Physical Scientist

Job Title

Physical Scientist within the Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center at USGS

Major duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Interprets subsurface geophysical data and has experience interpreting seismic reflection data, or collects and describes drill cuttings and cores from test wells and samples them for laboratory analyses, or compiles and interprets complex geologic and geographic data for energy resource assessment.
• Creates, manages, edits and customizes spatial data using ESRI and/or other GIS file formats, and compiles and interprets complex geologic maps and geographic data for energy resource assessments.
• Use spreadsheets, databases, graphics, and visualization, and statistical applications to display and analyze complex datasets
• Utilize professional knowledge of the principles and theories of geology, geochemistry, sedimentology, and stratigraphy to conduct surface and subsurface geologic investigations and uses knowledge of stratigraphy, structural geology, geophysics, and GIS to prepare maps of sedimentary basins.
• Participate in team-based collaborative communication to provide technical guidance, summarize results of scientific investigations into complete written reports using tables, figures, and charts, and present complex findings on geologic energy resources to scientific peers at national or international meetings.