usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:52:58.607223' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/robert-mcdermott profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D. 2020 Utah State University, Logan, UT Geology - B.S. 2014 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Geology email: rmcdermott@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Thermochronology - Microtextural analysis - Geologic mapping - Structural geology and tectonics honors: [] intro_statements: - Rob McDermott is a USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska. His primary research tool is low-temperature thermochronology (particularly the (U-Th)/He system in Fe-oxide, apatite, and zircon), complemented by detailed field and microtextural observations and modeling of thermal processes. name: Robert McDermott, Ph.D. name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-2550-0322 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center organization_name: Alaska Science Center personal_statement: Current USGS research is focused on better understanding the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of Alaska through geochemistry and thermochronology of heavy minerals in river sediments. Past and ongoing research projects are geared towards deconvolving the rock record of paleoearthquakes, dating fault slip and mineralization, and investigating tectonic and landscape evolution in the Wasatch (northern UT) and Denali (southwest Yukon) fault zones. He holds a B.S. (2014) in Geology with a mathematics concentration from the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD (2020) from Utah State University. professional_experience: - 2020 - Present Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, Anchorage, AK - 2014 - 2020 Graduate Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, UT - 2018 Instructor (Geologic Field Methods), Utah State University, Logan, UT - 2014 NAGT/USGS Intern, Menlo Park, CA - 2012 - 2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA title: Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow