Jordan

A.

Thomson

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Blvd.,

Cohoes,

NY

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Education

Union

College,

Schenectady,

NY

June

2014

Bachelor

of

Science

in

Geology

Major

GPA:

3.51

Overall

GPA:

3.25

Work

Experience

O’Brien

&

Gere

Albany,

NY

Co-

Op

3

June

2014

-

Present

• Performed

river

surface

water

sampling,

low-

flow

groundwater

sampling,

groundwater

passive

bag

sampling,

and

direct

push

soil

vapor

point

sampling.

• Prepared

various

report

deliverables

including

graphs

and

tables,

rock

cores,

packer

testing

and

chemistry

data.

Academic

Experience

Senior

Thesis

Smyrna,

NC

&

Schenectady,

NY

Researcher

April-

Present

• Conducted

research

on

the

reliability

of

δ13C

and

δ18O

as

a

proxy

for

hurricane

reconstruction

in

Loblolly

Pine

(Pinus

taeda)

in

coastal

North

Carolina,

using

high-

resolution

tree

ring

analysis.

Biogeochemistry

Schenectady,

NY

&

San

Salvador,

Bahamas

Researcher

September-

December

2011

• Conducted

research

to

determine

the

affects

of

salinity

on

photosynthesis

and

respiration

rates

of

microbial

mats

in

two

hypersaline

lakes.

Stable

Isotopes

Schenectady,

NY

Researcher

September-

November

2012

• Conducted

research

to

determine

the

effects

of

landfill

leachate

on

the

δ15N,

δ13C,

and

C/N

ratios

on

plants

and

animals

in

the

Albany

Pine

Bush

Preserve

(downstream

of

the

Albany

Landfill).

Tectonics

&

Volcanology

Dominica

&

Barbados

Researcher

November-

December

2012

• Interpreted

the

tectonics

behind

the

formation

of

Barbados.

• Interpreted

the

island

arc

complex

of

Dominica.

Oceanography

York

Beach,

Maine

&

Schenectady,

NY

Researcher

December-

March

2012

• Conducted

research

on

the

chemistry

of

ocean

water

from

Maine

and

the

Florida

Keys.

Collegiate

Activities

Geology

Club

Schenectady,

NY

President

March

2013-

March

2014

• Organized

a

trip

to

clean

the

Petrified

Sea

Garden

in

Saratoga

Springs,

NY.

• Organized

of

events

to

encourage

out

of

classroom

interaction

between

students

and

faculty.

Teacher’s

Assistant

Schenectady,

NY

Earth

and

Life

Through

Time Prof.

David

Gillikin

March-

June

2012,

2013,

2014

• Assisted

during

lab

hours.

• Held

office

hours

and

conducted

exam

review

sessions.

Study

Abroad

India

• Traveled

to

different

parts

of

India

with

Union

College

students

and

faculty

to

Nov

2013

better

understand

the

socio-

economical

and

environmental

challenges

faced

by

one

of

the

world’s

largest

countries.

Grants

and

Fellowships

Environmental

Science,

Policy

&

Engineering

Mellon

Fellowship

July-

August

2013

Awarded

grant

money

for

summer

research

and

travel

to

get

to

North

Carolina

to

collect

tree

•

samples

for

my

senior

thesis.

Undergraduate

Student

Research

Grant

January-

June

2014

Awards

and

Publications

Senior

Geology

Faculty

Award

May

2014

Geologic

Society

of

America

Abstracts

with

Programs

March

2014

• Paper

No.

46-

32

Association

of

American

Geographers

Abstracts

with

Programs

April

2014

Certifications

40-

Hr

HAZWOPER

Safety

Training

July

2014

Confined

Space

Entry

Training

July

2014

Skills

Grapher,

RockWorks,

gINT,

Adobe

Illustrator,

Microsoft

Office,

Excel,

PowerPoint,

Continuous

Flow

Mass

Spectrometer

and

other

laboratory

equipment

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