EDUCATION
Ph.D., Marine Geology – To be completed: January 2019
Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gregor Eberli
Planned Dissertation: The Role of Currents in the Miocene Carbonate Platform Drowning: Examples from West Florida Shelf, Marion Plateau, Australia (ODP Leg 194), Miami Terrace (JOIDES 1965) and Maldives (IODP Exp. 359).
MSc., Geosciences – 2013
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich/University of Zurich, Switzerland
Advisor: Dr. Marcel Frehner, Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
Thesis: Application of Buckle Folding Theory to the Development of Transverse Ridges on a Rockglacier.
BSc., Geology (Hons.) – 2010
Department of Geological Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Felix Tongkul
Thesis: General Geology And Structural Geology Of Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG)
Society for Sedimentary Geologist (SEPM)
Swiss Geological Society (SGS)
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)
VOLUNTEER & NON-PROFIT
August 2015 – Present
President for the Marine Science Graduate Student Organization (MSGSO), University of Miami
May 2014 – Present
Vice President for the AAPG Student Chapter, University of Miami
February 2012 – August 2013
Event Organizer for the Erasmus Student Network Zürich, ETH Zürich
PUBLICATIONS
Frehner, M., Ling, A. H. M., and Gärtner-Roer, I., 2015, Furrow-and-Ridge Morphology on Rockglaciers Explained by Gravity-Driven Buckle Folding: A Case Study From the Murtèl Rockglacier (Switzerland): Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v. 26, no. 1, p. 57-66. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1831
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