I am a chemical sedimentologist: I study how and why chemical sediments form and lithify, with the goal of better understanding how chemical sedimentary rocks ... record of fossil life forms and ...

We are particularly interested in resolving the architecture and depositional history of sedimentary strata deposited in shallow-marine environments, and we employ a wide range of qualitative (e.g., ...

that are preserved in modern and ancient depositional systems, and carry taxonomic, metabolic, and environmental information. Notably, these characteristics of biomarkers can be preserved in ...