Item talk:Q48146

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:02:13.272461'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/leah-e-morgan
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - 2018-present, Affiliate Faculty, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
   - 2021, co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Geochronology
   - 2019, vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Geochronology
   - 2018-2019, Chair and Founder, Geochronology Division of the Geological Society
     of America
   - 2019-present, Advisory Member, Committee for the Stratigraphy and Chronology
     Commission, International Union for Quaternary Research
   - 2018-present, Steering Committee Member, EarthRates Research Coordination Network
   education:
   - Ph.D. Earth & Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, 2009
   - B.S. Geology, Carleton College, 2004
   email: lemorgan@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - geochronology
   honors:
   - 2019, USGS Superior Service Award
   intro_statements:
   - Leah Morgan is a Research Geologist with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry
     Science Center.
   name: Leah E Morgan, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-9930-524X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gggsc
   organization_name: Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
   personal_statement: I joined the 40Ar/39Ar geochronology lab at the USGS in Denver,
     Colorado as a research geologist in 2015. I was previously a Marie Curie postdoctoral
     fellow at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Center and at the
     Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I received a PhD from the University of California
     at Berkeley in 2009, and a BA from Carleton College in 2004. I was born and
     raised in Vermont.I have worked on a range of applications and method development
     issues in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Applications have largely focused on questions
     in paleoanthropology and the geologic timescale. Method development projects
     include developing metrologically traceable systems for measuring absolute quantities
     of 40Ar and 40K, and the design of a mobile neutron source for the futurein
     situdeployment of 40Ar/39Ar capabilities on planetary surfacesUSGS Service2020-present,
     USGS TRIGA Reactor Operating Committee2017-present, USGS Radiation Safety Committee2016-present,
     USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar Series Convener2018-2020 GGGSC Early Career
     Advisory Team, GGGSC
   professional_experience:
   - 2015-present, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
   - 2014, Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology Department, Carleton College
   - 2011-2014, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Scottish Universities Environmental
     Research Center, University of Glasgow, Scotland
   - 2009-2011, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The
     Netherlands
   title: Research Geologist