Thesiss

Determining the postmortem interval (PMI) remains one of the most important but challenging factors to establish in a suspicious death investigation. Unfortunately, as time passes current methods lose accuracy and only allow investigators to approximate how long ago death occurr…

Two-dimensional (2D) crystals have attracted much attention in recent years due to their unique physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. Semiconducting 2D crystals with van der Waals structures, such as transition metal dichalcogenides, are considered promising candidates …

I explore human experience through the lens of the natural world while calling attention to preservation and its changing role. Encrusted with crystals my work explores fossilized fragments of our everyday world that speak to our current place in time and our connection to the n…