Resume
Stephen Oluwanifemi Oni
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Current - University of Wyoming—Laramie, WY USA.
Degree: PhD Geology
Expected: May 2026
McGill University – Montreal, QC
Degree: MSC Geology
Completion Date: October 2021
G.P.A.: 3.5/4
University of Wyoming—Laramie, WY USA.
Degree: Bachelor of Science Geology
Completion Date: August 2018
G.P.A.: 3.64/4.0
Baylor University – Waco, TX
Degree: PHD Geology
August 2021-July 2022
Work Experience
May 2022-July 2022
Bedrock Critical Zone Network summer field work
Duties included:
· Setting up seismic and resistivity survey lines up to 900 m
· Carrying seismic and resistivity survey equipment through rough terrain in the Sierra Nevada National
Forest and San Dimas Experimentational Forest, California
· Driving trucks and trailers filled with seismic and resistivity equipment in National forests
March 2019-June 2019
Laboratory Scientist, Engineered Salinity (ESal, LLC), Laramie Wyoming USA
Duties included:
● Assisting in preparation, design, and perform experiments to determine wettability
● Maintaining laboratory equipment
● Maintaining inventory of equipment and chemicals
● Refining laboratory techniques
● Analyzing laboratory data
● Sample collection and preparation
February 2015-October 2019
Geology Lab Technician, University of Wyoming – Worked for Professor Susan Swapp, Senior Research Scientist, and Dr. Tyler Brown at the University of Wyoming’s Probe lab in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
Duties included:
● Crushing rock samples to powder
● Making beads, and pellets for SEM analysis
● Making thin sections
● Core logging
● Identification of apatite, olivine, anorthite, and plagioclase in core samples
● Obtaining zircons, removing flower from crushed samples
● Drilling Cores
Teaching Experience
September 2021
Teaching Assistant, Baylor University – Geosciences
Subjects:
§ Mineralogy (Fall, 2021)
September 2019-May 2021
Teaching Assistant, McGill University – Earth and Planetary Sciences
Subjects:
§ General Geology (Fall, 2019; Fall, 2020)
§ Understanding Planet Earth (Spring, 2020)
§ Environmental Geology (Spring 2021)
August 2016-October 2017
Tutor Student Success Services, University of Wyoming – Student Success Services is a TRIO education program funded by the US Department of Education for
first generation college students, students with limited income, and students with disabilities.
Subjects Tutored:
▪ Math 1400 (College Algebra), and Math 1405 (Trigonometry) and 1 session of Calculus 2
▪ Geology 1000 (Introductory Geology), Geology 1100 (Physical Geology), Geology 2000 (Geochemical Cycles & Earth Systems)
▪ French 1010 (1st Year French 1)
Areas of RESEARCH interest
▪ Geology: critical zone science, volcanology, experimental volcanology
Abstracts accepted and seminar talks
§ Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference (AESRC): Mechanisms of crystal mush remobilization in silicic magmatic systems.
§ Earth and Planetary Sciences Seminar, McGill University (January 2022) – The mechanisms of crystal Mush remobilization: insights from analogue experiments and 3D simulations.
Additional qualifications
▪ Familiar computer software: MATLAB, Python, Arduino IDE, MELTS, MS Office package, Google Earth, Houdini 3D software, Blender 3D software, ANSYS Fluent, Processing.
▪ Winkie Drill Operator
▪ Trained on the Tabletop SEM and the Focused Ion Beam-SEM
Honors
▪ Robert Wares Fellowship (McGill University, 2021)
▪ Geological Society of American Research Grant (2020)
▪ Grad Excellence Award (McGill University, 2019-2021)
▪ Lorne Trottier Fellowship (McGill University, 2019)
▪ Reindhart C. Fellowship (McGill University, 2019)
▪ Faculty of Engineering Excellence Scholarship (University of Strathclyde, 2018)
▪ American Institute of Professional Geologists Scholarship Recipient (2018)
▪ International Student Scholarship (2016, 2017)
▪ Wyoming Geological Association Knight Scholarship (2015-2016)
▪ Union Pacific/Champlain Geology Scholarship (2015-2016)
▪ Belfer Rochelle Geology Scholarship (2015-2016)
▪ Undergraduate Writing Contest Winner (2015-2016)
▪ Honor Roll Dean’s List: 8 semesters (University of Wyoming, 2014-2018), and President’s list (2014)
▪ Rocky Mountain International Students and Scholars award (2014-2018)
Professional organizations
▪ Geological Society of America (Member, 2018)
▪ American Institute of Professional Geologists (Member, 2018)
▪ Wyoming Geophysical Society (Member, 2018)
Volunteer experience
▪ Laramie Soccer Association volunteer coach (2014, 2015) – Helped coach kids under 10, and under 13 soccer.
▪ Cleaning, moving, and other forms of assistance to those in need of physical aid such as the elderly and the sick.
REFERENCES
Dr. Cliff Riebe
Professor
University of Wyoming
Geology and Geophysics
Email: criebe@uwyo.edu
Dr. John Stix
Professor
McGill University
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Email: john.stix@mcgill.ca
Dr. Olivia Jensen
Professor
McGill University
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Email: olivia.jensen@mcgill.ca
Dr. Christie Rowe
Professor
McGill University
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Email: christie.rowe@mcgill.ca