Holly M. M. Rotman
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EDUCATION Master of Science, Geological Sciences 2010 Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Thesis title: Fluid budget of metasedimentary rocks from a Tertiary accretionary prism and connections to seismicity, Olympic Peninsula, northwest Washington State Bachelor of Science, Geological Sciences Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2007
WORK HISTORY Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, CWU: Teaching, lab preparation, and grading for Introductory Geology, Rocks and Minerals, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, and Environmental Geochemistry. 2009 Laboratory Assistant, CWU: Water sample archiving & organization for stable isotope facilities. 2003 – 2008 Head Lab Assistant, Mathematical Skills Dept, Lansing Community College: Responsible for operation of testing area and student records, multi-tasking, problem solving, and constructive communication with students and faculty. 2007 Research staff, MSU Seismology: Digitizing riverways in eastern Russia, utilizing Google Earth and Microsoft Excel. 2007 Research Assistant, MSU: Engaged in microscope analysis of Hawaiian basalts as part of a research project related to mineral weathering. 1999 – 2003 Lab Assistant, Mathematical Skills Dept, Lansing Community College: Responsible for handing out, grading, and monitoring tests and maintaining student records. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 2009 2009 2007 2007 2007
Thin section and XRF preparation, M.S. research, CWU: Sawing thin section billets; crushing, powdering, and fusing of pellets for XRF analyses. Mapping in Owens Valley region, CA: Active fault structures, fault offset, Tertiary & Quaternary alluvial surfaces, and Tertiary & Quaternary tuffs. Mapping in Park City, UT: Wasatch Igneous Belt; Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary units; and Mesozoic and Cenozoic volcanics. Participated in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey, constant spread traverse and common midpoint, over deltaic deposits at East Jordan, Michigan. Participated in apparent resistivity survey near a river in a humaninfluenced environment, constant spread traverse, East Lansing, Michigan.
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2006 – 2007 2003 – present
One year experience with a petrographic microscope including photography; emphasis on igneous rock samples. Proficient with standard and custom student management software and Microsoft Office. Working knowledge of Octave, Seismic Analysis Code, Mac OS9/X, and Linux.
COURSE WORK Graduate Courses Geochronology; Regional Geology of Pacific Northwest; Current Topics in Geology; Seismology; Introduction to Graduate Research Methods; Tectonic Investigations; Volcanology; Petrography & Petrogenesis; Inverse Methods; Hydrogeochemistry; Aquifer Mechanics; Theoretical Seismology; Tectonophysics Undergraduate Courses Geological Sciences: Mineralogy and Geochemistry; Glacial Geology and Climate Change; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Structural Geology; Hydrogeology; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Applied (shallow earth) Geophysics; Plate Tectonics; Environmental Geology; Ocean Systems; Geology of National Parks & Monuments Related courses: Four semesters Calculus; three semesters Calculus-based Physics HONORS AND AWARDS Recipient, Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2009 Puget Sound Energy Scholarship, Central Washington University, 2008 – 2009 John T. Wilband Memorial Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2007 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Geological Society of America American Geophysical Union Association of Women Geoscientists Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Eta Zeta Chapter ABSTRACTS Rotman, H.M.M, and Mattinson, C.G., 2010, Fluid overpressure and connections to seismicity, Cascadia Tertiary Accretionary Prism, Olympic Peninsula, Abstract V33A2345 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec. Rotman, H.M.M., and Mattinson, C.G., 2009, Field and laboratory observations on fluid budget of the Cascadia episodic tremor and slip system, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. (Topics: geochemical data, mineral abundance, water content) Rotman, H.M.M., and Mattinson, C.G., 2009, Field observations on fluid budget of the Cascadia episodic tremor and slip system, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41 no. 7. (Topics: Deformation indicators, lithologic changes, vein orientations) Rotman 2