Other Skills and Experience

• Curator of minerals, BYU-Idaho Geology Museum , January 2008 to present
  
• Made one of the first recorded sightings of noctilucent clouds from southeastern Idaho, USA, July 2008
• URI Research Diver, American Academy of Underwater Sciences , 2000 – 2004

• Certified Advanced (NAUI, PADI, SSI) and Rescue (PADI, SSI) Scuba Diver; 100+ dives, 40+ hours bottom time
• Made 7 skydive jumps (1 tandem – 12,000 ft, 5 static line – 3,500 ft, 1 free fall – 9,000 ft), Heber City and Cedar Valley, Utah (Heber Valley Drop Zone and Cedar Valley Free Fall), Summer – Fall 1991
• Certified in First Aid and CPR
• Licensed amateur radio operator: Technician-class
• Eagle Scout, B.S.A., September 1987