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Megan Gillen CV for download or selected sections online.
General Information
| Full Name | Megan Gillen |
| Date of Birth | 5th July 1998 |
| Languages | English |
| mgillen@mit.edu |
Education
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2025 Ph.D.
MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Cambridge and Woods Hole, MA, USA -
2020 B.S. in Geology
William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA - Received High Honors for Senior Thesis Vulnerability & Reslience of Tidal Marshes Along an Estuarine Salinity Gradient
- Minor in Data Science with a concentration in GIS
Fellowships and Grants
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2024 - MIT Teaching and Learning Lab Teaching Development Fellow (At-Large, Experiential Learning)
- MathWorks MIT School of Science Graduate Fellowship
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2023 - Raj V. Tahil MIT Graduate Fellowship
- Howard T. Stearns GSA Graduate Student Research Grant
- Ocean Ventures Fund (OVF) WHOI Student Research Grant
- AGeS-Grad3 NSF Student Research Grant
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2021 - Watson WHOI Graduate Fellowship
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2020 - Von Damm WHOI Graduate Fellowship
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2018 - Ernst F. Hollings Scholar NOAA (2018-2020)
Certificates
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2025 - MIT Research Mentorship Certificate
- MIT Grant Writing Certificate
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2024 - MIT Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
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2021 - CSDMS Earth Surface Processes Institute (ESPIn)
Honors & Awards
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2023 - Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA), AGU 2023 Fall Meeting
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2021 - Honorable Mention NSF GRFP
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2020 - Phi Beta Kappa William & Mary Chapter
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2019 - Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award at CERF 2019 Meeting
Skills
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Software
- MATLAB
- Python
- ArcGIS Pro
- QGIS
- GitHub
- Adobe Illustrator
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Lab
- Loss on Ignition (LOI)
- Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL)
- Biomass analysis (vegetation)
- Grain Size analysis
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Field
- Humboldt Shear Vane
- Sediment Coring
- Wetland Vegetation Transects & Collection
- Tiltmeters
- HOBO Pressure and Temperature Sensors
- RTK GPS
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Teaching Experience
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2024 - Faculty, Buzzards Bay Term Program, Gull Island Institute
- Graduate Teaching Trainee (Coastal Geomorphology, MIT-WHOI Joint Program) - Guest Lecturer, Marshes & Tidal Environments - Guest Lecturer, Wave Shoaling & the Shoreface
- Guest Lecturer, Watersheds & Island Rivers (Introduction to Environmental Science, College of Holy Cross)
- Guest Lecturer, Coral Reef & Volcanic Ocean Island Geomorphology (Introduction to Coastal Processes, Boston College)
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2023 - Faculty, Buzzards Bay Term Program, Gull Island Institute
- Course Organizer & Instructor, Introduction to Python, WHOI Math Review
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2022 - Course Organizer & Instructor, Introduction to Python, WHOI Math Review
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2021 - Instructor, Introduction to Python, WHOI Math Review
- Educational Jupyter Lab Developer, Simulating Shoreline Change using Coupled CoastSat and Coastline Evolution Model (CEM), CSDMS ESPIn Summer Institute
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Discover EAPS Extreme Weather, MIT
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2019 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Earth Surface Processes, William & Mary) - Guest Lecturer, Coastal Geomorphology
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2018 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Physical Geography, William & Mary)
Academic Interests
- Fields: Coastal Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution, Ecogeomorphology
- Environments: Sandy Beaches, Muddy Coasts, Reefs, Volcanic Ocean Islands
- Methods: Numerical Modeling, Data Science, Remote Sensing
Graduate Student Community
- Geology & Geophysics Representative (Oct 2022-2023), Joint Program Student Representatives
- Mentor (Sep 2021-2023), Joint Program Applicant Support Knowledgebase (JP ASK)
- Mentor (Sep 2021-2023), MIT EAPS Application Mentorship Program
Extracurriculars
- Coach (2023-2025) & Player (2021-2023), sMITe Ultimate
- Player & Uniform Chair (2022-Current), Boston Vice Ultimate