MEGAN A. MUELLER
Sedimentary Geology, Tectonics, Geochronology
CURRICULUM VITAE
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APPOINTMENTS
June 2023 - Present
PROVOST’S EARLY CAREER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
The University of Texas at Austin
Jackson School of Geosciences
2021 - 2023
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
University of Connecticut
Department of Earth Sciences
Basin Analysis and Helium Thermochronology Lab
2016 - 2021
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of Washington
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
EDUCATION
2021
PH.D., EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Thesis: From subduction to collision: Sedimentary basin constraints on timescales and geodynamic drivers
2013
B.S., GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Music Minor
Thesis: Assessing the role of the San Andreas fault in controlling the spatial distribution of erosion rates in the Transverse Ranges, southern California
TEACHING
2017, 2018, 2020
FIELD GEOLOGY (ESS 400/401)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
2020
INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY (ESS 101)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
2019
RIVERS AND BEACHES (ESS 230)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
2018
STRATIGRAPHY (ESS 455)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
STRATIGRAPHY FIELD TRAINING
This biannual trip brings undergraduate and graduate student volunteers into the field for 1-2 weeks of field training. The field trip is open to everyone and is cost-free. Alexis Licht at CEREGE heads up the stratigraphy activities. Training includes sedimentary rock description, measuring section and paleobotany. Chris Beard and his paleontology team from KU bring students for fossil prospecting and identification. Results of the field work have led to several ongoing undergraduate and graduate research projects on the Paleocene stratigraphy, paleoenvironment and paleoclimate in Wyoming.
ADVISING AND MENTORING
THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER
Anthony Edgington, Master's Committee, University of Connecticut, anticipated 2023
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ADVISOR/CO-ADVISOR
Brigid Bernier, University of Connecticut, 2022-2023
Chris Baird, University of Washington, 2018-2020
Derek Pierce, University of Washington, 2019-2020
Sam Shekut, University of Washington, 2020
Gui Aksit, University of Washington, 2018-2019
Kyle Lowery, University of Washington, 2017-2018
Lauren Burch, University of Washington, 2016-2017
OTHER MENTORING
Mentor for GSA Connects 2022 NSF GRFP proposal short course, 2022
Mentor for GSA Geochronology Division, 2022
Científico Latino, Graduate School Application Mentor and GRFP Application Mentor, 2020-Present
Out in STEM (oSTEM) & UW Q Center, STEM undergraduate mentor, 2019-2021
GRANTS
2023
NSF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ($180,000)
“Petrochronometers as provenance proxies: Implications for the spatio-temporal evolution of continental collision to escape”
2023
PATHWAY TO RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP INDEPENDENCE GRANT, UT ($6,000)
“Enhancing Career Independence: Investigating the Influence of Sediment on Subduction Zone Evolution”
2022
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS POSTDOCTORAL GRANT (€2,500)
“Do relict suture zones accommodate collisional deformation?”
STUDENT GRANTS & AWARDS
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020
EarthCube AGU Scholarship ($100)
Kenneth C. Robbins Fellowship; Marie Ferrel Endowment, UW-ESS
NSF SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Student Travel Grant ($1,850)
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Student Participation Grant ($300)
2019
EGU Early Career Scientist Travel Support ($340)
UW College of the Environment Meeting and Travel Grant ($1,000)
ExxonMobil Graduate Student Support Fund Grant, UW-ESS ($2,000)
2018
UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate Travel Grant ($300)
Joseph A. Vance Endowed Fellowship in Geology Science, UW-ESS
2017
Dorothy G. Stephens Fellowship, UW-ESS
2016
UW Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation Top Scholar Award
AWARDS
2021
David A. Johnston Award for Research Excellence, UW-ESS
Julian D. Barksdale Distinguished Service Award, UW-ESS
Award for Overall Best Talk, UW-ESS Annual Research Gala
Award for DEI Presentation, UW-ESS Annual Research Gala
2019
Award for Best Poster, UW-ESS Annual Research Gala
2018
Award for Best Talk in Structure & Tectonics, UW-ESS Annual Research Gala
2017
Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation
2012 - 2013
Field Geologist Award, awareded for top field camp performance, UM
Eugene and Elizabeth Singer Award, awarded for undergraduate academic excellence, UM