Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD: Earth and Environmental Science, September 2020-present
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
GPA: 4.00/4.00

Master of Science: Earth and Environmental Science, August 2020
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
GPA: 4.00/4.00

Bachelor of Arts: Geology and Physics, May 2018
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
GPA: 3.73/4.00

Academic Awards

Oral Presentations

COMPRES 2021 “Deformation of Iron Nitrides Under Uniaxial Compression.”

Click to access PeaseAllison2021_COMPRES.pdf

American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2018 “Liquidus Determination of the Fe-S and (Fe,Ni)-S system at 24 GPa with Implications for Planetary Cores.”

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/346455

Poster Presentations

Gordan Research Conference-High Pressure 2022 “Deformation of Iron Nitrides and Implications for Planetary Cores”

American Geophysical Union 2021 and SSAP 2022 “Deformation of Iron Nitrides Under Uniaxial Compression.”

SSAP 2021 “Deformation of Iron Nitrides Under Uniaxial Compression to 55 GPa.”

COMPRES 2019 “Liquidus Curves of the Fe-S System, Implications for Planetary Core Solidification.”

Click to access PeaseAllison2019.pdf

Geological Society of America “A Comparison of the Raman Spectra of the Humite Mineral Group at High Pressure.”

https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NC/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/312385

American Geophysical Union 2017 “A Comparison of the Raman Spectra and Crystal Chemistry of Norbergite and Clinohumite at High Pressure.”

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/288686

Geological Society of American 2017 ” Sea Level Budget Along the East Coast of North America.”

Click to access 2017_NE-NC-GSA_Program.pdf

American Geophysical Union 2016 ” Sea Level Budget Along the East Coast of North America.”

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/175638

Publications

Pease and Li, 2022: Liquidus Determination of the Fe-S and (Fe, Ni)-S Systems at 14 and 24 GPa: Implications for the Mercurian Core.

Research Experience:
Michigan State University Research Assistant     

Primary research techniques: radial XRD, axial XRD, LH-DAC, XES, FIB

Software used: MAUD, CrysAlis, GSAS-II, Igor

Synchrotrons used: APS (sector 13 and 16), ALS (12.2.2)

University of Michigan Graduate Student Researcher                         

Primary research techniques: multi-Anvil cell, DAC, SEM/EDS, EPMA

Software used: Python, MATLAB, Igor

Synchrotrons used: APS (sector 13 and 16)

Augustana College Undergraduate Researcher                              

Primary research techniques: cold-seal vessels, SEM/EDS

Software used: MATLAB

Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institute Undergraduate Researcher  

Primary research techniques: DAC, Raman, energy dispersive XRD, paris edinburgh cell

Software used: GULP, MATLAB

Synchrotrons used: APS (sector 16)

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory REU                                            

Software used: Perl, MATLAB