Andrea Lauren-Taylor Creighton
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics acreight@uwyo.edu Dept. 3006 (360)434-1512 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071
Education
2014- Ph.D. Geophysics, Graduate Assistant,
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming.
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Parsekian
2010-2014 B.S. Geology, cum laude, Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth
Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South
Carolina. Minor: Modern Languages – Chinese. GPA: 3.71
2012 Exchange Student, Dalian University of Technology, School of International Education, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Work Experience
2014- Graduate Assistant, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Research focus in utilizing surface
nuclear magnetic resonance to understand the hydrology of thermokarst lakes and
permafrost
thaw.
2014, summer Teaching Assistant, Summer
of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE), Los Alamos National Lab, Santa Fe, NM
Assisted in managing student field
execution of multiple geophysical methods. Supervised GPR data analysis done by
students.
2014, summer Trip
Leader, Western U.S. Field Study Course, Clemson University
Leading a summer field course through
Southern Utah, guiding trips through national parks and lecturing on the local
geology.
2013, summer REU
Student, Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience, Los Alamos National Lab,Santa Fe, NM
Gained experience in multiple geophysical
methods including: seismic reflection and refraction, transient
electromagnetics,
magnetotullerics, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetics.
Inverted TEM data to determine the geothermal potential of a
shallow aquifer.
2011-2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant,
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Assisted in research on unexploded
ordinance detection during infiltration events.
2011-2014 Project Manager, Creative Inquiry,
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Designed and constructed an experiment to
test the effect of topography on infiltration rate using geophysical methods.
2010-2011 Student
Associate, Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson, SC
Opened, closed, and ran the
museum unsupervised on weekends.
Presentations
Creighton, A, 2014. Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Image Infiltration in Rain Gardens, Clemson University David Snipes Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
Creighton, A., Gulley, A., Bedrosian P., Pellerin L., 2013. Laterally Constrained Inversions of TEM Data from the Buckman Well Field, New Mexico, and the Hydro geological Implications. Council on Undergraduate Research, Arlington, Virginia.
Mangel, A., Moysey, S., Creighton, A., Song, Y., 2013, Time-lapse 3D GPR imaging of a lab-scale forced infiltration experiment, Clemson University David Snipes Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson, South Carolina.
Creighton, A., Mangel, A., and Moysey, S.M., 2012. Three-dimensional time-lapse infiltration monitoring using multi-channel ground penetrating radar, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 7, p.250.
Mangel, A., Moysey, S., Creighton, A., Smolka, A., and Finley, M. 2012, Monitoring infiltration in 3D using multi-channel ground-penetrating radar, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2012, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1190/segam2012-1355.1
Mangel, A., Moysey, S., Creighton, A., Smolka, A., Finley, M., 2012, 3D multi-channel GPR imaging of a lab-scale infiltration experiment, Clemson University David Snipes Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
Skills
Software: MATLAB, SiTEM & Semdi, WinGLink, GIS, GMS, HYDRUS 1D
Equiptment: Sensors &Software pulseEKKO Pro GPR system, Zonge 32 ii GDP TEM receiver, GMR, EM 31
Service
2014 Disaster Action Team- American
Red Cross
2013-2014 President- Clemson Geology Club
2013-2014 Vice-President- Environmental Engineering
Geophysical Society
2012-2013 Treasurer- Clemson Geology Club
2011-2014 Member- Gamma Sigma Sigma, National
Service Sorority
Awards and Achievements
2014 Thomas F. Logan Jr. Geology
Merit Award, Clemson University
2013 Jean G. Stillwell Award for
Outstanding Junior, Clemson University
2013 Anadarko/SEG Scholarship
2013 GSA/ExxonMobil Bighorn Basin
Field Award
2013 GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp
Scholar Award
2013 National Association of
Geoscience Teachers Scholarship for Field Study
2011-2014 Dolphin Scholarship for Military Children
Professional Societies
2013-now Environmental &
Engineering Geophysical Society
2013-now Society of
Exploration Geophysicists
2012-now Geological
Society of America