Jennifer is a computational geoscientist who develops open-source, massively parallel, subsurface simulators for multiphase, multicomponent, and multiscale reactive flow, energy, and transport processes in the subsurface to help solve problems in national security.
Officer of Meteorology and Oceanography, US Navy Reserves
2024
Security Assistance Group – Ukraine, USAG Wiesbaden, Germany Lieutenant (O3), Deployed in support of operation Atlantic Resolve as the Staff Weather Officer in Charge (Feb. – Nov. 2024) Defense Meritorious Service Medal, awarded by Lieutenant General Curtis A. Buzzard
2022-2024
Fleet Weather Center, Naval Air Station North Island, CA Lieutenant (O3), Training Department Head (2023), Strike Group Oceanography Team Division Officer (2023), Information Technology Department Head (2022)
2020-2022
Operational Support, NOSC Naval Air Station Fallon, NV Lieutenant Junior Grade (O2), Asst. Administration Department Head (2021-2022)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, awarded by Lieutenant General Curtis A. Buzzard, Commanding Officer, Security Assistance Group – Ukraine. Awarded for non-combat meritorious achievement while serving with distinction as the Staff Weather Officer in Charge under the Security Assistance Group – Ukraine, providing tailored operational meteorological support and climate impact analysis to senior U.S. Leadership, its Allies, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine at war.
FY24
Tier 5 Executive Board recognition by Division 8000, Sandia National Laboratories For work that demonstrated Sandia’s Core Value of Deliver with Excellence, Team for Great Results: Selection by the American Geophysical Union’s to highlight the work performed under the FY23 LDRD Project “Using Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing (DATS) To Characterize The Rapidly Changing Nearshore Arctic Ocean” for an exclusive Media Availability event, resulting in more than 9.9 million article reads and up to 75,000 views on the local news (as of January 3, 2024).
FY22
Employee Recognition Award, Sandia National Laboratories Awarded for technical excellence and presented to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Peer Review Team for providing the DOE with an analysis supporting the excavation and replacement of panels that are necessary to permanently dispose of the nation’s entire inventory of transuranic waste.
Executive Education Certificate Nominee, Innovation in Energy Leadership, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Texas at Austin Selected technical staff member by Center Directors due to growing responsibility for leading large projects or maintaining relationships with key external customers and partners.
FY21
Spot Award, Sandia National Laboratories, from Michael Nole (acting Level 1 Manager, 08844), August 2021 PFLOTRAN WIPP QA: “For demonstrating an outstanding commitment to an on-time completion of PFLOTRAN flow QA for the WIPP project, which was a critical milestone that would not have been completed without your involvement.”
FY17
Spot Award, Sandia National Laboratories, from Sean Dunagan (Level 1 Manager, Carlsbad Office), November 2017 PFLOTRAN for WIPP: “For all of the work you have done to help develop PFLOTRAN for the WIPP PA. Your work is extremely appreciated by everyone down here. Thank you.”
