NAME: Timothy J Sherry CURRENT TITLE: Earth Science Intern, Geology & Geophysical Operations, Chevron AREA OF EXPERTISE: Structural and Earthquake Geology YEARS EXPERIENCE: 2 EDUCATION: Wrapping up MSc at McGill University WEBSITE: http://upsection.blogspot.com What’s your job like? When most people hear the word “internship” they think of a college kid running around fetching cups of coffee for meetings, making photocopies, and organizing files. This is not the case. As an intern (this is true both for last summer and this summer), I was given a project that contributed to my teams. In other words, the projects matter, and the results are used by the team. I’ve now worked two internships for two different sides of the company as a structural geologist. Last year I was on an exploration team, and my project had a large research component digging into the previous literature. On top of that I learned and gained experience interpreting
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New Guest Post! Intern, Structural Geologist, Timothy Sherry @tsherryUSA: A Day in the Life Series
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PhD Candidate, Structural Geology, Andrew Cross: A Day in the Life Series @TectonoAndy
NAME: Andrew Cross CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate AREA OF EXPERTISE: Structural geology and rock deformation, New Zealand YEARS EXPERIENCE: 3 EDUCATION: MESci Geology with Geophysics (University of Liverpool) WEBSITE: http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/people/students/cross/index.html What’s your job like? I am a final year graduate student at the University of Otago in New Zealand. My research focusses on the way rocks deform at a micro-scale, and how those processes affect the deformation and strength of the Earth’s crust, which is an important part of understanding plate tectonics. I am part of the tectonophysics group in the geology department at Otago, and work alongside other grad students and professors who study deformation processes during earthquakes, in mountain belts, the Earth’s mantle, and even in ice. I use a wide variety of techniques in my research, including deformation experiments at high pressures and temperatures, scanning electron microscopy, numerical modelling and fieldwork. A large portion of my time
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