Geology Seminar Series
Each semester the Department of Geological Sciences invites guest speakers to present their research in a free, open to the public seminar series. The series is one way to provide our students with an intellectual introduction to science outside the walls of the department and promote a research culture internally. Guest speakers include research scientists, professionals within the science community and professors from CSUB and from other colleges and universities across the nation. The seminar topics cover a broad range of geology including mining, petroleum, climate science, hydrogeology, planetary geology, natural hazards, ocean sciences and State licensure. The seminar series engages our students to think critically, introduces them to cutting edge research and promotes their awareness to professional careers available to them after graduation and beyond. Please see the schedule below or our calendar, for a list of dates, speakers and their topics.
Spring 2020
March 12th
Dr. Brandi Reese, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, IODP Distinguished Lecturer
Wanted dead or alive: On the hunt for microbes below the ocean floor
SCI III, rm 104,
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Fall 2019
Dec 5th
Dylan Johnson, world class cave diver
Underwater Cave Exploration in California
SCI II, rm 353
12:00-1:00 pm
Spring 2019
April 11th
Dr. Stephen Reynolds, Arizona State University
Cognition-guided Learning, Instruction, and Curriculum in Introductory Geoscience Courses
Walter Stiern Library, WSL Studio B
12:00-1:00 pm
March 14th
Laurie Racca, Senior Registrar, Geology and Geophysics Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
Career Planning: The GIT and the Professional Geologist License
Walter Stiern Library WSL, Studio B
12:00-1:00 pm
February 14th
Dr. Basil Tikoff, Earthscope Speaker, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The jagged western edge of North America: The profound influence of Precambrian rifting on subsequent mountain building
Romberg Nursing Center, RNEC 105
12:00-1:00 pm
Fall 2018
November 29th
Dr. John Yu, California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, Retired
Ecological & Environmental Concerns for Unconventional Shale Gas Exploration
SCI II, rm 353
12:00-1:00 pm
November 14th
Ms. Deborah Green, Jahns Distinguished Lecturer, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
A Tale of Two Waste Sites
SCI II, rm 336
12:00-1:00 pm
November 8th
Dr. Wallace Kleck, Orange Coast Community College, Retired
The Nature, Geology, and Chemistry of the Zeolite Minerals
SCI II, rm 353
12:00-1:00 pm
October 25th
Dr. Anna Cruz, Post-Doc, CSU, Bakersfield
Millenary Changes in Ocean and Atmosphere Dynamics in South Equatorial Atlantic
SCI II, rm 353
12:00-1:00 pm
October 4th
Dr. Wallace Kleck, Orange Coast Community College, Retired
Gold – Its occurrence, Nature, Value, and History in California
SCI II, rm 353
12:00-1:00 pm
Spring 2018
April 26th
Mr. Jeff Kimber and CSUB geology students
Students Internship Experience at DOGGR
Romberg Nursing Center, RNEC, rm 105
12:00-1:00 pm
Fall 2017
November 17th
Mr. Bill Bartling, Inland District Deputy for DOGGR in Bakersfield
Renewal Plan for Oil and Gas Regulation
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
November 9th
Dr. Brandon Schmandt, Geoprism Distinguished Lecturer
Investigation of Mount St. Helens earthquakes and magma plumbing with a hybrid natural and controlled source seismology
SCI III, rm 107
3:00-4:00 pm
October 20th
Dr. Gregory Gordon, Senior Geologist – Exploration, Aera Energy LLC
Paleogeographic Controls on Reservoir Quality in the Carneros Turbidite Systems, San Joaquin Basin, California
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
October 13th
Anne Draucker, Petrophysicist, Chevron North America Exploration and Production
Career Pathways in the Energy Industry
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
September 22nd
Dr. Wallace Kleck, Orange Coast Community College, Retired
The Columbia River Basalt Group
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
September 1st
Dr. Tim Collett, U.S. Geological Survey
Research To Discovery – The History And Future Of Marine Gas Hydrate Research
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
Spring 2017
May 5th
Dr. Richard Heermance, Department of Geological Science, CSU, Northridge
Slip rates along the San Andreas Fault in the San Gorgonio Pass, Southern California, and implications for large earthquakes
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
May 2nd
Dr. Lindsay Ball, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver
Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Surveys to Characterize Saline Groundwater Resources
SCI III, rm 104
4:00-5:00 pm
March 24th
Dr. Wallace Kleck, Orange Coast Community College, Retired
Pegmatite: an odd and rare rock
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
March 17th
Dr. Guoliang Zhang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences & UCSB
First Recovery of Carbonate Silicate Melt in the South China Sea
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
March 10th
Dr. Deborah Khider, USC/EarthCube Lecturer
The Future of Past Climates: EarthCube and the future of paleoclimatology
SCI III, rm 104
12:00-1:00 pm
