Megan Borel
(POSTDOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATE)
| Email: | megan.borel@nasa.gov |
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NASA/GSFC Mail Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UMBC Univ. of MD, Baltimore County |
Current Projects
Artemis II
Artemis II Lunar Science Team; roles in the Artemis II Mission:
- Observation Planner in the Science Evaluation Room (Mission Control)
- Crew Data Analyst in the Science Missions Operations Room
Artemis III/IV
Supports crew training and development, and the E-Resources for Artemis (ERA) team
Positions/Employment
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University of Maryland at Baltimore County - NASA Goddard
July 2023 - Present
Through the CRESST Cooperative Agreement
Intern
NASA Headquarters - Washington, DC
February 2023 - May 2023
Heliophysics Division, Citizen Science intern
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
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
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Other
Basement-Involved Thrust Fault In The Pioneer Metamorphic Core Complex Footwall
December 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.
December 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.
December 2019
GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.51, no.5. Poster presentation.
A Geo-Thermochronologic Investigation of the Coyote Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex (AZ)
December 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