Biography

Education

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ  2014

     Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Emphasis in Sculpture, Minor in Biology

Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ  2012

     Associate of Fine Arts

Additional Courses:

     Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ 2021

          Spring 2021- Directed Research: Milk Creek Formation

 

     University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ  Fall 2018- Spring 2019

          Spring 2019 Graduate Courses- Virtual/Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Painting

          Fall 2018 Undergraduate Courses- Biogeography, Paleontology, Ecology

 

Skills

   Photoshop, Illustrator, WordPress, Word, Excel, Agisoft Metashape (Photogrammetry), Gas/Arc/TIG/MIG Welding

Publications

Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology (WAVP) Conference, Las Vegas, NV  February 2020

     Exploring a Multi-Node Gamma Detector and Modern Analytics to Detect Fossils Below the Visible Surface of an Encompassing Matrix

     First Author S. Mohler, Co-Authors C.H. Sickles, J.L. Noviello, D. Hoffman, L. Thrasher, J.L. Borst, M. Heck, B. Mohler

 

 Geological Society of America Conference, Phoenix, AZ  September  2019

     First Material of the Giant Alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Allison Member of the Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

     First Author Benjamin Mohler, Co-Authors Andrew T. McDonald, Douglas G. Wolfe, Jennifer Borst

Geodaze, Tucson, AZ  March  2019

     Reconstruction of New Tyrannosauroid Species [Now Suskityrannus hazelae]

     First Author Jennifer Borst, Co-Author Douglas G. Wolfe

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Conference, Albuquerque, NM  October  2018

     New Turtle Material from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico

     First Author Jennifer Borst, Co-Authors Andrew T. McDonald, Douglas G. Wolfe

 

Research/ Volunteer Work

Earth Sciences Foundation Inc., Roundup, MT  May 2022- Present

     Board Member, Graphic Designer

Western Science Center, Hemet, CA January 2019- Present

     Volunteer Researcher 

Zuni Dinosaur Institute for Geosciences, Springerville, AZ July 2017- Present

     Volunteer Researcher

Southwest Paleontological Society (Arizona Museum of Natural History), Mesa, AZ  March 2017- Present

     Volunteer Researcher, Webmaster

Petrified Forest National Park, Holbrook, AZ   April 2021

     Neogene Paleontological Survey

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM   July 2018

     Paleontological Resources Inventory

Arizona Game and Fish, Seligman, AZ  2014

     Black Footed Ferret Spotlighting

NAU Biology Department, Flagstaff, AZ  2014

     Lab Assistant- Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis

NAU Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Flagstaff, AZ  2013- 2014

     Vice President

City of Prescott, Prescott, AZ  2010

     Acker Park Mural  

Mountain Artists Guild, Prescott, AZ  2007,2008

     Summer Art Instructor

 

Art Juror

 

Prescott Center for the Arts, Prescott, AZ   2018, 2017, 2016 

     Scholarship Exhibit

 

Published Artworks

 

Captive Bride by Marjorie Hersom, Tate Publishing  2014

     Book Cover Illustration

Prehistoric Times Magazine, Issue #102  2012

     Oreodont and Amphicyon

 

Awards/Scholarships

 

Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ  2016

     Spring Juried Exhibition: First Place in Printmaking

Beasley Memorial Art Scholarship, Flagstaff, AZ  2014

Moller Art Scholarship, Flagstaff, AZ  2013

Mountain Artists Guild Scholarship, Prescott AZ  2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

 

Solo Mural Work

 

Private Residence, Prescott, AZ  2013

    Thumb Butte Wildlife Mural 10’x7’

Yavapai College Geology Department, Prescott, AZ  2011

     Grand Canyon Educational Mural 10’x6’

 

Group Exhibitions

 

Steinfeld Warehouse Arts Community Center, Tucson, AZ  2019

     Mediated 3

The Railyard, Tucson, AZ  2019

     Railed Out Art Show

Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ  2016

     Metal Works

The Raven Cafe, Prescott, AZ  2016

     A New Look

Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ  2016

     Spring Juried Exhibition

Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ  2016

     Making Our Mark

Beasley Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ  2014

     NAU BFA Thesis Show

Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ  2012

     It’s Elemental