Planetary Geology, Geophys & Geochem Lab

Megan Elizabeth Borel

(POSTDOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATE)

Megan Elizabeth Borel's Contact Card & Information.
Email: megan.borel@nasa.gov
Org Code: 698
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 698
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

Positions/Employment


Post-doctoral Research Associate

University of Maryland at Baltimore County - NASA Goddard

July 2023 - Present


Intern

NASA Headquarters - Washington, DC

February 2023 - May 2023

Teaching Experience


University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2018-2023

  • Structural Geology
  • Earth Materials
  • Geology Field Camp
  • Introduction to Earth Science
  • Age of Dinosaurs


University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2017-2018

  • Petrology


Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2017-2018

  • Geology Field Camp

Education


2023 - Ph.D., Geology - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Dissertation: Extensional Processes and the 3D Development of the Pioneers Metamorphic Core Complex, Idaho


2018 - M.S., Geology - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

Thesis: A Microstructural Analysis and Geochronologic Investigation of the Coyote Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex, Arizona

Concentrations: microstructural analyses, metamorphic petrology, thermochronology (Ar-Ar)


2016 - B.S., Geology - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Undergraduate Research: Trace element significance, petrogenetic sequencing, and igneous petrology of Sawtooth Metamorphic Complex tertiary granites, Idaho 

Talks, Presentations and Posters


Other

Basement-Involved Thrust Fault In The Pioneer Metamorphic Core Complex Footwall

2022

 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.54, no.2. Oral presentation. doi:10.1130/abs/2022CD-374279.


From brittle to ductile: the relationship between footwall faults, magma emplacement, and it’s associated heat, Pioneer metamorphic core complex, ID.

2020

GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.52, no.6. Oral presentation.


Timing and kinematic significance of faults within the footwall of the Pioneer metamorphic core complex, ID.

2019

 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.51, no.5. Poster presentation.


A Geo-Thermochronologic Investigation of the Coyote Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex (AZ)

2017

GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 49, No. 6. Poster presentation.

Awards


  • University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences Horn Award: given to one graduate student who has excelled in eagerness, inspiration, involvement, in/contribution to the geology department, academic ability, and research activity during their total graduate career
  • University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award