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Vitae
EDUCATION
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV - Ph.D., Geoscience, Advisor: Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath 2014
Dissertation: Mars-relevant phosphate minerals and implications for martian habitability.Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK - M.S., Geology, Advisor: Dr. Richard Marston 2004
Thesis: Determining formative winds through geomorphology: Herschel Crater, Mars.University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM - B. Sci., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Distributed minor. 1995
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Geoscience - Assistant Research Professor
Oct. 2015 – PresentLas Vegas Natural History Museum - Research Associate
Oct. 2018 – PresentNevada Science Center - Board Member
Mar. 2020 - PresentUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Geoscience - Postdoctoral Fellow, (Dr. Hausrath / Dr. Burnley.)
May. 2014 – Oct. 2015University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Geoscience - Laboratory and Research Assistant
Aug. 2009 – May. 2014Zenitech Environmental, LLC - Geo-scientist / Certified Environmental Manager (#1956)
Feb. 2005 - Aug. 2009Oklahoma State University - Research Assistant (NASA REU) (School of Geology) / System technician (English Department)
Aug. 2002 – Dec.2004Sandia National Laboratories (Contracted by OnSite Engineering) - Senior Technologist in Electron Microscopy
Jan. 2001 – Aug. 2002Isonics Corporation (formerly Colorado School of Mines Mineral Research Institute) - Senior Research Technician
Jun. 1999 – Jan. 2001University of New Mexico, Institute of Meteoritics - Physical Sciences Research Technician V, SEM and EMP microscopist.
May 1993 – Apr. 1999
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Grants
"Algal Growth on Mars Regolith Simulant for Sustainable Life Support" NASA, Nevada EPSCoR, PI = Christopher Adcock, Science PI = Leena Cycil
"Rock, H2O, and H2: Energy from Water–Rock Interaction on Mars." NASA, Nevada EPSCoR, Lynn Fenstermaker = PI, Elisabeth Hausrath = CO-I, Christopher Adcock – OP. February 12, 2019 – April 15, 2021
"New Ways of digitally representing scientific research: Developing a Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument digital research repository." UNLV Faculty Opportunity Award, Dr. Denise Tillery = PI, Christopher Adcock = PI, July 2018 - June 2019
"Understanding the Geologic Causes of Variations in Natural Radiological Background," Department of the Army, Army Research Office, Earth Sciences Division, Dr. Pamela Burnley = PI, Christopher Adcock = OP. September 2015 - August 2018
"Whitlockite and merrillite phosphate minerals: Potential recorders of formation and alteration processes from mantle to surface," NASA Solar System Workings, Adcock = Science PI, June 2015 - June 2017 (Includes NASA Early Career Fellowship Eligibility)
“Educational experiences for K-12 in the Earth and Planetary Sciences,” Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium, July 2014 - May 2015, Adcock = Science PI
Honors and Awards
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
NASA Early Career Fellowship Eligibility
Nominated by UNLV Dept. of Geoscience and College of Sciences for Outstanding Dissertation, 2014
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, UNLV Geosciences. 2014
Nevada Space Grant NASA Fellowship, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Bernada French Scholarship, 2012
Geological Society of America Research Grant, 2011
Edwards & Olswang Geology Scholarship, 2011, 2013, 2014
Desert Space Foundation Geoscience Award, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Oklahoma State University
Rumsey Bissell Marston Scholarship, 2004
Oklahoma Space Grant NASA Fellowship 2004
Invited Attendee of the NASA/JPL Planetary Science Summer School 2004
Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award 2003-2004
Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, 2004
University of New Mexico
Harry and Mabel Leonard Scholarship, 1994
General Thomas Campell Award, 1993
ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE / CERTIFICATION
Operator/Trainer, JEOL 733, 8600, 8200 Electron Microprobes
Operator/Trainer, JEOL 840, 5600, 5400, and 6400 series Scanning Electron Microscopes
UV/VIS, Flame (NOx) AA, and XRD operation experience (Thermo, Phillips, Scintag, Panalytical)
Programming experience in Python and FORTRAN.
State of Nevada Certified Environmental Manager (CEM #1959), 2006-2013
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER (29 CFR § 1910.120), 2005 - Most recent refresher: 2009
US EPA Lead Inspector (Certification #NV-I-16411-1), 2008-2012.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE OR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Reviewer for: Am. Min., EPSL, JGR, Icarus, Met. Plan. Sci., and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Remote Sensing
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America (GSA) Member, Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), Meteoritics Society of America (MetSoc).
Designer of GSA Planetary Division Logo, 2012-2017
Member, Planetary Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Yearly participation in 1-3 E&PO events and have mentored several undergraduate students and REU students.