2010:  U-Pb geochronology of the Newbury (MA) Volcanic Complex:  Constraining Avalonian-Laurentian convergence in southeastern New England (Brachman Hoffman Small Grant, Wellesley College)

Re-calibrating the Bedrock Geology of Eastern Massachusetts (Brachman Hoffman Small Grant, Wellesley College)

2009:  Advancing the Analysis of Avalonian Tectonics in Southeastern New England and Beyond (Brachman Hoffman Small Grant, Wellesley College)
            
Avalonian accretion in southeastern New England:  New data point from volcanic ash at Nantasket, Massachusetts (General Grant for Scholarly Activities, Wellesley College)

2008:  Refining the ages of Paleozoic plutons to constrain Avalonian accretion in southeastern New England (Brachman Hoffman Small Grant, Wellesley College)

2006: Rapid plate motions in Late Neoproterozoic through Cambrian time? Paleomagnetic constraints from Avalonian terranes in southeastern New England and Nova Scotia (Brachman Hoffman Small Grant, Wellesley College)

Age and stratigraphic affinity of conglomerate at Neponset River Gorge, Milton, MA (General Grant for Scholarly Activities

2002: Stratigraphic resolution as key to tectonic synthesis in the Southeastern New England Avalon Zone around Boston, Massachusetts (NSF EAR-0125477; collaborative research with Dr. Anne M. Grunow, Ohio State University).

2000: Refining the age of the Neoproterozoic glaciation in the Boston Basin, Massachusetts: New U-Pb zircon constraints on the last snowball Earth (NSF EAR-001134)