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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-present, Geology M.S. completed
2003 under the supervision of Cathy Busby, working on Ph.D. under the
supervision of James Boles
Sonoma State University, California, 1997-1999, Geology B.S. with distinction
Pasadena City College, California, 1991-1997, Geology major
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant - University of California,
Santa Barbara, 2000-present
Courses Taught:
Sedimentary Petrology Lab
Introductory Field Methods Lab and Field
Summer Field
Physical Geology Lab
Staff Geologist - Best Environmental Subsurface Sampling Technologies,
Inc., 2000
Field and technical support of proprietary environmental sampling
technologies
Webpage production for company
Corporate presentations on proprietary sampling technologies
Research Assistant - Mineral Resources Division, United States Geological
Survey, Menlo Park, summer 1998
Preparation of samples for thin section and microprobe analyses
Field data management
Lab and Research Assistant - Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology, 1995-1997
Management of research and working collections
Heavy mineral separation
General office duties
HONORS/AWARDS
Geological Society of America, Sedimentary Division Research Proposal
Award - 2001
Geological Society of America, Graduate Student Research Grant - 2001
Geological Society of America, Pacific Section Meeting, Runner-up Best
Student Paper Award - 2000
AAPG/SEPM Pacific Section Meeting, van Couvering Award - 1999
National Association of Geology Teachers, Field Camp Award, 1999
Sonoma State University, Geology Department, graduated with distinction
- 1999
Sonoma State University, Geology Department, Field Camp Scholarship -
1999
Pasadena City College, Department of Geology, Miller Scholarship - 1995
PUBLICATIONS
Busby, C.J., Yip, G.Y., Blikkra, L., and Renne, P., 2002, Coastal landsliding
and catastrophic sedimentation triggered by Cretaceous-Tertiary bolide
impact: A Pacific margin example?, Geology, v. 30, no. 8, pp. 687-690.
pdf file
Yip, G.Y., and Erickson, R.C., 2000, Petrologic investigations of a contact
metamorphic suite, northern Salt Spring Hills, CA, Abstracts with Programs
- Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, v.32, no.6,
pp.76-77
Allen, J.R., Holland, P. J., and Yip, G.Y., 2000, Geology and significance
of the contact between the marine Wilson Grove Formation and the nonmarine
Cotati Member of the Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma County, California,
Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section
Meeting, v.32, no.6, pp.1 |