Holiday R O'Bryan

Holiday OÂ’Bryan is currently pursuing a PhD degree in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT Austin. She earned her B.A. at Macalester College in Geology and Political Science. Her current work identifies and elucidates policy trends in the critical minerals sector in the United States over the last three decades with special focus on the legislative process. Her thesis work aims to identify, characterize, and constrain the variables that control critical mineral enrichments in sphalerite (the primary ore mineral for zinc) in MVT deposits with the ultimate goal of increasing domestic critical mineral supply chain resilience.