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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