Curriculum Vitae

Gavin G. Piccione

Ph.D. Student, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz

Education

• B.S. summa cum laude, Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 2016
  • Departmental Honors Thesis: Vein fluorite U-Pb dating demonstrates post-6.2 Ma rare-earth element mobilization associated with Rio Grande rifting
  • Adviser: Troy Rasbury
• Ph.D, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 2022 (expected)
  • Adviser: Terry Blackburn

Publications

Vein fluorite U-Pb dating demonstrates post–6.2 Ma rare-earth element mobilization associated with Rio Grande rifting

Piccione, G., Rasbury, E.T., Elliott, B.A., Kyle, J.R., Jaret, S.J., Acerbo, A.S., Lanzirotti, A., Northrup, P., Wooton, K., and Parrish, R.R., 2019, Vein fluorite U-Pb dating demonstrates post–6.2 Ma rare-earth element mobilization associated with Rio Grande rifting: Geosphere, v. 15, no. X, p. 1–15, https:// doi.org/10.1130/GES02139.1.

Select Presentations

Gavin Piccione, Terrence Blackburn, Graham Edwards. Assessing the effects of non-detrital +material on U-series comminution measurements. Poster. Goldschmidt Abstracts (2019) No. 2657.

Gavin Piccione, Terrence Blackburn, Graham Harper Edwards. Testing the Limits to Accurate +Comminution Dates: A Progress Report. Oral Presentation. 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, held December 7-13, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Abstract: PP13F-05

Gavin Piccione, Teresa Pi Puig, Troy Rasbury, Jesús Solé. Concordant U-Pb and (U-Th)/He +Fluorite ages from the Taxco Mining District, Mexico. Poster. 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, held 1-4 November 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Paper No.: 144-8

Gavin Piccione, E.T Rasbury, D. M Davis, Peter Druschke, Andrew D. Hanson Randal R. +Parrish, Wendy Austin-Gidding (2014). Characterizing Carbonates from Sheep Pass, Nevada Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS. Oral Presentation. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, held December 15-19, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Abstract: V34A-02.

Relevant Work Experience

• Research Assistant, Facility for Isotope Research and Student Training, Stony Brook University 2012-2016

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, Evolution of Earth, 2019
• Teaching Assistant, Solar System History, 2018
• Teaching Assistant, Structural Geology, 2016
• Teaching Assistant, Physical Geology Laboratory, 2013

Outreach

• Volunteer, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 2017-present
• Trip Leader, Geologic Tour of Yosemite Valley, 2018
• Member, Stony Brook Graduate Students for Education and Outreach, 2015-2016

Awards

• NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017
• NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship: Honorable Mention, 2016
• Stony Brook Geoscience Oliver Schaeffer Award, 2016
• Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016
• Stony Brook Geoscience Oliver Schaeffer Endowed Scholarship, 2015
• Undergraduate Recognition Award in Academic Excellence, 2015
• Anadarko Scholarship, 2015
• Stony Brook University Academic Achievement Award, 2015
• URECA Summer Research Fellowship, 2014