USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person 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: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Physical Scientist with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject 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. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject 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 - '@type': TextObject 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.' additionalType: staff profile page abstract - '@type': TextObject 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" - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential 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" hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole 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" identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q49762 - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: ORCID value: 0000-0003-3322-0870 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: '@type': OrganizationalRole 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