USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: - '@type': Organization name: American Geophysical Union - '@type': Organization name: European Association of Geochemistry - '@type': Organization name: European Geophysical Union - '@type': Organization name: Geological Society of America - '@type': Organization name: Society of Economic Geologists description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Research Geologist with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: Sean Gaynor is a Research Geologist with the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry (G3) Science Center in Denver, CO. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: "I am an economic geologist focused on generating and integrating datasets\ \ to better understand geological and societal aspects of mineral resources,\ \ ranging from their formation in mineral systems to documenting mining operations,\ \ including both active and legacy features.Through my career, I\u2019ve worked\ \ on understanding rates and sources of geologic processes, and largely approach\ \ these types of scientific questions using radiogenic isotope geochemistry\ \ and geochronology, while integrating other sub-disciplinary approaches such\ \ as sedimentology, structural geology or geophysics. My research interests\ \ include economic geology, large igneous provinces, batholith formation, supervolcano\ \ eruptions, igneous petrology, global climate change in deep time, thermochronology,\ \ the geochemical evolution of the lithosphere, extensional tectonics and the\ \ development of high-precision geochronology. My research has spanned over\ \ several continents and included geologic research ranging from the Archean\ \ to the present, and ore and mineral deposits in the Colorado Mineral Belt,\ \ the Southern Rocky Mountains, the Arizona-New Mexico porphyry Cu belt, South\ \ Africa, Croatia, Serbia, China and Nicaragua." additionalType: personal statement email: sgaynor@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018) - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: M.S., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University (2013) - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential name: B.S., Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011) hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gggsc roleName: Research Geologist startDate: '2024-05-12T14:27:10.459641' - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Research Geologist (2024-present) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Associate Research Specialist, Princeton University (2022-2024) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Geneva (2019-2022) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Geoscience Intern, Anadarko Petroleum Company (2018) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Geoscience Intern, Chevron Mining Inc. (2013, 2014) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013-2017) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Graduate Research Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013) - '@type': Occupation additionalType: self-claimed professional experience name: Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University (2011-2013) identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q165961 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0002-8353-511X jobTitle: Research Geologist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Economic Geology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Geochronology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Isotope Geochemistry - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Igneous Petrology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Mineral Resources memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-12T14:27:10.457021' name: Sean P. Gaynor, Ph.D. url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/sean-p-gaynor