Angela G Marusiak
PhD Candidate in Geology | marusiak@umd.edu
Geology Department 8000 Regents Drive, University of Maryland- College Park 20742
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
2015 – | PhD in Geology.
Advisor: Nicholas Schmerr
Boston University, Boston MA 02215
2009-2013 | B.A in Geophysics and Planetary Science (minor: Mechanical Engineering)
Advisor: Michael Mendillo and Paul Hall
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018-2020 | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) - University of Maryland
2015-2018 | Dean’s Fellowship - University of Maryland
2017 | Best Pre-Candidate Graduate Student Talk - University of Maryland
2017, 2018 | ESSIC Travel Grant - University of Maryland
2013 | Center for Space Physics Prize - Boston University
2010-2013 | Dean's List - Boston University
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Conference Abstracts
A. G. Marusiak, N. C. Schmerr, R. C. Weber, D. N. DellaGiustina, S. H. Bailey, V. J. Bray, E. C. Pettit, C. Carr, N. Wagner, P. Dahl, B. Avenson, M. Siegler, 2018. SIIOS in Alaska - Active Source Comparative Test for Europan Lander Seismometers, LPSC XLIX, Houston, TX.
Garcia, R.F, Zhu, P., Zhao, N., Wieczorek, M., Weber, R., Sun, D., Rivoldini, A., Margerin, L., Nunn, C., Nakamura, Y., Lognonne, P., Kawamura, T., Khan, A., Marusiak, A., Dilleau, M. 2018. An International Team to Create Reference Models and Data Sets for Moon Seismology, Vol. 20, EGU2018-4824.
Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., Banks, M.E., Daubar, I.J., 2017. Terrestrial Single-Station Analog for Constraining the Martian Deep Interior., LPSCXLVIII, Houston. TX.
Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., Banks, M.E., Daubar, I.J., 2016. Terrestrial Single-Station Analog for the Detection of the Martian Core, LPSCXLVII, Houston. TX.
Daubar, I.J., Schmerr, N., Banks, M., Marusiak, A., Golombek, M.P., 2016. Recent Impacts on Mars: Cluster Properties and Seismic Signal Predictions, AAS/DPS, Abstracts 48.
Publications
Mendillo, M., Marusiak, A.G., Withers, P., Morgan, D., Gurnett, D., 2013. A new semiempirical model of the peak electron density of the Martian ionosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 5361-5365.
Mendillo, M., Narvaez, C., Marusiak, A.G., 2013. Are ionospheric storms the same during different solar cycles? Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics 118, 6795-6805.
Popular Media
On SIIOS Deployment:
UAF scientists use Gulkana Glacier for NASA research - KTVA 11 - The Voice of Alaska. (2017). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from http://www.ktva.comstory/36504597/uaf-scientists-use-gulkana-glacier-for-nasa-research
A glacier in Interior Alaska is a testing ground for equipment intended for use in Space. Rosen, Yereth. Anchorage Daily News. 18 September 2017)
RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT
2015- | Graduate Assistant: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Research: Single-Station Seismometers for Constraining the Interior Structure of Planetary Bodies: Implications for Mars and Icy Satellites
Advisor: Nicholas Schmerr
2015- | InSight Science Collaborator: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Instrument: SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure)
2016| NASA/APL Internship: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Civil Space)
Research: Simulating Impact Ejecta Trajectories and Landing Locations using pkdgrav
Advisors: Olivier Barnouin and Carolyn Ernst
2014-2015| Teaching Assistant and Part-time Lecturer: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Courses: Geochemistry (Fall 2014) Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Spring 2015)
2013-2014| Technical Assistant: Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Duties: Catalog and test equipment used by the Borehole Group in conjunction with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Advisors: Gerrado Iturrino and David Goldberg
2011-2013| Undergraduate Student Researcher: Center for Space Physics, Boston University
Research: "A new semiempirical model of the peak electron density of the Martian ionosphere" (2012-2013) "Are ionospheric storms the same during different solar cycles?" (2011-2013)
Advisor: Michael Mendillo
2012| NASA PGGURP Internship: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Civil Space)
Research: Thermo-spectra analysis of planetary analog materials
Advisor: Noam Izenberg
2010-2012| Undergraduate Student Researcher: Earth Sciences Department, Boston University
Research: Mapping olivine melt in peridotite
Advisor: Uli Faul
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Teaching Assistant for GEOL 110: Introduction to Geology Lab
2016, 2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Teaching Assistant for GEOL 200: Earth’s Fury
2015 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Grader, Volcanoes and Earthquakes
2014 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Teaching Assistant, Geochemistry
2010-2014| Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth
Teaching Assistant for Astronomy (Bristol, RI 2010), Astrophysics (Baltimore, MD 2013, Lancaster, PA 2014)
SERVICE/OUTREACH
AGU Guest Instagrammer for SIIOS project Sept. 20-24th 2018
Public Lecture at Thule Air Force Base, August 19th 2018. "Investigating Icy Worlds: How Greenland can help us Understand Ice Covered Worlds"
NASA Panel Executive Secretary, 2017, 2018
Volunteer for Geology Department at University of Maryland, Maryland Day Open House (2016-2018)
Volunteer for IRIS at USA Science & Engineering Festival (2018)
Volunteer for Structural Geology Class Field Trip (2018)
Volunteer for F Class Field Trip (2018)
College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Graduate Student Council, Geology Dept. Representative (2017-2019)
WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED
2018 AGU's Sharing your Science Communications Workshop
2018 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
2017 POLENET/SCAR-SERCE Glacial Seismology School
MEMBERSHIPS/COLLABORATIONS
NASA Discovery Mission InSight: Science Team Collaborator (Since 2015)
International Space Science Institute (ISSI): An International Reference for Seismological Data Sets and Internal Structure Models of the Moon: Young Scientist (2017-2018)
American Geophysical Union
Seismology Society of America
Geological Society of America, Planetary Sciences Division
Geological Society of Washington
Earth Science Women's Network
Boston University Alumni Association/ Loyalty Circle
SOFTWARE/PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
Expert Level: MATLAB, SAC, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Muse
Proficient Level: Python, Obspy, InstaSeis, GEMINI, SOD
