Education & Experience:

    M.S., Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio (2005-2008)
    B.S., Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio (2000-2005)
    B.S., Integrated Science Education, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
    Ohio (2000-2005)
    Instructor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University
    (2008-Present)
    Instructor, GeoJourney Program, Bowling Green State University, (Fall Semester
    2008-Present)
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, Bowling Green State
   University (2005-2007)

Specialty Areas of Interest:

Quartz Cementation Experiments, Cathodoluminescence Studies, Hydrothermal Reaction Experiments, Geosciences Education

Current BGSU Courses:

    Earth Environments – Ugrad
    Field-based Physical Geology – Ugrad

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

Developed synthetic quartz overgrowth experiments in pressure and temperature furnaces to determine rates and volumes of cementation under conditions with and without the influence of iron-oxides

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

Pepple, C.C., Farver, J., Onasch, C.M. (2007) “Factors affecting the precipitation of quartz under hydrothermal conditions” Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 39 (6) 537