Erin Phillips, PhD is a geologist at the Center for Economic Geology Research at the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources. Erin contributes to the DOE funded CarbonSAFE project at Dry Fork Station in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and leads the University of Wyoming’s efforts for the Plains CO₂ Reduction Regional Partnership Initiative. Erin completed her PhD at the University of Wyoming, where she studied geochemistry and volcanology.