Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.S. Geology, 2006
Grand Valley State University

In-progress: M.Sc. Geology, 2009
North Carolina State University

Employment

Research Assistant 5/05-8/05. Dr. Virigina Peterson, Grand Valley State University
Teaching Assistant 1/06-5/06. Grand Valley State University
Teaching Assistant 8/07-5/09. North Carolina State University
Research Assistant 5/08-present James Hibbard

Field Experience

Undergraduate Field Trips: Grand Valley State University
Mineralogy: Bancroft, Ontario
Petrology and Sedimentology/Stratigraphy: Various parts of North Carolina and Virgina
Hydrology: Nearby (western Michigan) well-drilling assessment
Structure: Structural analysis of Baraboo, Wisconsin
Environmental Geology: Hazard assessment of the banks of the Grand River
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy: Coast of Lake Michigan
Geomorphology: Dunes and coast of Lake Michigan
Field Trip: South Dakota's Black Hills and Badlands, Dr. Steve Mattox

Indiana University Geologic Field Camp, 2006
including: surveying techniques, mapping, and hydrologic testing and surveying.

Graduate Experience:
Electron Microprobe Analysis
Geographic Information Systems
Basic geophysical surveys
Current research in the Asheboro and Randleman quadrangles

Honors and Awards

Michigan Education Assessment Program Scholarship
Departmental Geology Scholarship
Tremba Scholarship
GSA Travel Grant 2005
IUGFS Scholarship
Oustanding Student Award 2006

Professional Societies

Geologic Society of America

Research

Undergraduate Research
Structural geology analysis project from Baraboo, Wisconsin; Dr. John Weber
Global Tectonics: Easter microplate; Dr. John Weber
Petrology: Petrographic Analysis of a feslic volcanic from the Phillipines, Dr. Virginia Peterson
Seminar: Copper Mineralization of the Keewanaw Peninsula, Dr. Virginia Peterson

Publications
In-house publication, 2006, Grand Valley State University (click for abstract)
Grain Size and Shape Analysis of Sand Collected Along a Lake Michigan Beach Profile: Kirk Park, Michigan
Dr. Patricia Videtich

GSA Annual Meeting, 2005
Co-author, researcher and assistant; Poster Presentation and website.
Peterson, V.L.; Kurek J; Rinke, J: Using Virtual Geotrips and a Local Geology Course Theme as Tools for Student Investigation

Current Research
I am currently investigating the nature of the contact between the Uwharrie and Tillery Formations in the Asheboro and Randleman area of North Carolina. This research is funded by a grant written by Dr. James Hibbard, and my portion of the research is expected to be complete by the end of the summer of 2008. Thesis work will be completed by mid-2009.