Ali Deards

Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant focused on fieldwork and interpretation using modelling and mapping applications. Eager to apply research skills into the professional sector while working with a team.

Master's Thesis at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2026-01 – Present)

Detailed Mapping of the Ibex Pass Region, Death Valley, CA: Constraints for Neogene Deformation Supervisor: Dr. Zachariah Fleming

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2025-06 – 2025-07)

Structural Analysis of the Bigfork Chert, Arkansas

Undergraduate Researcher at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2024-09 – 2025-05)

Volcanic Stratigraphy of Ibex Pass, CA: Preliminary Findings and Inferences

Collections Assistant at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2023-09 – 2024-05)

ETX Digital Archives, Paleontology Collection

REU Student at Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona (2023-06 – 2023-08)

Clouds2Core REU, Understanding Bedrock Meandering

Student Ambassador at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2025-08 – Present)

Teaching Assistant at Department of Earth Science & Geologic Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University (2026-05 – 2026-06)

Field Geology

Teaching Assistant at College of Science and Mathematics, Stephen F. Austin State University (2025-08 – 2025-12)

SFA 1101

M.S. in Earth Science and Geologic Resources – Stephen F. Austin State University (2027-12)

B.S. in Earth Science and Geologic Resources; Concentration: Geosciences – Stephen F. Austin State University (2025-12)