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CGrADS Site Visit Participant - Amanda Mosola

Educational Background

• B.A. Geology from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1992.
• Presently in fourth year of the PhD program in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University

Amanda Mosola
Graduate Student, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Rice University

Phone: (713)-348-3335
amosola@rice.edu
http://zephyr.rice.edu/department/students/amosola/
Research Advisor: Dr. John B. Anderson

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Research Experience:

The objective of my dissertation research is to study the geologic record of the movement and behavior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the eastern and central Ross Sea.

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Publications:

1. Anderson, J.B., Wellner, J.S., Lowe, A.L., Mosola, A.B. and Shipp, S.S October 2001. Footprint of the Expanded West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Ice Stream History and Behavior. GSAToday, Vol. 11, No. 10.

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Awards and Honors:

• The Mack Gipson Award - September 2001
• Alliances for Graduate Education and Professoriate Summer Program - 2001
• National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists Scholarship - 2000
• Texaco Scholarship - September 2000
• Diversity Program in Science and Engineering - 1999-2001
• American Geological Institute Minority Participation Program - 1999-2002
• BP Exploration Minority Fellowship - Spring 1999
• Watt Fellowship in Natural Sciences - 1998

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Professional Activities:

For the past two years (2000 and 2001), I have attended the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop and the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists annual conference. I have presented papers at each of these meetings.

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