Stephanie Vincent
Last updated November 2015
Stephanie Vincent svincen3@uwyo.edu, (847) 271-1045 Department of Geology and Geophysics, 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071-2000 Education        University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY                         Expected End Date: Spring 2017 · MS Geology- Focus: Metamorphic Petrology · Advisors: Dr. Carol Frost and Dr. Ron Frost Hope College, Holland, MI          May 2015 · BS Geology, BA Chemistry (Cum Laude)- Overall GPA: 3.64/4.0, Geology course work GPA: 3.84/4.0 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand            Fall 2013 · Semester Study Abroad Research/ Fieldwork Experience Graduate Research- Black Rock Mountains, Fremont Country, WY     Summer 2015-present Advisors: Dr. Carol Frost and Dr. Ron Frost, University of Wyoming Making of a continent: evolution of the south-central Wyoming Province · Research integrating metamorphic petrology, tectonics, and geochronology focused on understanding the metamorphic history of the area  · Will do field work and lab work including mass spectrometry, ion microprobe, SHRIMP, and transmitted light microscopy Undergraduate Research- Stensjö Association, Obbhult, Sweden        Summer 2014 Advisor: Dr. Edward Hansen, Hope College and Dr. Leif Johansson, Lund University Megacrysts and partial melting in amphibolites from Halland Province, Southwestern Sweden · Attempted to reconstruct the reactions responsible for the formation of leucosomes by studying the associated megacrysts and mineral assemblages of the host rocks · Mapped for three weeks and collected samples in Sweden · Analyzed samples with a polarizing microscope and SEM/EDS and whole rock analysis was completed with x-ray florescence · Presented findings as a formal presentation at GSA 2014, Vancouver Field Course- Field Techniques, University of Canterbury, Westport, New Zealand            Fall 2013 · Mapped and described several areas along the West Coast of New Zealand · Created stratigraphic logs and measured applied biostratigraphic sections · Collected and interpreted structural data using stereonets Field Courses- Hope College · Regional Field Geology- West Coast and Central California              Spring 2013 · Michigan Field Geology- Upper Peninsula, MI            Fall 2012 Employment Teaching Assistant- University of Wyoming                     Fall 2015-present Petrology II: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology- Instructor: Dr. Ron Frost · Labs focused on mineral identification and techniques in transmitted light microscopy · Assisting teaching of phase diagrams and thermodynamics Undergraduate Teaching Assistant- Hope College            Fall 2014 Michigan Field Geology- Instructor: Dr. Ed Hansen · Co-taught 10-day field course in Upper Peninsula, MI · Instructed students, graded field books and exams, and increased students understanding of geology Environmental Geochemistry- Instructor: Dr. Ed Hansen · Graded problem sets and assisted professor when needed Hostess and Event Server            Summers 2011-2013 · Pinstripes (restaurant and entertainment venue) Day Camp Counselor          Summers 2011-2012 · Instructed and entertained 3-4 year old children Honors/ Awards · Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club Award (Senior Geology Award)              Spring 2015 · Sigma Xi Research Award                    Spring 2015 · Dean’s List                     Spring& Fall 2012, 2013, 2014, Spring 2015 · Michigan Space Grant Undergraduate Fellowship           Summer 2014 · Geology Faculty Book Award (Junior Geology Award)              Spring 2014 Professional Memberships · Geological Society of America (GSA)          August 2014-present · American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)         September 2015-present o Treasurer for University of Wyoming chapter Presentations, Abstracts, Publications · Vincent, S., Vandermeulen, R.C., Wade, R., LaRoche, A., Johansson, L., Hansen, E.C., 2014, Megacrysts and partial melting in amphibolites from Halland Province, Southwestern Sweden. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 553.  · Hansen, E., Johansson, L., Andersson, J., LaBarge, L., Harlov, D., Möller, C., Vincent, S., 2015, Partial melting in amphibolites in a deep section of the Sveconorwegian Orogen, SW Sweden. Lithos, v. 236-237, p. 27-45.
Stephanie Vincent
Last updated November 2015