Sarah A. Friedman
Contact Information: E-mail: **********@***.***
Department of Geology Fax: 618-***-****
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901 - 4324
Education:
2015: PhD Geosciences at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2011: M.Sc. Geology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2009: B.Sc. Geology at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Research Skills/Field Experience:
2011: Xenolith sampling at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. (1 week)
2010: Xenolith sampling mission In California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (1 week)
2010: Mapping in the White Mountains, California (1 week)
2008: Field Camp in the Black Hills, SD and Montana/Wyoming geology (6 weeks)
2008: Structural geology of Death Valley (1 week)
2007: Structural geology of Death Valley (1 week)
2006: Geophysical Mapping of Dove Creek Colorado (4 weeks)
Professional Experience:
2009-date: Teaching collegiate level Earth Sciences courses, Geology and the Environment
Lab (GEOL112), Dinosaurs: Age of the Reptiles discussion (GEOL328i), The Planets
discussion (GEOL330i), History of the Earth Lab (GEOL 124), Structural Geology Lab
(302), Field Camp (GEOL 454), Hazards and Catastrophes Lab (GEOL 123)
2009: GSA GeoCorps: Education Specialist/ Geologist at Devils Tower National
Monument
2005-2008: Teaching K-12 students in the areas of earth sciences and biology
Awards:
2012: IODP Expedition 345 Hess Deep Paleomagnetist on board
2012: NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship Japan - Research focus-
Petrology and geochemistry of the subduction mantle wedge: implications for satellite magnetic
anomalies
2010: Southern Illinois University s Geology Department Jobling and Porter Fellowship
2010: Geological Society of America Research Grant
2010: Geological Society of America s Geophysics Division's Allan Cox Student
Research Award
2009: Institute for Rock Magnetism Visiting Fellowship (IRM)
Presentations/Publications:
Ferr, E.C., Friedman, S.A., Mart n-Hern ndez, F., Feinberg, J.M., Conder, J.A., Ionov, D.A.,
2012. Demise of the Moho as a global magnetic boundary, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences submitted.
Friedman, S.A., Ferr, E.C., Martin-Hernandez, F., Feinberg, J.M., Ionov, D.A., Conder, J.A.
2012. What is magnetic in the Upper Mantle? Insights from magnetic minerals in mantle
xenoliths, European Geophysical Union, EGU2012-13747.
Friedman, S.A., 2011, Magnetic Properties of Mantle Xenoliths and Implications for Long
Wavelength Magnetic Anomalies: Carbondale, Southern Illinois University. MSc. Thesis.
Friedman, S.A., Ferr, E.C., Mart n-Hern ndez, F., Feinberg, J.M., Conder, J.A., Ionov, D.A.,
2011. Mantle xenoliths of the North American subcontinental mantle: Magnetic properties
and petrologic and tectonic implications, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 362.
Ferr, E.C., Friedman, S.A., Conder, J.A., Mart n-Hern ndez, F., Ravat, D., 2010.
Quantification of induced and remanent magnetizations in the lithospheric mantle and
consequences for long wavelength magnetic anomalies. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(52), Fall
Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP21A-0987.
Friedman, S.A., Ferr, E.C., Mart n-Hern ndez, F., Ionov, D.A., Till, J.L., Feinberg, J.M., 2010.
Ferromagnetic minerals in peridotite xenoliths and petrological implications for lithospheric
mantle fO2, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP43B-1051.
Friedman, S.A., Ferr, E.C., Mart n-Hern ndez, F., Tommasi, A., and Belley, F., 2009.
Magnetism of mantle xenoliths: Potential clues on tectonic setting and extraction processes.
Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract GP41B-0820.