Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line
Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris lineHydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.
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I am a Project Leader and a Supervisory Research Geologist with the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center. I manage bedrock geologic mapping activities for the USGS in the northeastern United States. I managed two international mapping projects in Morocco, the completion of the new bedrock geologic map of Vermont, and I conducted mapping Madagascar.
I have expertise in geologic mapping, structural geology, geochronology, tectonics, digital cartography, and GIS. I specialize in the mapping, structure, and tectonics of complexly deformed rocks, the integration of geologic data with hydrogeologic and mineral resource assessment studies, and the use of GIS as a mapping and analysis tool. I have trained students and geologists in geologic mapping, GIS, GPS, digital mapping, and U-Pb geochronology by SHRIMP. The Publications listed on the tab below is automatically generated and incomplete. Please contact me if you would like a copy of my current CV.
1992-Present, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia and Montpelier, Vermont
1990-1992, Consulting Geologist, Heindel and Noyes, Inc., Burlington, Vermont
1988-1990, Contractor, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Waterbury, Vermont
1986-1988, Teaching Assistant, University of Vermont, Department of Geology, Burlington, Vermont
1986, NAGT Intern Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
M.S. in Geology / University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont USA, 1989
B.S. in Geology / University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1986
2013-Present, Fellow, Geological Society of America
1988-2013, Member, Geological Society of America
2013-2014, Elected Vice-Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2014-2015, Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2015-2016, Past-Chair, Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Management Board
2012-Present, Member, Connecticut Geological Society
1998-Present, Member, New Hampshire Geological Society
1992-Present, Member, Vermont Geological Society
Dean’s List five semesters (1982-1986)
Amoco Geophysics Award (1985)
NAGT – USGS Student Internship (1985)
L.R. Wilson Award, UMASS Amherst (1986)
Charles G. Doll Award, Vermont Geological Society (1988)
Twenty-one USGS performance awards (1997-2021)
Elected GSA Fellow (2013)
Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.
Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.
Langdon Street Bridge stream gage 04285800 on the North Branch Winooski River
Langdon Street Bridge stream gage 04285800 on the North Branch Winooski River
High-water mark on door at Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont during major flood event in July 2023.
Flooded stairwell to Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during historical flood event.
Flooded stairwell to Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during historical flood event.
The Northeast Bedrock Mapping Project consists of scientists conducting geologic mapping and scientific research of complexly deformed crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks in the Northeastern United States. Current mapping activities are focused in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.
The Northeast Bedrock Mapping Project consists of scientists conducting geologic mapping and scientific research of complexly deformed crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks in the Northeastern United States. Current mapping activities are focused in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.
Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.
Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.
Langdon Street Bridge stream gage 04285800 on the North Branch Winooski River
Langdon Street Bridge stream gage 04285800 on the North Branch Winooski River
High-water mark on door at Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont during major flood event in July 2023.
High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont during major flood event in July 2023.
Flooded stairwell to Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during historical flood event.
Flooded stairwell to Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during historical flood event.
The Northeast Bedrock Mapping Project consists of scientists conducting geologic mapping and scientific research of complexly deformed crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks in the Northeastern United States. Current mapping activities are focused in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.
The Northeast Bedrock Mapping Project consists of scientists conducting geologic mapping and scientific research of complexly deformed crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks in the Northeastern United States. Current mapping activities are focused in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.
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