Miriam Barquero-Molina
Mailcode: C1160
Dr. Barquero Molina holds Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees, all in geology, from The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Oviedo (Spain) respectively. Her principal focus revolves around teaching, specifically field-based courses and experiential learning. She regularly teaches GIS and GPS Applications in the Earth Sciences, Field Methods, Field Camp, and occasionally teaches and co-leads field trips for other courses or learning experiences across the curriculum.
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Barquero Molina is a field geologist, who, although trained as a more traditional structural geologist, describes herself as a generalist with interests spanning structural geology, tectonics, and hard-rock geology. She has taught field courses across the western US, Chile, and Spain.
William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence - University of Missouri (2020 - 2021)
MU Chancellor's Excellence Award for Undergraduate Faculty - University of Missouri (2017 - 2018)
GSA/Exxon Mobil Field Camp Excellence Award - Geological Society of America/Exxon Mobil (2014 - 2015)
Thomas R. Banks Research Fellowship - Jackson School of Geosciences (2007)
Texas Exes Teaching Award - The University of Texas at Austin (2006 - 2007)
Stanley E. Tyler Teaching Award - Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002 - 2003)
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)
Session Co-chair, Structural Analysis of Polyphase Deformation from Orogen to Thin Section I: A Special Session in Honor of Sharon Moshe, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2022)
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri (2020 - 2023)
Chair, Committee on Instruction and Advising, College of Arts and Science, University of Missouri (2019 - 2023)
Session Co-chair, Declining Enrollment in US Undergraduate Geoscience Programs: How Did We Get Here And How Do We Get Our Groove Back, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2018)
Session Co-chair, Better Together: Partnerships That Facilitate or Enhance Experiential Learning in Undergraduate Geoscience Education, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2017)
Session Co-chair, Field-Based Educational Research: Insights from Field Camps, Field Trips and Field-Based Courses, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2015)
Session Co-chair, International Field Experiences in the Geological Sciences, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2014)
Director of Geology Field Program, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri (2012 - 2019)
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri (2009 - 2012)
Brown, L.., Singer, B.S.. & Barquero-Molina, M.. (2021). Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar chronology of ignimbrites and lava flows, Central Volcanic Zone, Northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103037.
Fifteen weeks of lab: project-based learning in a junior level Sedimentology and Stratigraphy class, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2016)
Andean tectonics and volcanism: a student-involved teaching-learning experience in Northern Chile, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2014)
Integrating Hydrogeology into an Undergraduate Geology Field Camp at the University of Missouri Branson Geology Field Camp., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2013)
A Hammer and a Betsy Gun: Field Camp Subsurface Imaging in the Wind River Basin., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2013)
Partial melting during mid- to lower-crustal deformation: in situ melts, melt channel-ways, and temporal evolution of melt chemistry, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (2009)
Extension in lower crustal granulite facies mafic orthogneisses of the Biranup Complex (Albany-Fraser Orogen), Bremer Bay, Western Australia, Geological Society of Australia Annual Meeting, Australia (2008)
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 420K | Intro To Field/Strat Meths |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 327G | Gis & Gps Applics In Earth Sci |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 660A | Field Geology |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 660B | Field Geology |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 386G | Gis & Gps Applics In Earth Sci |