Field ExpeditionsI have a passion for field work and exploration, and am fortunate enough to have performed field research in a variety of different conditions and environments, ranging from badlands and deserts to mountains and polar regions. I have worked with both large teams on major excavations and smaller crews in remote areas. My current fieldwork focuses on building the long-term record of sampling in the Cretaceous strata of southern Alberta / northern Montana, and collaborative fieldwork searching for novel records of fossil vertebrates in more difficult to access terrestrial Cretaceous deposits in northern regions of British Columbia and Ontario. I'm also performing some modern analogue ecological research projects in the southern US and parts of Canada.
Below is a detailed listing of field work I have participated in: July 2022: Alberta, Canada. Co-leader of Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) working in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, vertebrate microfossil bonebeds, biostratigraphy. August 2020: Montana, USA. Co-leader prospecting for fossils, performing geological sampling, and collecting vertebrate microfossil bonebeds in the Lat Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation near Jordan, Montana. Field work focus – microfossil bonebeds, geochem/sed sampling. September 2019: Ontario, Canada. Co-leader prospecting for fossils and performing geological sampling in Cretaceous strata in the Moose River Basin (Mattagami Formation) of Northern Ontario. Field work focus – prospecting, dinosaurs. August 2019: British Columbia, Canada. Co-leader prospecting for fossils and performing geological comparisons in Late Cretaceous strata in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park (Tango Creek and Brothers Peak formations). Field work focus – prospecting, dinosaurs, palaeoenvironments. February 2019: Neuquén / Rio Negro (Patagonia), Argentina. Prospecting and excavating dinosaur and vertebrate fossil material found in Cretaceous strata (Candeleros, Huincul, and Anacleto formations). Field work focus – prospecting, archosaur excavations, palaeoenvironments. September 2018: Missouri, USA. Excavating Late Cretaceous dinosaur and vertebrate fossil material in southeastern Missouri. Field work focus – dinosaur excavation, biostratigraphy. August 2018: Alberta, Canada. Participated in Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) working in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, vertebrate microfossil bonebeds, biostratigraphy. July-August 2018: Utah, USA. Prospecting for fossils and collecting sediments from previous sites for absolute dating along the western and eastern sides of the San Rafael Swell in Utah.. Field work focus – dinosaur palaeontology, prospecting, sediment sampling. July 2018: Montana, USA. Prospecting for fossils and visiting previous sites in Cretaceous strata near Jordan, MT.. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, prospecting, palaeoenvironments. August 2017: British Columbia, Canada. Prospecting for fossils and measuring stratigraphic sections in Cretaceous strata along the Sustut River in northern BC.. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, prospecting, palaeoenvironments. July – August 2017: Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, prospecting, quarry relocation, biostratigraphy. July – August 2016: Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, prospecting, quarry relocation, biostratigraphy. July 2016: Montana, USA. Measuring stratigraphic sections and relocating old sites in late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation strata near Jordan, Montana, and the Judith River Formation strata near Havre, Montana. This work was performed alongside the field camp of Drs. Greg Wilson, Mark Goodwin, and Jack Horner. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, biostratigraphy, quarry relocation July 2016: North Dakota, USA. Prospecting vertebrate material in late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation strata near Marmarth, North Dakota. This work was performed alongside the field camp of Dr. Tyler Lyson. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, prospecting, stratigraphy October 2015: Louisiana, USA. Co-leader opportunistic sampling of hard tissues from vertebrates in the Atchafalaya Basin, near Lafayette, Louisiana. Field work focus – field ecology. July 2015: Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata (primarily Oldman Formation) near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, prospecting. June – July 2015: Montana, USA. Excavating dinosaur material in late Cretaceous Judith River Formation strata near Malta, Montana. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, prospecting, stratigraphy February 2015: Louisiana, USA. Co-leader opportunistic sampling of hard tissues from vertebrates in the Atchafalaya Basin, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Field work focus – field ecology. July 2014: Alberta, Canada. Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP) fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata (primarily Oldman Formation) near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation July 2013: Montana, USA. Excavating dinosaur material in late Cretaceous Judith River Formation strata near Malta, Montana. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, prospecting June – July 2013: Alberta, Canada. SADP fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata (primarily Oldman Formation) near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, microsite collection, quarry relocation July – August 2012: Northwest Territories, Canada. Participated in field expedition of late Cretaceous deposits along the Horton and Big Fish rivers, North West Territories. Field work focus – stratigraphy, sediment sampling, prospecting July 2011: Alberta, Canada. SADP fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata (primarily Oldman Formation) near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation, prospecting February 2011: Antarctica and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Participated in interdisciplinary field and education expedition led by Students on Ice and teams from six international universities (Canadian, American, British, Swedish). Expedition was based on the research vessel M/V Ushuaia, and involved landings on locations across the Antarctic Peninsula. Field work focus - palaeontology, geology, glaciology, oceanography. July 2010: Nunavut, Canada. Field expedition in early Miocene deposits of the Haughton Formation and associated Haughton Impact Structure on Devon Island, Nunavut. Field work focus – mammal palaeontology, prospecting, stratigraphy July 2009: Alberta, Canada. SADP fieldwork in late Cretaceous Belly River Group strata (primarily Oldman Formation) near Manyberries, Alberta. Field work focus – vertebrate palaeontology, dinosaur excavation |
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