Curriculum Vitae
Tim O’Brien
University of Michigan
Department of Geoscience
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
obrientm@umich.edu
Education
M.S. 2009 (Geology)
University of Kentucky
Thesis: Bedrock mapping of the Winchendon (1:25,000) Quadrangle (MA-NH): evidence
for discontinuous deformation along the Bronson Hill – Central Maine Boundary Zone.
B.S. 2007 (Geology)
University of Dayton
Thesis: Discovery of high pressure and temperature Granulites in the Goshen Dome,
western Massachusetts.
Professional Experience
5/09-9/09 Research Assistant, Case Western Reserve University
8/07-5/09 Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky
8/06-5/07 Teaching Assistant, University of Dayton
Research Grants
USGS EDMAP
GSA Graduate Research Grant
NEIGC Billings Fund
J. C. Ferm Fund Graduate Fellowship
Courses Taught
GLY 360L - Spring 09 (Mineralogy)
GLY 420L - Spring 08 (Structural Geology)
GLY 461L - Fall 07 (Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology)
GLY 230 - Fall 07 (Fundamentals of Geology 1)
GLY 235 - Spring 08/09 (Fundamentals of Geology 2)
Abstracts
O’Brien, T.M., Koziol, A.M, 2007. Discovery of high pressure and temperature Granulites in
the Goshen Dome, western Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 39, No. 1, p. 86
O’Brien, T.M, Koziol, A.M., 2008. Thermobarometry in Kyanite S-tectonite gneisses from
the Goshen Dome, Connecticut Valley Zone, western Massachusetts. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 1, p.
Drew, J., O’Brien, T., Paschall, A., Richardson, A., Stucker, J.D., Hendren, N., Frazier, S.,
Gordon, A., Moecher, D., 2008. Interpretations of the Cold Springs Fault Zone, eastern Great
Smokey Mountains: Geometry, Kinematics, Chronology, and Metamorphic conditions.
Geological society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 63.
O’Brien, T.M, O’Hara, K. D., 2008. Microsturctures and geochemical variations in
Phyllonites of the Meadow Fork Fault Zone, western Blue Ridge, North Carolina.
Geochemical Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, p. 153.
O’Brien, T. M., Moecher, D. P., 2009, Bedrock geology of the Winchendon 1:25,000
quadrqangle (MA-NH) and implications for the Bronson Hill – Central Maine Boundary
Zone: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, p. 13.
Awards
UK Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science TA of the year (2007-2008)
Workshops
UCLA SIMS workshop (2009)