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Suzanne Mahlburg Kay
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Brown University
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University
University of California, Los Angeles

Suzanne Mahlburg Kay (née Mahlburg) is the William & Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences at Cornell University. She studies the origin and evolution of the continental crust. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union and the Mineralogical Society of America.

Early life and education[edit]

Kay studied at the University of Illinois, earning a Master's degree in 1972.[1][2] She completed her PhD at Brown University in mineralogy and petrology. She worked at University of California, Los Angeles as a postdoctoral fellow. Kay joined Cornell University as a postdoctoral researcher in 1976. She was a Fulbright Program Fellow at the University of Buenos Aires in 1989. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1992 and Professor in 1999.[3]

Research[edit]

Kay studies the origin and evolution of the continental crust, looking at how regional tectonics are linked to magmatic processes.[4] She investigates rocks and minerals using neutron activation analysis, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, mass spectrometry and electron microscopes.[4] She focuses on the Andean crust in central and South America. She has looked at the evolution of mid-tertiary magmatic rocks in the Andean subduction zone.[4] She also investigates the Punta Altiplano.

Professional service[edit]

She served as president of the Geological Society of America in 2013 to 2014, and the Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal Committee between 2013 and 2015.[5][6] Kay serves on the board of editors of the Journal of South American Earth Sciences.[7] She is on the selection fellows committee of the American Geophysical Union.[8]

Awards and honours[edit]

2023 Penrose Medal by the Geological Society of America][9]

2015 Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina[10]

2012 University of Illinois Geology Alumni Achievement Award[11]

2011 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[12]

2008 Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America[13]

2007 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Outstanding Educator Award[3][14]

2000 Geological Society of America Distinguished Service Award[15]

Books[edit]

2009 Backbone of the Americas: Shallow Subduction, Plateau Uplift, and Ridge and Terrane Collision[16]

2008 Field Trip Guides to the Backbone of the Americas in the Southern and Central Andes: Ridge Collision, Shallow Subduction, and Plateau Uplift[17]

2006 Evolution of an Andean Margin: A Tectonic and Magmatic View from the Andes to the Neuquén Basin (35 Degrees-39 Degrees S Lat)[18]

1990 Plutonism from Antarctica to Alaska[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Suzanne E. Mahlburg Is Affianced". The New York Times. 1975-03-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. ^ "3140 Snee Hall, 607/255-4701; skay@geology". www.geo.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  3. ^ a b "AAPG Honors and Awards" (PDF). AAPG. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. ^ a b c "Suzanne Mahlburg Kay | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences". www.eas.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  5. ^ "Alumni Newsletter (2012-2013) | Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  6. ^ "Mineralogical Society of America". www.minsocam.org. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  7. ^ "Suzanne Mahlburg Kay - Editorial board - Journal of South American Earth Sciences - ISSN 0895-9811". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  8. ^ "Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section Fellows Committee". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  9. ^ "GSA Honors & Awards". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  10. ^ "Argentina National Academy of Sciences inducts Suzanne Kay". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  11. ^ "Univ of Illinois Geology Colloquium". ijolite.geology.uiuc.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  12. ^ Anonymous (2011-04-19). "AGU Fellows Elected for 2011". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 92 (16): 137–138. Bibcode:2011EOSTr..92..137.. doi:10.1029/2011eo160006. ISSN 0096-3941.
  13. ^ "Mineralogical Society of America". Elements. 4 (4): 276–277. 2008-08-01. ISSN 1811-5209.
  14. ^ "AAPG Foundation - AAPG Eastern Section Named Grant". foundation.aapg.org. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  15. ^ "Geological Society of America - Past Award & Medal Recipients". www.geosociety.org. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  16. ^ R., Kay, Suzanne Mahlburg, 1947- Ramos, Víctor A. Dickinson, William (2009). Backbone of the Americas : shallow subduction, plateau uplift, and ridge and terrane collision. Geological Society of America. ISBN 9780813712048. OCLC 938751855.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Mahlburg., Kay, Suzanne (2008). Field trip guides to the backbone of the Americas in the southern and central Andes: ridge collision, shallow subduction, and plateau uplift. Geological Society of America. ISBN 9780813700137. OCLC 637252987.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ A., Kay, Suzanne Mahlburg, 1947- Ramos, Víctor (2006). Evolution of an Andean margin : a tectonic and magmatic view from the Andes to the Neuquén Basin (35 degrees-39 degrees S lat). Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0813724072. OCLC 985777560.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ W., Kay, Suzanne Mahlburg, 1947- Rapela, Carlos (1990). Plutonism from Antarctica to Alaska : [papers presented at the International Symposium on "Circum-Pacific Phanerozoic Granitoids", held during X Argentine Geological Congress in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina on September 13-18, 1987]. [Geological Society of America]. ISBN 978-0813722412. OCLC 985775697.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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