Joshua Moser Feinberg

Educational History

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science

Ph.D. Completed 2005.

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Bachelor of Arts, Geology, Graduated 1997.

Professional Affiliations

American Geophysical Union

Geological Society of America

Mineralogical Society of America

Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Sigma Xi (Minnesota Executive Committee)

Editorial Service

1. •Associate Editor for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2010-present
   

2. •Associate Editor for American Mineralogist, 2005-present
   

3. •Guest Editor for Elements, thematic issue dedicated to Mineral Magnetism, 2008-2009
   

4. •Guest Editor for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, special issue “Magnetism From Atomic to Planetary Scales: Physical Principles and Interdisciplinary Applications in Geoscience”, 2008-present.
   

Pedogical Training

1. •Early Career Teaching Program at the University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning
   

Professional Service (Last 3 Years)

1. •Member of Project MICRO, a volunteer organization that aims to increase the role of microscopy in K-12 education.
   

2. •Co-convener (along with Ellery Frahm) of “Obsidian from Magma to Artifact: Geological and Archaeological Perspectives” at the Geological Society of America 2009 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. October 18-21, 2009.
   

3. •Co-convener (along with Claire Carvallo, Fukama Koji, and Adrian Muxworthy) of “Rock Magnetism: Theory, Experiments and Observations” at the IAGA 2009 meeting in Sopron, Hungary.
   

4. •Co-convener of two sessions, “Fine Particle Rock Magnetism” and “Magnetic Properties and Behavior of Single Crystals and Their Inclusions” at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco. December 15-19, 2008.
   

5. •Co-convener (along with Robert Jarrett and Joseph Liddicoat) of “From Quaternary Geology and Physical Volcanology to Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology: A Memorial to Harold E. Malde” at the Geological Society of America Joint Assembly, Houston, TX, 2008.
   

6. • Treasurer of the Mineral Physics Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2007-present.
   

7. •Co-convener (along with Richard Harrison) of session “Mineral Magnetism: From the Nanometre to the Planetary Scale” at the Frontiers in Mineral Sciences 2007 conference at the University of Cambridge. June 26-28, 2007.
   

8. • Co-convener (along with Ted Evans) of session GP02 “Magnetic Microstructures and Interactions: Implications for Paleomagnetism” at the AGU Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico. May 21-25, 2007.
   

9. • Organizer of the Magnetic Interactions 2007 conference at the University of Cambridge, January 9-10, 2007
   
   

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards

1. • Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2008
   

2. • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005
   

3. • George D. Louderback Award 2005
   

4. • Institute for Rock Magnetism, Visiting Fellowship, 2002, 2005
   

5. • Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship, 2002-2003.
   

6. • AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award for "Crystallographic relationships of silicate-hosted magnetite inclusions determined with electron backscatter pattern indexing" Fall 2002 AGU Conference.
   

7. • Berkeley Geochronology Center Scholarship, 2002
   

8. • University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2001
   
   Work Experience
   

Assistant Professor, 2007-present

Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, 2001-2005

Thesis topic: Microstructures in magnetic minerals and their influence on the interpretation of the

Earth's magnetic field.  Four time teaching assistant for two courses: Stratigraphy and Mineralogy.

California Coastal Conservancy, 2000-2001

Co-edited Restoring the Estuary, a cooperative agreement between 26 non-governmental organizations, businesses, state and federal agencies to address and improve the ecological health of San Francisco Bay.

Montgomery Watson Americas, 1998-2000

Associate Hydrogeologist and Drilling Geologist, Designed and installed groundwater remediation wells and extraction systems, created three dimensional digital stratigraphy models to image contaminant transport through aquifers.

U.S. Geological Survey-National Association of Geoscience Teachers Intern, 1997-1998

Monitored crustal deformation in Long Valley Caldera, CA operating and maintaining 2-color laser network, GPS, tiltmeter, seismometers, & magnetometers.

Invited Talks

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 2010

     “Window into Deep Time: Paleomagnetic applications to outstanding questions about the Precambrian Earth”

Carleton College, Department of Geology 2009

      “Why are some minerals magnetic?”

Minnesota Geological Survey, 2009.

“Paleomagnetic dating of cave sediments in the Upper Midwest”

Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, 2009

“Magnetic inclusions in silicate minerals: New Views into the Ancient Magnetic Field of the Earth and Solar System”

Minnesota Speleological Society, 2009.

“Paleomagnetic dating of cave sediments in the Upper Midwest”

Mankato State University, Department of Physics, 2009

“Single Crystal Paleomagnetism: A New Approach to Measuring the Ancient Magnetic Field of the Earth and Solar System”

Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences, 2008

“Single Crystal Paleomagnetism: A New Approach to Measuring the Ancient Magnetic Field of the Earth and Solar System”

Carleton College, Department of Geology, 2008

“'Tuff' Impressions: Geochronologic investigation of footprints preserved in a volcanic ash”

University of Minnesota, Duluth, Department of Geological Sciences, 2007

“Single Crystal Paleomagnetism: A New Approach to Measuring the Ancient Magnetic Field of the Earth and Solar System”

Carleton College, Department of Geology, 2007

“Examples of why rock magnetism is really fun”

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Conference, Perugia, 2007

“Electron Holography in Rock Magnetic Studies”

University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology, 2006

“Tuff’ Impressions: Paleomagnetic investigation of ‘footprints’ in a volcanic ash in Mexico”

University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, 2006

University of Minnesota, Geology & Geophysics Department 2006

University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, 2006

“Single Crystal Paleomagnetism: A New Approach to Measuring the Ancient Magnetic Field of the Earth and Solar System”

University of California, Berkeley Physics Department, 2005

“Measuring the Earth’s Ancient Magnetic Field”

University of California, Berkeley Earth & Planetary Science Department, 2005

“A new mineralogic approach to paleomagnetism”

Institute for Rock Magnetism, Sante Fe National Conference, 2004

“Investigating magnetism on the nanometer scale using magnetic force microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction”

AGU Fall Conference, San Francisco, 2004

“Plagioclase-hosted magnetite inclusions from the Bushveld Complex”

AGU Fall Conference, San Francisco, 2003

“Orientations of exsolved magnetite inclusions in clinopyroxene and plagioclase determined with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)”

First Order Reversal Curve Conference, University of California, Davis, 2004

“FORC Diagrams and Anisotropy of Hysteresis in Crystallographically Oriented Magnetite Inclusions in Silicates”

Sonoma State University, 2003

“Magnetite Whiskers and the Earth’s Precambrian Magnetic Field”