M.S. student
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky, 40506-0053
757-343-0734 ryan-joel-quinn@uky.edu
BIRTHDATE: August 16, 1986, Framingham Massachusetts
EDUCATION:
A.S., McHenry Community College, 2007
B.A., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
M.S., Geochemistry, University of Kentucky, 2010-Present
Certificate, NSF Ion Microprobe Workshop 2011, ULCA
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
8/10-present Teaching Assistant: University of Kentucky
Courses taught:
GLY120: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
GLY220:Introductory Principles of Geology
GLY160:Geology for Teachers
GLY461:Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology
5/10-8/10 NAGT intern, United States Geological Survey, Columbia, SC, 29210
Multidisciplinary Assessment of Water Resources at Army and Department of
Transportation Facilities
Location : Columbia, SC
Advisor : Noel Hurley
1/09-5/09 Undergraduate Research Assistant:
Properties of Iron-Light-Alloys under high temperature and high pressure:
Assessment of core composition models
Location: University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Jie Li
PUBLICATIONS:
Quinn, R.J., Moecher, D.P., Samson, S.D., Tohver, E., 2011, The Nature and Extent of Exotic Crustal
Components in Southern Laurentia: New Age and Nd-Pb Isotope Evidence from Grenville Basement
Gneisses, Eastern Great Smoky Mtns , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
43, No. 5, p. 490

Leib, S.E., Quinn, R.J., RiCharde, G.E., Moecher, D.P., 2011, Geothermobarometry on mafic and politic gneisses from Winding Stair to Dellwood, NC: filling the gap in Taconian P-T data in the central Blue Ridge , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 2, P. 30 .
PRESENTATIONS:
Quinn, R.J., Moecher, D.P., Samson, S.D., Tohver, E., 2011, The Nature and Extent of Exotic Crustal
Components in Southern Laurentia: New Age and Nd-Pb Isotope Evidence from Grenville Basement
Gneisses, Eastern Great Smoky Mtns , Oral presentation at GSA National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
Leib, S.E., Quinn, R.J., RiCharde, G.E., Moecher, D.P., 2011, Geothermobarometry on mafic and politic gneisses from Winding Stair to Dellwood, NC: filling the gap in Taconian P-T data in the central Blue Ridge . Poster presented at the GSA Southeastern Section Meeting, Wilmington, NC
Quinn, R.Q., Stewart, M.A., 2009, Variations in Incompatible Volatile Element Concentration in the
Sonju Lake Intrusion, MN . Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2009 at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
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Pirtle Fellowship (University of Kentucky, 2011), $3000
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Brown-McFarland Fund (University of Kentucky), $1,200
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Ferm-Fumd (University of Kentucky), $1,200
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Graduate Support Funding (University of Kentucky), $400
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GSA Research Grant, Honorable Mention
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NSF GRFP, in application process
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geochemical Society
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Geological Society of America
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SKILLS:
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Electron Microprobe
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ID-TIMS
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Clean Lab
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MatLab

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Adobe Photoshop
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Canvas
REFERENCES:
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David P. Moecher, University of Kentucky, M.S. advisor
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Chris S. Romanek, University of Kentucky, M.S. committee member
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Edward W. Woolery, University of Kentucky, Instructor
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Michael A. Stewart, University of Illinois, Undergraduate research and academic advisor
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Kurt Burmeister, University of the Pacific, Field Camp Director
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Phil Brown, University of Wisconsin, Field Camp Instructor
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Scott D. Samson, Syracuse University, Clean Lab Supervisor