Megan Ryan
  • Graduate Student

Research Interests

Rheology and water weakening of alkali feldspars

My research interests span the processes which govern the strength of the Earth's crust and mantle, including how water affects the strengths of minerals, seismic anisotropies in the upper mantle, subduction zones, and the overall ductile deformation of rocks/minerals.


Educational Background

  • 2022 - Bachelor of Science in Geology, Summa Cum Laude, The University of Akron

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 - Mel & Debby Friedman Endowed Scholarship

  • 2022 - Geology and Geophysics Diversity Scholarship

  • 2022 - GSA J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship

  • 2022 - NAGT Field Study Scholarship