Brian Minkin
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Brian Minkin:
Brian Minkin recently joined the hydroGeophysics team as a Staff Engineer. Brian received a B.S. in both Geology and Hydrogeology from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2017, where he had extensive opportunities to explore and study the economic geology, structure, and geomorphology of the Basin and Range province. His keen interest in Nevada economic geology led to an internship at Bald Mountain with Barrick Gold Corp., where he continued to develop skills in mapping, ArcGIS, photogrammetry interpretation, and geostatistical analysis of geochemical data. After graduation, Brian gained relevant experience in geophysics, working on data collection for magnetotelluric and MASW exploration projects to detect lithium and water resources within the Basin and Range and Mojave provinces of Nevada and California. Brian is currently finishing his Masters’s degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, using a multi-proxy approach to understand mid-late Holocene environmental changes in coastal lagoons from Vieques Island PR.
Brian took a very non-traditional path to arrive at Geophysics. A love of books and writing initially led him to study English Literature at the University of California at Berkeley. After earning a degree in 1999, a travel bug hit him, and he spent the next 12 years traveling and living in over 30 countries where he had the chance to work and live with people from very diverse backgrounds. During this time, he was exposed to the many challenges people faced in the developing world and became interested in studying earth systems.
Brian is very passionate about travel, music, and the ocean. When not in the field, he can usually be found surfing the waves and strumming his ukulele between the beaches of southern California and northern Baja Mexico.
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