Stef's Wonderful World of Geology
Biography
April 1, 1982: I was born in Indianapolis, IN...I don't particularly remember it...but I bet my mom does!
October 28, 1983: My sister Katie was born...I don't remember this either. I'll take my parent's word on it that we're biological sisters.
August 1984: My family moves from Indianapolis, IN to Lancaster, PA due to job relocation.
December 8, 1984: My brother Dan was born...after having 3 kids in 3 years, my mom refuses to have any more kids!
September 1987-June 1994: Attended Landisville Elementary School were I excelled in...being a kid...played club soccer and basketball...I also played softball for two seasons. I went to Space Camp in 6th grade and wanted to be either an astronaut or a meterologist!
September 1994-June 1996: Attended Landisville Middle School, which is an awkard time in everyone's life. I was first introduced to an Earth Science class, the first and last time in my free education.
August 1996-June 2000: Attended Hempfield High School were I stood out neither socially or for academics. I still played club sports, and began lacrosse my senior year when introduced to my area thanks to my sister, which I loved from the start! My senior year I decided to attend the University of Pittsburgh for college to get a dual major in Environmental Studies and Business.
August 2000-April 2004: Moved to Pittsburgh for college, decided to change my major my freshman year to geology, which I never regretted. I met my boyfriend, Mark Bernosky my first day of classes freshman year. We started dating a month later and have been together since! While at Pitt, I studied abroad in Ireland for my field camp, completed an internship with BAE Systems ADR (a mapping firm), worked on research with Dr. Mark Evans, and spent my final spring break in Puerto Rico helping out Daniel Lao-Davila with field work. After not applying myself in high school, I ended up graduating magna cum laude from Pitt! I have pictures up from my undergraduate research under the research tab.
August 2004-August 2006: Attending the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to earn my Master's degree. I fell in love with UNC in middle school, attending Sylvia Hatchell's Basketball camp. I'm in my second year of graduate school taking and teaching classes. My thesis project is using zirons to help constrain an exhumtion mechanism of eclogite found in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina. I'll get some pictures up of my research as I get them...
March 19, 2005:Mark proposed to me after 4 1/2 years of dating.
September 2006-????:Will attend the University of Wisconsin at Madison for my PhD degree under supervision of John Valley.