Honours Thesis supervised by Milton Graves, An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada, and graduated from Dalhousie University in 2006.
[10] She previously worked as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum.
[11][12][13] As the top-ranked female candidate for the fellowship, she also received a supplement available to applicants who demonstrate "exemplary involvement in science promotion, mentorship, and leadership".
[9] She has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs Zuul,[2][3][17] Zaraapelta,[2] Crichtonpelta,[4] Ziapelta,[5][18] Patagopelta,[19] as well as resurrecting Dyoplosaurus,[20] and publishing a new phylogenetic analysis on the interrelationships of Ankylosauridae.
[21] According to Brian Alary of the University of Alberta, "She's contributed to history-making research by analyzing fossils and creating 3-D computer models, developed course materials and taught 35,000 students at a time through the Dino 101 MOOC.