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Virginia B. Sisson Virginia B. Sisson Education: Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985, Dissertation: Contact Metamorphism and Fluid Evolution Associated with the Ponder pluton, Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Canada M.A., Princeton University, 1981 A.B., Bryn Mawr College cum laude with honors in geology, 1979 Research Interests and Skills: Field oriented petrotectonic studies in Alaska and Guatemala on convergent margins, triple junction interactions, granite emplacement, subduction zone metamorphism and exhumation processes, and jadeitite formation. Have also done field work in Venezuela, British Columbia, India, Malaysia, Norway, California, Washington, Montana, Nevada, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Myanmar Fluid inclusion studies and boron geochemistry of metamorphic rocks Languages Spanish and French at a basic level. Employment: 2008 - present Research Associate Professor, Director Geology Field Course, Co-Director Learning Center, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston 2001 - present Research Associate, American Natural History Museum 2003 - present Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of Utah 2001 - 2004 Research Scientist, Department of Earth Science, Rice University 2001 - 2003 Research Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Utah 1999 - 2001 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University 1999 - 2001 Advisor for Encyclopedia Britannica on Rocks and Minerals 1992 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University 1987 - 1992 Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University 1986 - 1987 Research Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University 1986 - 1995 WAE appointments to U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park and Anchorage 1986 - 1995 Consultant for fluid inclusion studies for Exxon, ARCO, and Texaco 1985 - 1986 Research Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Princeton University 1979 NASA Summer Intern, Ames Research Center, CA Honors and Awards: Elected Fellow in Geological Society of America, 1997 Elected Life Fellow in Mineralogical Association of America, 1996 Rice University Women’s Center Impact Award, 1998: for excellence in teaching and mentoring women on campus Outstanding Faculty Associate, Lovett College, Rice University 1998: for outstanding participation in undergraduate advising and college affairs Professional Activities: Board of Trustees, Geological Society of America Foundation, 2000-2010; Chair of Nominations Committee and member of Executive Committee Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association Council Member, 1996-1998, 1999-2001 Vice President, 2001-2004, President, 2005-present Mineralogical Society of America, Student Awards Committee 2004-2007 Co-convener for symposium on “Minerals, Melts and Magmas: A tribute to Maria Luisa Crawford”, Annual Geological Society of America Meeting, Philadelphia PA 2006 Editorial Board for Geology, 1993-1995; 1996-1998 Geological Society of America, Penrose Conference Committee, 1995-1997, Chair 1996 Co-convener, Geological Society of America/Joint Oceanographic Institutions Penrose conference on “Triple junction interactions with convergent margins”, 1994 Reviewer, Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships, 1999-2001, 2003 Mineralogical Society of America, Short-Course Committee 1997-2000, Chair 1999 & 2000 Mineralogical Society of America, Grants Committee 1994 President, Society of Luminescent Microscopy and Spectroscopy, 1997, Vice President, 1995-1996, Chair Grants committee, 1997-2000 Reviewer, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting abstracts in 1993, 1995, & 1996 Co-convener for workshop on “Evolution of the eastern Caribbean - South American plate boundary zone: Transpression, volcanic arc accretion and orogenic float” 1997, Houston TX Co-organizer of symposium and theme session on Caribbean tectonics, Annual Geological Society of America Meeting, New Orleans, LA 1995 Co-organizer of symposium on Grenville basement, South-Central Section of Geological Society of America Meeting 1992 Association of Women Geoscientists, National Nominations Committee, 1997-1999 American Women in Science, Houston Chapter Grants Committee 1995-1996 Steering committee ILIAD (Investigations in Lithospheric Architecture and Development) workshop, Taos, NM, 1995 Convener for workshop on “Processes in the Lower Crust”, Princeton, NJ 1982 Professional Affiliations: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 1980, Geological Society of America (GSA) 1980 elected fellow 1997, Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) 1981 elected Life Fellow 1996, Sigma Xi 1985, American Women in Science (AWIS) 1986, Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG) 1988, Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC) 1981 Courses Taught: Graduate Courses: Metamorphic petrology (6 times), Fluid inclusion techniques (6 times), Electron microprobe techniques (8 times), Graduate mineralogy, Cordilleran tectonics seminar, Caribbean tectonics seminar (3 times), Geology and geophysics of the lower crust seminar, Felsic magma seminar, Birth and death of sea floor seminar; Alpine geology and tectonics seminar Undergraduate courses: Petrology (10 times), Optical mineralogy (3 times), Economic geology of ore deposits (2 times), Introductory geology laboratory (4 times), Understanding environmental issues, and Understanding environmental systems Field courses: Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association Geological Field Camp (8 summers) Theses and Student Research Directed: Between 1992-1999, I served on 39 academic advising committees at Rice University. This represents 65% of all student academic committees. Principal advisor, three M.S. theses Layla Styles, 2000, Geochemical evidence for island-arc origin of the Villa de Cura belt, Venezuela Anne R. Poole, 1997, Age and geochemical constraints on ridge subduction for igneous rocks of the eastern Chugach Mountains, Alaska Chad A. Smith, 1996, Metamorphism, deformation, and geochronology of Cretaceous blueschists, Villa de Cura belt, Venezuela Co-advisor, 2 Ph.D. and 2 M.S. theses Saijin Huang, 2002, Ph.D., Thermal models and geochemical evolution of subducted oceanic crust (co- advisor with W.P. Leeman) Darrell Todd Woodford, 1995, M.S., Boron metasomatism in the Alta stock contact aureole, Utah (co- advisor with W.P. Leeman) Gretchen Kohler, M.S., 1995, Structural evolution of metamorphic tectonites beneath the Silver Peak - Lone Mountain detachment fault, west-central Nevada (with J.S. Oldow) Ann Moran, 1993, Ph.D., Effect of metamorphism on the trace element composition of subducted oceanic crust (co-advisor with W.P. Leeman) Committee member, 11 Ph.D. theses (10 in Geology and Geophysics, 1 in Chemistry) Laurel Kirkland, 1999, Ph.D., Infrared spectroscopy of Mars Peeter Ackberg, 1999, Ph.D., Estimation of stochastic parameters from crustal seismic data Jeffery Gillis, 1998, Ph.D., Composition of lunar far side maria Phillip Bart, 1998, Ph.D., Controls on sedimentation in Antarctica and Florida Laura Banfield, 1998, Ph.D., Late Quaternary evolution of the Rio Grande system, offshore south Texas Michael Quinn, 1997, Ph.D., Pre-tertiary stratigraphy, magmatism, and structural history of the Central Jackson Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada Kristen Etheredge, Ph.D., 1996, Chemistry, Synthesis, characterization and magnetic property studies of copper-based phosphate and silicate compounds containing nanosize transition metal oxide frameworks Joseph Satterfield, 1995, Ph.D., Mesozoic geology of the Sand Springs Range, west-central Nevada Jun Zhu, 1995, Ph.D., Petrogenesis of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks from the Raton-Clayton volcanic field, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado Lawrence Guth, 1992, Ph.D., Kinematic analysis of the deformational structures on eastern Isla de Margarita, Venezuela Marino Ostos, 1990, Ph.D., Tectonic evolution of the south-central Caribbean based on geochemical data Committee member, 19 M.S. theses (13 in Geology, 2 in Environmental Science, 1 in Materials Science, 1 in Chemistry) Diana Dana, 2001, M.S., Shallow level seismic investigations of a porphyry copper deposit, southern New Mexico Amy Miller Komen, 2000, M.S., Computing three dimensional strain history and application to the San Andreas Fault, northern California Lisa La Flame, 1999, M.S., Estimating crustal heterogeneity in the north Basin and Range Joy Roth, 1999, M.S., The Caribbean carbonate crash at the middle to late Miocene Transition Sharon Barker, 1998, M.S., Trace element geochemistry of basalts from the Oregon Cascades range: Implications for magma generation and possible variations in the sub-arc mantle Jennifer Snow, 1998, M.S., Late Quaternary highstand and transgressive deltas of the ancestral Colorado River: Eustatic and climatic controls on deposition James Loughridge, 1998, M.S., Application of seismic tools and techniques to ground-penetrating radar (GPR) studies Riju John, 1998, M.S., New inversion techniques in 3D seismic processing Stephen Friedfeld, 1997, M.S., Environmental Engineering and Science, The temperature and ionic strength dependence of the solubility product constant of ferrous phosphonate Mary Anne Brown, 1996, M.S., The pre-tertiary geology, structural evolution, and geochronology of the Pueblo Mountains, Nevada-Oregon James Schrawtz, 1996, M.S., Late Quaternary periplatform sediments and paleoenvironmental analysis of Pedro Channel, Northeastern Nicaragua Rise, Caribbean Sea Tara Rampersad, 1996, M.S., Crossline migration of 3-D prestack data Cynthia Smith, 1996, M.A., Chemistry,
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