown University Pre-College Program; Teaching Assistant (2022)

Professional Societies


American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2021 - Present


National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)

2021 - Present


Geological Society of America (GSA)

2020 - Present


National Association of Black Geoscientists

2018 - Present

Professional Service


Brown University Graduate School Diversity Advisory Board (2023 - )

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Session Convener: "Inclusive Outreach: A Conversation Between Geoscientists and Educators" (2022, 23)

Awards


RI Space Grant Fellowship (2022)

National Society of Black Physicists, Best Student Oral Presentation (2021)

John Mather Nobel Scholar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2021)

Brown University Graduate Student Fellowship (2021 - 2024)

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) Dwornik Award, Undergraduate Poster Honorable Mention (2021)

National Association of Black Geoscientists, 2nd Place Poster Award (2020)

Publications


Refereed

Quick, L. C., S. A. Fagents, K. A. Núñez, et al. K. Wilk, R. A. Beyer, C. B. Beddingfield, E. S. Martin, L. M. Prockter, and T. A. Hurford. 2022. Cryolava Dome Growth Resulting From Active Eruptions on Jupiter’s Moon Europa Icarus 387 115185 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115185]

Talks, Presentations and Posters


Other

Effect of Surface Adsorbed H2O/OH on Lunar Relevant Minerals at 3 and 6 Microns

April 2023

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Poster, Abstract #2316


Effect of Surface Absorbed Water on Mg# Determination in the IMIR Region

December 2022

National Association of Black Physicists Conference, Oral Presentation


Geologic Mapping of Resurfacing Features on Europa

December 2021

National Association of Black Physicists Conference, Oral Presentation


The Changing Geochemical Environment at Ius Chasma, Mars, as Determined Through the Mineralogy and Stratigraphy of Aqueous Outcrops

November 2021

Geological Society of America (GSA), Oral Presentation

Selected Public Outreach


DEEPS CORES

October 2021 - Present

Curriculum Development



Leadership Alliance

July 2022 - September 2022

Graduate Student Mentor


SETI Institute and Girl Scouts of America Astronomy Training

June 2021 - June 2021


Boy Scouts of America Geology Merit Badge Facilitator

April 2019 - April 2019