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Collections Assistant


Emory is a collections assistant in the earth sciences collections, specializing in the gems and minerals collection. Growing up in Utah inspired his interest in rocks, minerals, and how they connect to the world around them. Emory gained a bachelor’s degree in Geology from Colorado College to pursue his passion for geology. During Emory’s time at Colorado College, they interned at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s fossil preparation lab in the summer of 2021 and the American Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate paleontology collections in the summer of 2023. Their bachelor’s thesis research focused on fault-fluid interactions in tourmaline coated brittle faults in the West Antarctic Rift System of West Antarctica. Emory’s thesis work enabled him to present their research as a poster at the 2022 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop and Geologic Society of America conference. 

 

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