Michelle Chrpa
Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Invertebrate Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Carbonate Sedimentology
Measuring Mg/Ca ratios of permineralized plants and marine invertebrates (echinoderm crinoids) found in Late Pennsylvanian coal balls of North America.
Advisor: Anne Raymond
Selected Publications
Chrpa, M.E., Raymond, A., Lamb, W.M., and Laya, J.C., (2022). Mg/Ca ratios of crinoids in coal balls suggest a marine origin [Manuscript in review]
Chrpa, M.E. and Oleinik, A.E., 2015. Shell shape variation within a population of Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) (Bivalvia: Astartidae) from Camden Bay, northern Alaska: a study using elliptical Fourier analysis: Nautilus, Vol. 129, No.1, pp. 23-30.
Education
M.S. Geology, Florida Atlantic University, 2013
B.S. Geology, Florida Atlantic University, 2008
Awards
2020 - Geology & Geophysics Conoco/Phillips Departmental Fellowship
2019 - TAMU Geology & Geophysics Departmental Fellowship
2019 - Geological Society of America Energy Geology Division Antoinette Lierman Medlin Scholarship for Analytical Research
2019 - College of Geosciences Jack M. & Florence N. Oswald Graduate Fellowship in Geology
2018 - Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
2018 - Graduate Student Award for Service – TAMU Geology & Geophysics
2017 - Teaching Award - Leading two modules for Open Source for Open Science Workshop by TAMU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellechrpa/Courses
COURSES:
GEOL 101 Physical Geology (as Instructor, 2021–2022)
GEOL 102 Physical Geology Lab (as Instructor, Summer 2022)
GEOL 106 Historical Geology Lab
GEOL 150 Introduction to the Solid Earth Lab
GEOL 207 Dinosaur World (as Instructor, Spring 2020)
GEOL 210 Geological Writing
GEOL 250 Geological Field Methods
GEOL 305 Paleobiology Lab
GEOL 350 Summer Field Geology
Additional Information
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Practitioner
AFFILIATIONS:
Paleontological Society
Geological Society of America
Society For Sedimentary Geology
Earth Science Women's Network
Association for Women Geoscientists
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Sigma Gamma Epsilon (National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences)
