Alexander Taylor

Grad student at UMD Dept of Geology
Metamorphic Petrology and Tectonics
Colgate University '18

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

@rocksonpaper Do you ship to the U.S.?

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

Obsessed with this picture…I can only hope to pose like that when/if I make a big discovery

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

William Gasarch, a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, recently combined a 1916 proof by Issai Schur with a 1770 proof by Leonhard Euler to reprove that infinitely many prime numbers exist. https://t.co/TO3y2o1O6k

[Geology Tweets @GeologyTime]

This incredible photo shows the power of nature in action! Folded and metamorphosed Cambrian sediments on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Photo: Geomartin

[tyler woodward @tyler02020202]

grad school is kinda a step below unemployment like what the fuck are u doing

[Bernhard Edmaier @EdmaierAerials]

Aerial view of Dent de Morcles, #Switzerland . The huge folds in the flank of the 2969 m high Dent de Morcles is the most impressive witness to the collision between Africa and Europe.
#geology #Schweiz #Earth #Alps #mountains #Geography #swiss

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

@WeiPoints Kaolinite will stick to your tongue if you lick it

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

'No one can work hard on a serious intellectual problem for more than four hours a day.'

-Nobel Laureate physicist Paul Dirac

Dirac had many hobbies including gardening, hiking, and reading. (Quote and photo, courtesy of Monica Dirac)

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

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[UMD Geology @umdgeology]

Congrats to Alex Taylor (Masters) and Amelia Lindsay-Kaufman (PhD Candidate) for being winners in their respective categories in the UMD 3-Minute Thesis competition!

You can watch Alex's talk at https://t.co/tdk9lGMtWT

and

Amelia's talk at https://t.co/DlCDqQTTje

[UMD Geology @umdgeology]

🎉 🎉 Congratulations to Alex Taylor and Sandy Herho who both successfully defended their masters theses in the past week!

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

Completed my thesis draft

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

@cloud_roig Plag, but with teeth

[Geology Tweets @GeologyTime]

Pink Morganite combine with Tourmaline specimen

Photo: Gemscove_int

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

@RocksbyDefault A garnet-mica schist!

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

Writing my thesis Discussion section

[Dr Adam J. Jeffery @Agpaitic_Adam]

Relict olivine in a serpentinised dunite.

The technical term is 'knackered', albeit stunningly so.

#thinsectionthursday #Geology #petrology #minerals #Microscopy

[Frankie Butler @frankiealoise]

Spotted the cutest little embayed quartz in my Drumadoon Sill samples 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

An amphibole impactor wreaking havoc on the matrix #ThinSectionThursday

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

The whale’s tail!

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

Was recently informed that today is Wednesday…call me chloritized

[Alexander Taylor @geodude_taylor]

Rivers of chlorite through this garnet for #ThinSectionThursday