Allyson N. Murray MurrayAN@UMich.

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EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI U.S.A. 2022-present
Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Science
• Advisor: Dr. Adam Simon
• Dissertation Topic: Fluid inclusion and melt inclusion study of the El
Laco Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit, Chile
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ U.S.A. 2019-2021
Master of Science, Geology (GPA: 4.0)
• Advisor: Dr. Michael Ort
• Area of Study: Igneous Petrology
• Thesis Topic: Determining magmatic volatile contributions to the
Campanian Ignimbrite, Italy
• Committee: Dr. Michael Ort, Dr. Nancy Riggs, Dr. Kayla Iacovino
Stockton University, Galloway, NJ U.S.A. 2015-2019
Bachelor of Science, Geology and Marine Science
w/ concentration in Oceanography
• Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.96)
• Distinction in the Honors Program

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
EARTH 120: Geology of the National Parks Fall 2022
• University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI
Adjunct instructor Spring 2022
• Brookdale Community College; Hazlet, NJ
• ENVR-107 Environmental Science Lecture and Lab
Substitute high/middle school teacher (Old Bridge, NJ) 2021-present
• Valid NJ Teacher of Earth Science teaching license
GLG 103: Physical Geology Lab (Teaching Assistant) Fall 2019
• Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ
GLG 309: Earth Materials Lab (Teaching Assistant) Fall 2019
• Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ
GEOL 2105: Physical Geology Lab (Teaching Assistant) Spring 2018
• Stockton University; Galloway, NJ

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LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
Graduate researcher at University of Michigan 2022-present
Graduate researcher at Northern Arizona University 2019-2021
Undergraduate researcher at Stockton University 2016-2019
Project: Petrogenesis and Magmatic Relationships of Cretaceous
Laramide Igneous Rocks of Southeast Arizona
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Severs; Stockton University
Project: Reinvestigating Old Iron Mines of the New Jersey Highlands
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Severs; Stockton University
Visiting undergraduate researcher at the University of Rhode Island 2018
Graduate School of Oceanography
Project: Sedimentary Signatures of Climate Variability and Tectonic
Activity in Lake Azuei, Haiti: Possible Implications for Natural Hazards
Advisor: Dr. Marie-Helene Cormier; University of Rhode Island Graduate
School of Oceanography

FIELD EXPERIENCE
Mapping in southern Arizona, Geology Field Camp (student) 2020
Mapping in Northeast (NJ, PA, MA, and NY), Geology Field Course (student) 2018
Sample collection in southern Arizona 2018
Sample collection in abandoned mines in the New Jersey Highlands 2017
Field assistant at Higbee Beach marsh; Cape May, NJ 2016

SKILLS
● SIMS analysis ● Melt Inclusion Preparation
● SEM analysis ● Fluid Inclusion Preparation
● Petrographic Microscopy ● Fluid/Melt Inclusion
● X-Ray Diffraction Spectrometry Microthermometry
● X-Ray Fluorescence ● Indium and Epoxy Mounting
● Thin Section Preparation ● Dry and Wet Sieving
● Carbon-14 Radiometric Dating ● Opendtect Seismic Analysis
Sample Preparation ● Python
● Field Mapping ● R
● Synchrotron; Advanced Photon
Source

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AWARDS AND FUNDING
Rackham Merit Fellowship 2022
• University of Michigan
School of Earth and Environmental Science Departmental Fellowship 2022
• University of Michigan; declined for Rackham Merit Fellowship
Montgomery Prize ($2,500) 2021
Bedwell Earth Physics Award ($1,400) 2020
Herman Zablatzky Award ($1,500) 2019
Pioneer Natural Resources Research Award ($1,000) 2019
Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship ($3,000) 2019
Student Travel Fund 2019
• Stockton University, to travel to GSA Northeast Conference
Kenneth N. Weaver Travel Award 2019
• Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting
Fellowship for Distinguished Students ($1,000) 2018
• Analysis of Cretaceous Volcanic and Plutonic Rocks of Southeast Arizona
• Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Webber; Stockton University
Research Experience for Undergraduate Award ($1,500) 2018
• Analysis of Cretaceous Volcanic and Plutonic Rocks of Southeast Arizona
• Advisor: Dr. Daniel Moscovici; Stockton University
Marvin “Mac” Clark Scholarship ($2,000) 2018
Dr. Carol Slocum Book Award ($1,000) 2018
Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship ($5,500) 2018
• National Science Foundation, University of Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship (SURFO)
Student Travel Fund 2018
• Stockton University, to travel to GSA Northeastern Conference
Kenneth N. Weaver Travel Award 2018
• Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting
Research Experience for Undergraduate Award ($1,500) 2017
• Reinvestigating Old Iron Mines in the New Jersey Highlands
• Advisor: Dr. Matthew Severs; Stockton University
Neal Munch Scholarship ($2,000) 2017
Dean Dennis and Susan Weiss Scholarship in Marine Science ($1,050) 2017
Dean’s List 2015- 2019
Stockton University Provost Scholarship ($11,000 per year) 2015- 2019

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PUBLICATIONS
Murray, A.N., Ort, M.H., Iacovino, K., Smith, V.C., Giordano, G., and Isaia., R.
Evidence of shallow storage and re-equilibration of magmas feeding the 39.8 ka
Campanian Ignimbrite (Italy) eruption. (In prep.).

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Murray, A.N., Ort, M.H., Iacovino, K., Smith, V.C., Giordano, G., and Isaia, R. (2021,
December). Evidence of Shallow Storage and Re-equilibration of Magmas
Feeding the 39.8 ka Campanian Ignimbrite (Italy) eruption. American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Invited student panelist Fall 2020
Geological Association of New Jersey Annual meeting
Murray, A.N., Fuorry, D., Severs, M.J., Webber, J.R., and Moskalski, S. (2019, March).
Petrogenesis and Magmatic Relationships of Cretaceous Laramide Igneous Rocks
of Southeast Arizona. Geological Society of America Northeast Conference,
Portland, Maine.
Cormier, M.H., Sloan, H., King, J.W., Boisson, D., Guerrier, K., Hearn, C.K., Heil, C.W.,
Kelly, R.P., Momplaisir, R., Murray, A.N., Sorlien, C.C., Symithe, S.J., Ulysse,
S.M.J., and Wattrus, N.J. (2018, December). Late Quaternary Fault-Related
Folding, Uplifted Paleoshoreline, and Liquefaction Structures: Clues About
Transpressional Activity Along the North American-Caribbean Plate Boundary
From a Comprehensive Seismic Reflection Survey of Lake Azuei, Haiti. American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
Murray, A.N., Langschultz, J.T., and Severs, M.J. (2018, March). Reinvestigating Iron
Mines of the New Jersey Highlands. Geological Society of America Northeastern
Conference, Burlington, Vermont.

INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Murray, A.N., 2021, Determining magmatic volatile contributions to the Campanian
Ignimbrite, Italy [M.S. thesis]: Northern Arizona University.
Murray, A.N., and Cormier, M.H., 2018, Sedimentary signatures of climate variability
and tectonic activity in Lake Azuei, Haiti: Possible implications for natural
hazards. SURFO, "SURFO Technical Report No. 18-01". SURFO Technical
Reports. Paper 15.

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Economic Geologists 2022-present
• Treasurer, University of Michigan Chapter
American Geophysical Union 2018-present
Geological Society of America 2017-present
• Northeast Section, Rocky Mountain Section; North-Central Section Member
• Member of the Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

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