Education:

MS, 2020, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri

BS, 2018, Geology, Utah State University

Research Interests: Ediacaran-Cambrian paleontology, stratigraphy, carbon isotope geochemistry, field geology

Publications: 

• Pulsipher, M.A., Anderson, E.P., Wright, L.S., Kluessendorf, J., Mikulic, D.G., & Schiffbauer, J.D. In review. Description of Acheronauta gen. nov., a vermiform basal mandibulate from the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

• Ren, G., Meng, F., Pulsipher, M.A., Schiffbauer, J.D., Yuan, J., Zhao, Y., Guo, Y., Gao, J., & Chang, C., Early view. A contiguous record of the SPICE event, sea-level change, and the first appearance of Fenghuangella laevis in Shandong Province, North China. Lethaia.

• Pulsipher, M.A., Schiffbauer, J.D., Jeffrey, M.J., Huntley, J.W., Fike, D.A., & Shelton, K.L., 2021. A meta-analysis of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion: The SPICEraq Database. Earth-Science Reviews 212, 103442.  

• Pulsipher, M.A., & Dehler, C.M., 2019. U-Pb Detrital zircon geochronology, petrography, and synthesis of the middle Neoproterozoic Visingsö Group, Southern Sweden. Precambrian Research 320, 323-333.  

• Kessler, J.A., Bradbury, K.K., Evans, J.P., Pulsipher, M.A., Schmitt, D.R., Shervais, J.W., Rowe, F. E., & Varriale, J., 2017. Geology and in situ stress of the MH-2 borehole, Idaho, USA: Insights into western Snake River Plain structure from geothermal exploration drilling. Lithosphere 9, 476-498.  

Grants & Awards: 

• Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship, American Geosciences Institute, 2021

• Winifred Goldring Award, Association of Women Geoscientists, 2019

• College of Science Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, Utah State University, 2018

• Department of Geology Outstanding Graduating Senior, Utah State University, 2018

• Outstanding Female Geoscience Undergraduate, Association of Women Geoscientists, 2018

Personal Interests: Hiking, camping, reading, fiber arts, attempting to keep plants alive, talking about how much I hate billionaires, educating people about what counts as a dairy product

Education:

BS, 2021, Geology, Stockton University

Research Interests: Mass extinctions, taphonomy, and paleoecology 

Personal Interests: Beetlejuice, Triceratops, hair dye, shirts marketed to extremely specific demographics