Professional Development

Certification

  • Licensed Professional Geologist in the state of California No. 6989 (01/2000 - Present)

Classes

  • JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training (01/2023 - 02/2023)
  • Bruker TOPAS Spotlight training XRD Rietveld software course by Bruker (09/2016)
  • Agilent MP-AES 4200 training 3 days of training by vendor (08/2016)
  • Bruker D8 Advance X-ray Diffractometer - Applications and maintenance, four day course at Bruker AXS, Madison, WI (08/2014)
  • Training on use of PELCON Thin section and polishing machines (04/2014)
  • Vendor training on use of Bruker Multimode 8 Atomic Force Microscope. (03/2011)
  • GIS for Geologists by ESRI representatives (05/2010)
  • OSR - Research Planning (09/2009)
  • Live Text Demo Presentation (09/2009)

Seminars and Conferences

  • LLUH Faculty Colloquium (09/2023)
  • LLUH Faculty Colloquium (09/2022)
  • Geological Society of America - Seattle, WA (10/2017)
  • LLU Faculty Development Colloquium (09/2017)
  • Geological Society of America Annual meeting - Denver, CO (10/2016)
  • Short course on soil mapping methods - European Geosciences Union - Soil System Sciences Division Maps facilitate the understanding of the variable's distribution. They contribute to resume complex information and make possible a quick assessment and analysis of the studied areas. It is fundamental that soil researchers could understand maps language and have the ability to present their results in maps. This will facilitate the comprehension of data distribution and the factors responsible in time and space. Also, allow to cross-variables and understand their dependence, on a plot, catchment, municipality, province, and region or country level. On the management level, maps represent in an easy manner, the land-use changes and the impact of human activities on soil. This course is very important to soil scientists, some of them in the first steps of their careers have difficulties to explain and represent data using maps. The aim of this course is to provide some basic information about soil mapping methodologies, including basic cartography methods, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), geostatistical and spatial analysis.  (04/2015)
  • European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 Vienna | Austria | 12 – 17 April 2015 Presented poster on Deformation in the Navajo Sandstone (04/2015)
  • 16th Annual Basic Sciences Research Symposium (11/2014)
  • Geological Society of America Annual Meeting - Vancouver, BC (10/2014)
  • Geological Society of America Annual Meeting - 2013, Denver, CO (10/2013)
  • International Medical Geology Conference, MEDGEO 2013, Reston, VA (08/2013)
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2012 (04/2012)
  • Geological Society of America Meeting 2012 (10/2011)
  • National Science Foundation Day - University of San Diego (01/2011)
  • Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (11/2010)
  • LLU Research Conference (09/2010)
  • LLU Faculty Colloquium (09/2010)
  • Field Trip to Monterey Formation of Los Angeles Basin (05/2010)
  • Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2009 (10/2009)
  • Dale Carnegie Conflict Resolution Workshop (05/2009)
  • Student Misconduct: Guidelines for College Administrators by Gerald Amada on December 2, 2008 (12/2008)
  • EndNote Software training at LLU I incorporate EndNote use into my  GEOL/BIOL 617 course on proposal writing. (12/2008)
  • Webinar on publishing Stella simulations with iseeNetSim software (11/2008)
  • CIES Fulbright Scholar Orientation in Washington DC (07/2008)
  • GeoHealth I Conference, at USGS Headquarters in Reston VA, co-sponsored by the Geological Assiciation of America and the US Geological Survey. I was on the planning committee for this conference. Its goal was to bring together health and geology professionals. (03/2008)
  • Annual Convention of Geological Society of America - Denver (10/2007)
  • 101 Great Ideas for Recruiting Graduate Students Aug 23, 2007 By SST Admissions and GAPSEMC, Inc. (08/2007)
  • Annual convention of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (04/2007)
  • Annual Convention of Geological Society of America - Philadelphia (10/2006)
  • STELLA Software training by John Snow (07/2006)
  • Geological Society of America Meetings - Salt Lake City, Utah (10/2005)
  • Faculty Colloquium and Workshop on Assessment by Peggy L. Maki (09/2005)
  • Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (11/2004 - 11/2005)

Special Projects

  • Organizing committee for International Medical Geology Conference, MEDGEO 2013 (10/2011 - 09/2013)
  • Use and Maintainence of NORAN System 6 EDS (04/2010)
  • Advanced Use of NORAN System 6 EDS (04/2010)
  • Use and maintainence of TESCAN SEM (01/2010)
  • Training on use and maintainance of Micro Sectioneer thin section machine from manufacturer (07/2009)
  • Organizing Committe of GeoHealth I conference sponsored by GSA (11/2006 - 03/2008)
  • Webmaster of Geology and Health Division of the Geological Society of America website (01/2005 - 06/2017)