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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:00:33.787786'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joshua-a-coyan
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (Geological Survey of Brazil)
   - Geological Survey of Canada, Geoscience Australia
   - Goskomzemgeodezkadastr (Geological Survey of Uzbekistan)
   - NASA Ames
   - Solar System Exploration Resource Virtual Institute (SSERVI)
   education:
   - Ph.D. degree, Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, 2011.
   - M.S. degree, Geology, Arizona State University, 2005.
   - B.S. degree, Geology, Arizona State University, 2003.
   email: jcoyan@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Geostatistics Modeling
   - Machine Learning
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Josh Coyan is a Research Geologist at the Geology, Mineral, Energy, and Geophysics
     (GMEG) Science Center. He received a M.S. and Ph.D. in geology from Arizona
     State University. Since joining the USGS in 2016, Josh has devoted his career
     to studying resource assessments and specializes in geostatistics.
   name: Joshua A Coyan, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-8450-7364
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gmeg
   organization_name: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
   personal_statement: Presently Josh's research focuses on predicting and understanding
     the distribution of critical minerals and valuable resources on Earth, Mars,
     and the Lunar surface!Josh is a geologist who works at the USGS Spokane Office,
     Spokane, Washington. He provides expertise in, structural geology, statistics,
     two-, three-, and four- dimension modeling, and machine learning. His recent
     work includes a tungsten resource assessment in the Great Basin, platinum group
     elements in the Duluth Complex of the Mid-Continent Rift, and subsurface geometry
     in southwest Montana.He is also a co-investigator for the Solar System Exploration
     Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), Resources for Exploration & Science of
     OUR Cosmic Environment (RESOURCE) project and NASAs Volatiles Investigating
     Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project.
   professional_experience:
   - 2016 - Present, Research Geologist, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics
     Science Center, Spokane WA.
   - 2011-2016 Exploration and Development Geologist, Chevron Corporation, Houston,
     TX.
   title: Research Geologist