Emily Meyer 

Education

 

M.S. Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, July 2025

            Thesis: Geochemistry water/rock interactions

            Advisor: Dr. John Kaszuba

 

B.A. Geology, Communications Studies Minor, Magna Cum Laude, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, May 2023

• Relevant Coursework: Geochemistry of the Environment, Evolution of the Earth, Sedimentary Systems, Tectonics, Earth Materials, Earth Surface Processes, Climate Change: Geo-Solutions, Research in Geology I and II, Public Discourse, Screen: Introduction to Media Studies, Intercultural Communication, Media and Democracy, Small Group Communication, Advocacy and Change, General Chemistry, General Biology, General Physics I and II, Calculus, Religion and Ecology, Climate Change and Conservation in Costa Rica (abroad), Water and Environmental Chemistry with lab, Aquatic Biology with lab, GIS 1, Environmental Data Analysis, Fundamentals of Research, Phase Diagrams, SEM, ExxonMobil Short Course: “Subsurface Geology and Fluid Flow: Application in Basic Geologic Modeling” (September 2023)

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Summary of Skills

• Give presentations for various audiences

• Synthesizing data for lab reports

• Field readings taken with Quanta and Sonde

• Soil analysis with total organic carbon analyzer

• Fieldwork for sampling groundwater and soil samples

• Communication and writing experience in technical and lab reports

• Class D driver's license

• Communicating scientific concepts to a general audience

• Semester long projects implementing communication and community change

• Logging core and developing stratigraphic column

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Detail-oriented with exceptional problem-solving skills

• Self-motivated

 

Experience

Research Assistantship, July 2023 - Present

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

• Assisting in student experiments in a hydrothermal lab

• Work with rocker bombs, pH probes, spectrophotometer, and coulometer

 

Senior research project, April 2022 - October 2022

Understanding soil erosion and crop productivity

• Project about understanding the relationship between soil erosion and crop productivity

• Collected and processed soil and biomass samples and data

• Worked on analyzing data and writing final report

 

Groundwater Student Worker, May 2022 - August 2022

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Groundwater monitoring position

• Used maps and coordinates to find and sample monitoring wells

• Took field measurements, sample collection

• Data entry into spreadsheets and EDGE software

 

Teaching Assistant for GEO-111, February 2022 - May 2022

Gustavus Geology Department, St. Peter, MN

• Graded students’ lab worksheets

• Assisted students in understanding intro geology topics

 

Agriculture intern, May 2021 - October 2021

Seneca Foods

• Assisted field representatives on spreadsheet entry, seed delivery, and other various tasks

• Set up sample sites for crop sampling and checked fields independently

• Communicated with farmers

 

Dog Bather, August 2016 – July 2023

Rio Grooming School & Salon

• Independently cover assigned appointments

• Customer service

 

Theta Xi Gamma Sorority, September 2020 – May 2023

Positions held: New member education, banquet planner, community service, PR/Vis

• Organized and scheduled community outreach events, two-week new member education period, a formal banquet dinner, and a philanthropic fundraiser