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USGS Staff Profile:

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 affiliation:
 - '@type': Organization
   name: International Association of Geoanalysts (IAG)
 - '@type': Organization
   name: Geological Society of America (GSA)
 award:
 - 2016 Winter Plasma Conference award for outstanding poster for session
 - 2015 University of Tasmania School of Science Engineering and Technology award
   for outstanding professional staff member
 description:
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   abstract: Physical Scientist with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science
     Center
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   abstract: I am the laboratory manager for the USGS-LTRACE laboratory that specializes
     in laser ablation ICP-MS chemistry and geochronology of solid materials including
     minerals, glasses, powdered rocks, shells, and fossils. This laboratory houses
     several excimer lasers and an Agilent 8900 ICP-MS/MS for routine chemical analysis
     and method development.
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   abstract: "My research includes analytical method development for laser ablation\
     \ ICP-MS for: 1) quantitative trace element analyses in minerals to investigate\
     \ potential matrix effects by developing new mineral reference materials and\
     \ 2) develop beta-decay geochronometers (e.g., 176Lu-176Hf, 187Re-187Os) with\
     \ direct applications to ore deposit research in the Mineral Resources Program.I\
     \ have a background in igneous petrology with a Master\u2019s degree (2009)\
     \ from the University of Iowa where I studied causes of chemical and isotopic\
     \ variations within a small volume, monogenetic basalt flow (the Ice Springs\
     \ flow) in central Utah. After my thesis I worked as a laboratory manager at\
     \ the University of Iowa in a Clean Lab for Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb, Ra, Th and U separation\
     \ for isotopic analysis and ran an ICP-MS and laser ablation instrumentation.\
     \ In 2011 I moved to Australia to work at the CODES Laboratories at the University\
     \ of Tasmania. There, I managed an LA-ICP-MS lab, oversaw a method development\
     \ program, and produced many reports on U-Pb geochronology on a wide range of\
     \ minerals and ore deposit types. I started a part-time PhD in 2015 on LA-ICP-MS\
     \ method development while working full time, with a completion in 2021. The\
     \ two directions of my PhD research were to better understand the ionizing plasma\
     \ in ICP-MS instrumentation when coupled with laser ablation, and to improve\
     \ zircon and apatite U-Pb geochronological analyses by LA-ICP-MS. I In 2019,\
     \ I joined the ARES group at the Johnson Space Center where I developed methods\
     \ for trace element and isotopic analysis of astromaterials and their terrestrial\
     \ analogs. I started at the USGS in January of 2021, wherein I have managed\
     \ laboratories and collaborated with multiple groups in the USGS, by providing\
     \ cutting edge methods for mineral chemistry and geochronology for advancing\
     \ research in ore deposit research."
   additionalType: personal statement
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   abstract: 'Thompson, Jay, Emsbo, Poul, and Souders, Kate, 2022, High spatial resolution
     Re-Os dating of molybdenite and black shales using LA-ICP-"triple quad" MS:
     Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol 54, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-380344.'
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   abstract: 'Thompson, Jay, Marsh, Erin E., Pillers, Renee M., and Chapman, Rob,
     2022, Fingerprinting Placer Gold Alloy from the Yukon-Tanana Uplands of Eastern
     Alaska: Integrating Trace Element and Pb Isotopic Chemistry of Gold (Invited):
     2022 Goldschmidt Conference, 10-15 July, Honolulu, HI, https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2022.11353.'
   additionalType: staff profile page abstract
 email: jmthompson@usgs.gov
 hasCredential:
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: "PhD 2021 \u2013 University of Tasmania: Understanding the Specifics of\
     \ H2O-free Aerosol Behavior in the Inductively-Coupled Plasma in Geochemical\
     \ LA-ICPMS Applications"
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   name: "M.S. 2009 \u2013 University of Iowa: Petrogenesis of the Ice Springs Flow,\
     \ Utah: A Melt Inclusion Record of Crustal Assimilation"
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: "B.S. with honors 2006 \u2013 University of Iowa, Geoscience"
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   affiliatedOrganization:
     '@type': Organization
     name: Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gggsc
   roleName: Physical Scientist
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:05:11.098715'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "2021 \u2013 Present: Physical Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey in\
     \ the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center managing a LA-ICP-MS\
     \ laboratory"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "2019 \u2013 2020: Laser ablation-MC-ICP-MS Isotope Geochemist \u2013 Jacobs\
     \ / JETS \u2013 Johnson Space Center NASA"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2019: Deputy Leader of CODES Analytical Laboratories at the University
     of Tasmania'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2011-2018:  Laboratory Manger in CODES Analytical Laboratories at the University
     of Tasmania'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "2009 \u2013 2011: Laboratory Manager \u2013 University of Iowa \u2013 Earth\
     \ Science Department"
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 jobTitle: Physical Scientist
 knowsAbout:
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Laser Ablation ICP-MS
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Geochronology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Mineralogy
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: radiogenic isotope geochemistry
 memberOf:
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   member:
     '@type': Organization
     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-12T16:05:11.096086'
 name: Jay M. Thompson, Ph.D.
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jay-m-thompson