Megan Borel

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 

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

1. 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
2. University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award