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Borg is an American geologist and civil servant. Since 1 September 2017 he has been the Deputy Assistant Director of the Directorate for Geosciences at the United States’ National Science Foundation (NSF).[1][2]Table of ContentsEducation[edit]Research expeditions[edit]Awards and honors[edit]References[edit]Education[edit]Borg graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in geology, and earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Arizona State University, where his doctoral dissertation was titled Granitoids of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica (Tectonics, Neodymium-isotopes, Geochemistry, Petrology, Strontium-isotopes).[3][4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4He began his career as a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley.[3] He later worked for the United States Department of Energy, and subsequently joined the staff of the National Science Foundation.[3][5] Between 2003 and 2016 he was director of the Division of Antarctic Sciences at the National Science Foundation,[5] and in 2016-17 he served as the acting Section Head for Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) within the National ScienceFoundation Division of Polar Programs.[3][6] In 2017, he began serving as associate director for geosciences at the National Science Foundation.[3][7][8]Research expeditions[edit]Borg has participated in a total of six research expeditions to Antarctica, four of which he has led.[3] During a 1978\u20131979 expedition in which he participated, the Sagehen Nunataks were first visited, receiving their name from the Pomona Sagehens, athletic moniker of Borg’s alma mater Pomona College.[9] During the same expedition, Borg named Tongue Peak, choosing the name from a tongue-shaped moraine on the peak.[10]Awards and honors[edit]In 1994, Borg Bastion, the summit on Johns Hopkins Ridge, was named in his honor.[11] Borg has received the Samuel J. Heyman Medal from the Partnership for Public Service and been decorated with the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive.[6][12] In 2014, United States Representative Gerald Connolly read a statement of recognition into the Congressional Record in which he credited Borg with overseeing “the development of clean drilling technology that retrieved the first-ever pure water  samples from an Antarctic lake a half mile below the surface of ice sheet … [which] may enable researchers to understand what types of life can survive on other worlds”.[12]References[edit]^ “Borg appointed temporary Geosciences assistant director”. National Science Foundation. US National Science Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.^ “Staff Directory, Directorate for Geosciences (GEO\/OAD)”. National Science Foundation. US National Science Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.^ a b c d e f “Biographical Sketch Scott G. Borg” (PDF). uvm.edu. University of Vermont. Retrieved March 3, 2018.^ “Borg, Scott 1984”. lib.asu.edu. Arizona State University. Retrieved March 3, 2018.^ a b Somers, Meredith (April 29, 2016). “Scott Borg: Passion for science, education not cooling anytime soon”. WFED. Retrieved March 3, 2018.^ a b “Senior Executive Service Presidential Rank Awards 2015”. Office of Personnel Management. United States Government. Retrieved October 1, 2018.^ Mervis, Jeffrey (February 27, 2017). “Departing senior NSF manager offers hopeful assessment of agency’s future”. Science Magazine. Retrieved March 3, 2018.^ “Steering Committee on Agency Reform” (PDF). National Science Foundation. US National Science Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.^ “Sagehen Nunataks”. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved March 4, 2018.^ “Tongue Peak”. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved March 4, 2018.^ “GNIS – Antarctica Detail”. U.S. Geological Survey. United States Government. Retrieved March 3, 2018.^ a b “Recognizing the Contributions and Career Achievements of Dr. Scott Gerald Borg”. Congressional Record. 160 (137). 2014.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/scott-g-borg-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Scott G. Borg – Wikipedia"}}]}]