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EDUCATION
2003 B.S., Geology-Paleobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
2007 M.S., Geology, University of California, Los Angeles
2012 Expected PhD, Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara
EMPLOYMENT
2005-2007 Teaching Assistant, UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences
2006 Senior Staff Geologist, Mission Geoscience, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
2004-2005 Staff Geologist, SECOR International, Inc. (Redlands, CA)
2003-2004 Peace Corps Volunteer, Jamaica
2000-2001 Park Ranger, Jalama Beach County Park, Santa Barbara County
FIELD WORK
2006 Masters research in northeastern Altiplano, central Andes, Bolivia (7 weeks)
2006 UCLA: Graduate Field Geology course, Orocopia Mtns., Mecca Hills, and Whipple Mtns., CA (1 week)
2005 UCLA: Graduate Field Geology course, Arica Mtns., CA (1 week)
2002 UCLA: Summer field course, Bristol Mtns., NV (6 weeks)
2002 UCLA: Field Geology course, Orocopia Mtns., CA (2 weeks)
2001 UCLA: Structural Geology course, White-Inyo Mtns., CA (1 week)
2001 UCLA: Igneous Petrology course, Long Valley, CA (1 week)
2001 UCLA: Geologic Map course, Rainbow Basin, CA (2 weeks)
ABSTRACTS
Murray, B.P., Horton, B.K., Gillis, R.J., and Matos, R., 2006, Sedimentology and timing of initial basin development in the northern Altiplano recorded by the synorogenic Peñas and Aranjuez formations, central Andes, Bolivia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, Abstract No: 107579
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007 Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006 Jackson Award, Geological Society of America Research Grant
2002 Eugene B. Waggoner Scholarship, UCLA Earth & Space Sciences Department
VOLUNTEER WORK
2007 Volunteer Visions-Kenya, education volunteer
2006-present Reef Check California, research diver
2006-present TreePeople, tree-planting supervisor
2005-present Ocean Defenders Alliance, diver |
