Zeynep Oner Baran, Ph.D.

 

Ph.D. Geology: Miami University, Oxford OH (2005 – 2012)
B.Sc. Geological Engineering: Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (2000-2004)

INTERNSHIP AND FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Internship: (June 2005-August 2005) MTA (Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Ankara, Turkey)

FIELD STUDIES:

 

• (November, 2020) Grand Canyon, Death Valley & The Bare Mountain Complex, NV-AR-CA.

• (September, 2018) Field Trip to Bighorn Mountains and Powder River Basin, WY.

• (September, 2018) Field trip to Rochford Mining District and Standby Mine, SD

• (November, 2016; May 2017) Field excursion in Bare Mountain Core Complex and Bullfrog-Fluorspar Canyon Detachment system to study extensional deformation and structural controls on gold occurrences. 

• (October, 2016) Field excursion in Marigold Mine District to investigate major structures and geologic processes controlling gold occurrences

• (May, 2015) Research field trip to Keystone Gold mine district, visit at Mineral Mountain Mine Company.

• (March, 2015) Research field trip between Keystone, Deadwood, and Sturgis areas: Sampling Tertiary intrusions for structural and petrographic analysis

• (November, 2014) Research meeting and geology field trip in Marigold Mine District, Silver Standard Mining Co.

• (June, 2014) Teaching field geology during 5-week field camp: Geological mapping exercises along the North Anatolian Fault zone near Taskesti (Bolu Province), Sivrihisar (Eskisehir province), Nallihan-Beypazari (Ankara province), Dokurcun (Sakarya Province); sampling post-collisional intrusions near Sivrihisar area

• (April, 2014) Observation and documentation of contractional deformational structures in Minnekahta limestone, South Dakota (USA)

• (September, 2013) Structural Geology Field Trip: Understanding extensional structures in Reva Gap, SD

• (June, 2013) Teaching field geology during 5-week field camp: Geological mapping exercises along the North Anatolian Fault zone in Bolu, Sivrihisar, Ankara, Sakarya Provinces.

• (October 6, 2010) Mid-Congress Field Trip (GSA Tectonic crossroads, Ankara-Turkey): Gerede section of the North Anatolian fault zone

• (March 30-April 3, 2009) Field Trip (Global Tectonics): Tectonics & geomorphology of the Owen Valley, Eastern California shear zone

• (June 2008 to August 2008) PhD research project: Systematic sampling of footwall rocks along the Alasehir detachment fault, Alasehir Basin (Western Turkey)

• (November, 2008) Field Trip (Structural Geology): Compressional and extensional structures in the southern Appalachian between Tennessee and North Carolina

• (March, 2007) Field Trip (Extensional Tectonics): Extensional Tectonics of Basin and Range Province, Arizona (USA)

• (June 2006 to August 2007) Systematic sampling of the syn-extensional Salihli granitoid and investigation of the relation between syn-extensional intrusions and the metamorphic core complex formation in Alasehir Basin (Western Turkey)

• (November, 2006 & November, 2007) Field Trip (Structural Geology): Kinematics of compressional and extensional deformation on the Rough Creek Fault System, Western Kentucky (USA)

• (October, 2005) Field trip (Basin Analyses): Investigation of the main lithostratigraphic units and structures in the Silurian of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania (USA)

• (June 2005 to August 2005) PhD Research project: Investigation of main geological features in the Southern margin of Alasehir Basin (Western Turkey)

• (June 2003 to September 2003) Bc.S. Thesis field study: Kinematics of the Extensional Tectonics and Magmatism at the Southern margin of Alasehir Basin (Western Turkey)

• (June 2002 to August 2005) Investigation of the main geological features of Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan Suture Zone (Central Turkey)

• (April, 2003) Investigation of geological features related to North Anatolian Fault, NW Turkey

GRANTS, AWARDS and CERTIFICATES:

 

• Research grants from Coeur Mining, Inc.

• Research grants from Silver Standard Resources, Inc.

• Exxon Mobile Short Course: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration, GSA Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC (2012)

• Miami University department of Geology Departmental Research Award (2011)

• Miami University Graduate School Scholarship Program: Total financing of my Ph.D. studies at the Miami University (2005-2011)

• SigmaXi 2007 Grants-in-aid

• GSA 2008 Research Grant

• AAPG 2008 Grants-in-aid (John Teagle Memorial Grant)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

    Miami University - Oxford, OH

    Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Sciences 

   

Teaching Assistant (August 2005 - 2011)

• Structural geology Lab 2005-2011

• Understanding the Earth : 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

• Global Tectonics Lab 2007, 2010

• Geopolitics: Silk Road (teaching assistant): 2007, 2008, 2010

    

    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Rapid City, SD

    Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

   

 Assistant Professor (2013- Present)

• GEOL 692 Seminar: Tectonics and Basin Evolution

• GEOL 621 Advanced Structural Geology

• GEOL 604 Advanced Field Geology

• GEOL 422/522 L: Tectonics and Sedimentary Basin Analysis with Lab.

• GEOL 410 Field Geology (5 week Field Camp)

• GEOE 322/322L Structural Geology (with lab sections)

• GEOL 691: Critical Thinking in Tectonics

• GEOL 691: Geology of Nevada

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

• Member of Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG)

• Associate member of Geological Society of America (GSA)

• Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• Associate member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

• Faculty Advisor of the SDSMT AAPG Student Chapter

• Member of Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)

• Member of  Society of Economic Geologists  (SEG)