.	Back Home		T. Tobgay Graduate Student - Geosciences Department of Geosciences Guyot Hall Room #209 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Phone: (609) 258-9836 E-Mail: Advisor: Nadine McQuarrie
	Vita EMPLOYMENT May 2000 - Present Geological Survey of Bhutan Ministry of Trade and Industry P.O. Box 173 Thimphu: Bhutan Served as the PI for geologic mapping, mineral exploration, slope instability studies, time series monitoring of glaciers in the northern frontiers, risk assessment for glacial lake outburst floods, seismic hazard assessment, and I am the leading person for tectonics and structural geology research in the country. Conducted geophysical surveys including electric resistivity, and seismic reflection and refraction which are important for imaging sub-surface geology. Took a lead role in establishing temporary seismic network to acquire seismic data both at micro and macro levels in the country under the technical collaboration with the University of Texas at El Paso and laid foundation for the on-going Geodetic Survey in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Boulder. EDUCATION Fall 2006 – On-going Department of Geosciences Princeton University New Jersey, 08544 Advisor: Dr. Nadine McQuarrie August 2003 - May 2005 M. Sc. (Geology) Department of Geological Sciences University of Texas at El Paso Advisor: Dr. Jose M. Hurtado March 1996 – December 1999 B.Sc. (Geology) Department of Geosciences University of Wollongong, NSW Australia June 1992 – June 1994 Year XII (Science Major) Sherubtse College Kanglung: Bhutan GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2003 – Spring 2004 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX Teaching Assistant: Introductory Geology Fall 2004 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX Teaching Assistant: Remote Sensing Spring 2005 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX Teaching Assistant: Digital Image Processing COMPUTER SKILLS Operating systems Proficient with Windows (95, 98, 2000, NT), MacOS and UNIX. Applications Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. GIS/Image Processing Familiar with ESRI ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, IRDISI, ENVI, PCI Geomatica, Garmin GPS and Trimble DGPS hardware and software, and Matlab. Other Software RiverTools, Canvas, Sac, Resis2D, ProMax, and Seisworks. LANGAUGE PROFICIENCY Fluent in spoken and written English and Dzongkha (Bhutanese national language). Speak good Nepali and some functional Hindi. ASSOCIATIONS Geological Society of America: Member since 2003 American Geophysical Union: Member since 2003 COLLABORATORS Dr. Jose M. Hurtado, University of Texas at El Paso, TX Dr. Kate C. Miller, University of Texas at El Paso, TX Dr. Aaron Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso, TX Dr. Christopher Andronicos, Cornell University, NY AWARDS 2006 - Science and Engineering Fellowship, Princeton University 2003-05 - Bhutan Student and Hunt Scholarships, University of Texas El Paso 1996-99 - Australian International Development Agency (AusAID) Scholarship