Education:
Ph.D. candidate in active tectonics and geomorphology at Virginia Tech
M.S. in Geoscience / Geology Option form Montana Tech / U. of Montana (2004)
B.S. in Geology form New Mexico Tech (2002)

Professional Experience:
Taught 6 introductory geology labs
Taught 4 mineralogy and petrology labs
Consultant for Golden Sunlight mine
Field Geologist USGS EDMAP program

Research Interests:
My current research interests include exhumation rates and the role of glaciers in strain partitioning within the active Chugach / St. Elias orogen Alaska; the tectonics of the Totschunda fault in southeastern Alaska; and the origin of Montana’s numerous sapphire deposits. Previously, my work included the influence of human activities on the hydrology, water quality, and sediment transport rates within 1st – 3rd order mountain streams and also structural mapping and kinematical analyses within the Anaconda Metamorphic Core Complex.

Selected Honors / Awards:
Member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon honor society
Recipient of the Estwing award
Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program fellowship
Recipiant of a GSA research grant

Publications:
Berger, A.L., Elliott, C.G., and Lorenson, G.W., 2004, Synchronous extension and contraction in the Anaconda Metamorphic Complex: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, V. 36, no. 4, p. 73.

Berger, A.L., 2004, Hydrology, water quality, and sediment transport rates in the Pipestone Creek watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: Montana Tech of the University of Montana, M.S. thesis, 115 p., 69 figs., 7 tables

Berger, A.L., 2005, Active tectonics, mountain building, and erosion rates in the St. Elias orogen: 10th Annual Geosciences Student Research Symposium, Virginia Tech, Abstracts with Programs.

Berg, R.B., and Berger, A.L., 2005, Evidence for a metamorphic origin for sapphires in an alluvial deposit near Butte, Montana: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 6.

Berger, A.L., and Berg, R.B., 2005, The Silver Bow Creek sapphire occurrence, Montana – evidence for a volcanic bedrock source for Montana 's alluvial sapphire deposits: Economic Geology v. ???, no. ????, p. ?????. “IN REVIEW”

Berger, A.L., and Elliott, C.G., 2005, Detailed structural geology of the center of the West Valley 7.5’ quadrangle, southwest Montana: Open file report "IN REVIEW"