Michael J. O'Shea
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PhD Candidate
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Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
ABOUT ME
Hello!
My name is Mike and I'm broadly a geochemist and mineralogist working on urban geochemical problems at the University of Pennsylvania. I am currently in my 4th year as a PhD candidate and I have primarily been studying urban road dust and soils with a variety of analytical instruments in order to gauge potential risks and environmental interactions. I have recently been experimentally exploring the hazardous potential of yellow traffic paint.
RESEARCH
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
2016-Present
Doctoral Candidate
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science
2012-2016
Bachelor of Arts
SUNY Geneseo, Department of Geological Sciences
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Publications
O’Shea, M.J., Vann, D.R., Hwang, W.T., & Gieré, R. (2020). A chemical and mineralogic assessment of road dust in Philadelphia, PA, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Vigliaturo., R., Della Ventura, G., Choi, J.K., Marengo, A., Lucci, F., O'Shea, M.J., Perez-Rodriguez, I., & Gieré, R. (2018). Mineralogical characterization and dissolution experiments in Gamble’s solution of tremolitic amphibole from Passo di Caldenno (Sondrio, Italy), Minerals, 8, 557
O’Shea, M.J., Vigliaturo, R., Choi, J.K., McKeon, T., Krekeler, M.P.S., & Gieré, R. (in prep). Morphologic and chemical evolution of yellow traffic paint in simulated environmental and biological fluids
O’Shea, M.J., Vann, D.R., Krekeler, M.P.S., & Gieré, R. (in prep). Analysis of collocated urban road dust and soils samples in a Pb polluted area
Presentations
Meeting Presentations
O’Shea, M.J., Vigliaturo, R., Choi, J.K., McKeon, T.P, Krekeler, M.P.S., & Gieré, R., Microscopic investigation of yellow traffic paint particles subjected to aqueous dissolution, Goldschmidt International Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i, June 2020 (TBD)
O’Shea, M.J., Vigliaturo, R., Choi, J., Krekeler, M.P.S., & Giere, R., Dissolution experiments of yellow traffic paint containing lead chromate (PbCrO4), Geological Society of America National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, September 2019 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Vann, D.R., Plante, A.F., & Giere, R., A compositional comparison of urban road dust and soil in Philadelphia, PA, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2018 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Vann, D.R., Haber, S.J., & Giere, R., Mineralogical and Chemical Analysis of Road Sediment in Philadelphia, PA, DUST 2018, Bari, Italy, May 2018 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Haber, S.J., Elmi, C., Vann, D.R., & Giere, R., Mineralogical and Chemical Characterization of Road Dust in Philadelphia, PA, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2017 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Haber, S.J., Elmi, C., & Giere, R., Urban Road Dust: A geochemical and public health assessment in Philadelphia, PA, Center for Excellent in Environmental Toxicology Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2017 (poster)
O’Shea, M.J., Warner, N.H., Gupta, S., Eckes, S.W., Werynski, A., & Smith, J., Using the morphology of impact craters as a relative age indicator for fluvial activity at Xanthe Terra, Mars, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, March, 2016 (poster)
O’Shea, M.J., Warner, N.H., Gupta, S., Eckes, S.W., Werynski, A., & Smith, J., Using the morphology of impact craters as a relative age indicator for fluvial activity at Xanthe Terra, Mars, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Baltimore, MA, November 2015 (poster)
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Other Presentations
O’Shea, M.J., Urban Road Dust: Investigating Philly’s Street Gunk as Both Source and Sink for Pollutants, Graduate Ben Talk (finalist and winner), Philadelphia, PA, February 2020 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Vigliaturo, R., Choi, J.K., Krekeler, M.P.H., & Gieré. R., Electron microscopy in medical mineralogy: yellow traffic paint as a case study, Singh Center for Nanotechnology Annual Users Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2019 (poster)
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O’Shea, M.J., Haber, S.J., Elmi, C., & Giere, R., Urban Road Dust: A geochemical analysis of a potential public health issue, Air Pollution Control Board Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2017 (oral)
O’Shea, M.J., Haber, S.J., Elmi, C., & Giere, R., Urban Road Dust: A geochemical and public health assessment in Philadelphia, PA, Exxon Mobil Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2017 (poster)
O’Shea, M.J., Haber, S.J., & Giere, R., Urban Road Dust Assessment, Air Quality Work Group, Philadelphia, PA, December 2016 (oral)