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| EDUCATION: |
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Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY |
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PhD (in progress) Advisor-Dr. Suzanne Kay |
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| May
2001
Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT |
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Bachelor of Arts Advisor-Dr. Johan
Varekamp |
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Major: Earth and Environmental Science; GPA 3.87% High and University
Honors |
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| Spring
2000
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| June
1997
Hopedale Jr/Sr High School |
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Valedictorian, Year Book Editor, and Class President |
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| WORK
/ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: |
| Current
Cornell
University Graduate Research |
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Adakite-like geochemical signatures in various Neogene volcanics in northern
La Rioja, Argentina as a
marker for progressive |
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Andean slab shallowing and termination of volcanism.
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| Fall
2001
Petrology Honors Thesis,
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
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Magmatic Evolution of Volcán Copahue, Neuquén, Argentina, Analyzed
for major and trace elements using XRF |
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and ICP. Used Electron Microprobe
to determine pressures and temperatures of crystallization.
Integrated petrochemical |
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data with optical mineralogy. |
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| Summer
2000
Cornell University/Univ. of Buenos Aires Geology Field
Camp, San
Juan Argentina |
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Mapped the fold-thrust belt of the Central Andean Precordillera on TM base
and generated numerous cross-sections.
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Involved approximately 25 days of fieldwork with American and
Argentine geology students. |
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| Summer
1999
REU Summer Intern, Columbia
University, New York City, NY |
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Investigated millennial-scale climate oscillations of the Early
Pleistocene using petrologic analysis of basaltic sediments and their |
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impact on the orbital forcing climate theory.
Studied at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory under Dr. Joseph Ortiz
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Charles Langmuir. |
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| Summer
1998
United States Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, MA |
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Analyzed heavy metal and organic pollutants within the varied
sedimentological substrates of Long Island Sound. |
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In charge of
processing approximately 50 sediment cores.
Participated in a two weeklong research cruise in Massachusetts |
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Bay. |
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| Fall
1999
Research
Assistant, Wesleyan
University |
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Manipulated petrologic compositions of basaltic lavas from the Pinacate
Volcanic Field in Sonora, Mexico and organized |
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data from various studies. |
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| TEACHING
EXPERIENCE: |
| 1998-2001 Teaching
Assistant Wesleyan
University |
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Held weekly help sessions for Introduction to Geology (EES 101) and
Mineralogy (EES 215) . Assisted
in lab classes |
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and helped to correct exams, quizzes, and homework |
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| Spring
2003 Teaching Assistant,
Cornell University |
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Petrology and Geochemistry (EAS
356). Ran discussion sessions as
well as lab exercises. |
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| AWARDS
AND RECOGNITIONS: |
| Fall
2003
NASA Earth System Science Graduate Research Fellowship |
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Project Title-An Integrated Approach to Modelling the Evolution of
Large Silicic Calderas in the Central Andes: The |
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Bonete Incapillo Volcanic Complex (28°S), Argentina |
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| July
2001-2002 Thomas J.
Watson Fellowship (2001) |
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Project Title-Scornful Mother: The Active Volcano as Cultural Nurturer
and Destroyer. Independent
travel and |
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research in Italy, Philippines, Costa Rica, Chile, Nicaragua, and Montserrat. |
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| Spring
2001
Phi Beta Kappa |
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| Spring
2001
University Honors |
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The highest honor awarded by Wesleyan University.
Given to only three students in the class of 2001. |
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| Spring
2001
Wesleyan University Pierce Prize |
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| Fall
2000
Barry Goldwater Science Scholarship |
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Awarded to the top 150 undergraduate science/engineering students in the
United States |
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| Fall
2000
Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geology Scholarship |
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| Fall
1998
Robert
Byrd Scholarship |
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Given to two students in each Congressional District for academic and
extracurricular achievement.
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| PUBLICATIONS: |
| Goss,
A. and Varekamp,(2003) V, Magmatic Evolution of Copahue Volcano,
J. of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (ms)
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| Goss,
A., Changes in Hot Spring Chemistry of Copahue, Argentina during
Eruptions of July 2000 (AGU Fall Abstracts, 2000) |
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| SKILLS: |
| Fluency in
the Italian and Spanish languages, SEM microscopy, Inductively
coupled plasma (ICP) mass spectrometry, Thermal Ionization Mass
Spectrometry, X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence analysis, Electron
Microprobe techniques and sedimentological core separation, Microsoft
Office, Internet, data manipulation, geological mapping, ASTER and TM
satellite data |
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| INTERESTS: |
| Distance
running, folk music, latin dancing, weight lifting, skiing, climbing
volcanoes, things Italian, non-fiction, hiking, and traveling to distant
lands |
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