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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:02:02.259574'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/myles-moore
 profile:
   abstracts:
   - "\u201CThe development of gas isotope tracers for hydrocarbon exploration in\
     \ unconventional shales\u201D Geological Society of America, Phoenix, Arizona,\
     \ 2019."
   - "\u201CImproved sampling technique to measure noble gas and hydrocarbon composition\
     \ of gas hydrate reservoirs in Green Canyon, Block GC 955, Gulf of Mexico\u201D\
     \ Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain, 2019."
   - "\u201CWater cycling on cultivated land: an investigation of the two water worlds\
     \ hypothesis in central Ohio\u201D Geological Society of America, Indianapolis,\
     \ Indiana, 2018."
   - "\u201CNoble gas and hydrocarbon geochemical composition of fluids associated\
     \ with gas hydrate formation in cores from Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon, Block\
     \ GC 955\u201D Geological Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018."
   - "\u201CNoble gas and hydrocarbon composition of gas hydrate reservoirs in Green\
     \ Canyon, Block GC 955\u201D Goldschmidt, Boston, Massachusetts, 2018."
   - "\u201CBaseline geochemistry of natural occurring methane and saline groundwater\
     \ in an area of unconventional shale gas development through time\u201D American\
     \ Geophysical Union, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017."
   - "\u201CThe source and timing of hydrocarbon generation in gas hydrate reservoirs\
     \ in Green Canyon Block 955\u201D American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, Louisiana,\
     \ 2017."
   - "\u201CIntegrating hydrocarbon and noble gas geochemistry to determine source\
     \ and timing of natural gas formation in coalbed methane reservoirs\u201D Goldschmidt,\
     \ Paris, France, 2017."
   - "\u201CThe genetic source and timing of natural gas formation in coalbed methane\
     \ reservoirs in the Illinois Basin, USA\u201D Applied Isotope Geochemistry,\
     \ Copper Mountain, Colorado, 2016."
   - "\u201CNoble gas, hydrocarbon, and nitrogen isotopic compositions of coalbed\
     \ methane reservoirs from the Illinois Basin\u201D Geological Society of America,\
     \ Denver, Colorado, 2016."
   - "\u201CNoble gas and hydrocarbon geochemistry of coalbed methane fields from\
     \ the Illinois Basin\u201D Geological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland,\
     \ 2015."
   - "\u201CGroundwater flow and geochemistry at greenwoods conservancy\u201D Northeastern\
     \ Geological Society of America, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2014."
   - "\u201CGeochemical assessment of stream sediments along Susquehanna Estuary\
     \ system\u201D Geological Society of America Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2013."
   - "\u201CPresence of mercury and comparison to other metals in lakes, rivers,\
     \ and streams in central New York\u201D Northeastern Geological Society of America,\
     \ Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 2013.\""
   affiliations:
   - Geological Society of America Member
   - American Geophysical Union member
   - European Geosciences Member
   - Groundwater Focus Committee of Indiana Member
   education:
   - 'Post-doctoral Researcher: Colorado School of Mines'
   - 'Post-doctoral Researcher: The Ohio State University'
   - 'Doctorate in Geochemistry: The Ohio State University'
   - 'Master of Earth Science: The Ohio State University'
   - 'Bachelor of Applied Science in Water Resource Management and a minor in Chemistry:
     The State University of New York at Oneonta'
   email: mtmoore@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors:
   - 2021        Star award for individual scientific contributions, USGS
   - 2019         Distinguished Senior Ph.D. Graduate Student Award, SES, OSU
   - 2018         Co-Recipient of the Society for Organic Petrology Dalway Swaine
     Award
   - 2016         Graduate Teaching Award, School of Earth Sciences, OSU
   - 2013          2014 Best and Brightest Award, SUNY Oneonta
   - 2013         Fliesher Field Geology Scholarship
   - "2013         Provost\u2019s List"
   - "2010 - 2014     Dean\u2019s List SUNY Oneonta"
   - 2012         Excellence in Water Resources, Geology and Earth Sciences
   - 2011         Kluge Academic Scholarship
   - 2010 - 2014     Ancillary Services Scholarship
   - 2009            Eagle Scout, Troop 271, Mahopac Falls, NY
   intro_statements:
   - Myles incorporates field data with geochemical analyses to understand how surface
     water and groundwater interact and transport. He has used this expertise to
     understand the mechanisms of how oil, natural gas, and brine form in the subsurface
     and can then later migrate into groundwater aquifers along with understanding
     hydrologic cycling in agricultural fields.
   name: Myles Moore, PhD
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-4405-8349
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oki-water
   organization_name: Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Myles attended State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta
     for his undergraduate studies, majoring in water resource management and minoring
     in chemistry. For his bachelors work he sampled water and soil from lakes, rivers,
     and streams throughout upstate New York to understand how mercury and other
     toxic metals were being incorporated into fish.He then attended the Ohio State
     University (OSU) on a research and teaching fellowship, where he received his
     master and doctoral degrees. During this time, he expanded upon his scientific
     communication abilities by teaching the introduction to earth science lectures
     and lab sessions. He also developed new techniques to collect and analyze gas
     samples for hydrocarbon and noble gas abundance and isotopic compositions using
     gas chromatography and noble gas mass spectrometry. These techniques were employed
     to understand how hydrocarbons could form in complex environments such as coalbed
     methane and gas hydrate reservoirs. This work also helped to delineate the source
     of fugitive gas and brine contamination in West Virginia, where multiple sources
     of oil and gas could have been contaminating drinking water aquifers. While
     at OSU he also developed a technique to extract water out of soil to analyze
     the oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition to understand how water was migrating
     in agricultural fields and being used by crops.After this, he did a student
     contractor position at the USGS Denver, where he expanded further upon his understanding
     of how oil and gas from well fields or fertilizer from agricultural fields could
     impact drinking water quality. This involved learning additional noble gas mass
     spectrometry methods, to analyze the dissolved gas in water samples collected
     from these complex environments.He then attended Colorado School of Mines, where
     he further advanced his understanding of how hydrocarbon composition can change
     due to the migration of oil and gas. This work helped to understand the conditions
     in which hydrate blockages could occur in oil and gas transmission lines. This
     involved mimicking transmission oil and gas line conditions at varying temperatures,
     pressures, and water and oil contents to determine when hydrate blockage could
     occur and the amount of methanol that would be required to remove that blockage.In
     addition to the field sampling and analytical lab skills Myles has developed
     from his studies, he also has advanced his data interpretation and statistical
     abilities. He has incorporated mixing, gas fractionation migration, and sourcing
     models to understand where water has migrated from, what sources of water are
     contributing to groundwater reservoirs, and where contaminated groundwater could
     be migrating next. He pairs these modeling results with statistical data to
     demonstrate how correlations between geochemical parameters and groups of data
     can provide evidence as to the processes controlling groundwater flow in these
     complex environments.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist