Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantships

 

Geology Department at California State University, Bakersfield has several research and teaching assistantships available for students wishing to pursue an MS in Geology beginning fall term of 2008. Appointments include health benefits and a salary of approximately $17,000 per year. 

Department strengths are in the areas of sedimentary geology, petroleum geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, geochemistry, structural geology, and environmental geology. 

Research instruments and facilities include (1) a brand-new Hitachi S-3400 variable pressure scanning electron microscope equipped with Oxford Inca energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer and Gitan ChromaCL live color catholuminescence imaging system; (2) a geochemistry lab with a Perkin Elmer Elan 6100 ICP-MS, a Cetac LSX-200 Laser Ablation system, a Microwave Digester, an Ion Chromatograph, and a GC/MS; (3) petrographic microscopes including luminescence and epifluorescence; (4) geophysics equipment including a paleomagnetism lab, 12-channel seismograph, magnetometer, gravimeter, and electrical resistivity meter; (5) a Rigaku X-Ray diffractometer; (6) a PC lab with software including GeoGraphix and ArcGIS for petroleum reservoir modeling and geographical information systems (GIS), and industry-provided seismic datasets; and (7) a wide range of field hydrology equipment.  The California Well Core Sample Repository, containing cores and samples from more than 5,000 wells from both on- and offshore California and 1,500 catalogued micropaleontological samples, is located on campus. 

Bakersfield is located in the heart of California’s petroleum and agricultural areas and abundant opportunities exist for internships and industry-supported thesis projects.  Bakersfield is close to many interesting geologic sites including the San Andreas Fault, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Pacific coast, and Death Valley.  It is a 1.5 hour drive north of the Los Angeles area. 

Admission and Application Forms

 

For additional information and application materials contact:

 

Dr. Dirk Baron

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Geology, 62SCI
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Hwy
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022
Tel: (661) 654-3044, email:  dbaron@csub.edu
or visit the department’s web site at
http://www.csub.edu/Geology/