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Geology Faculty & Staff

 

Adjunct Faculty

Oliver Christen
Geology Faculty
  christeno@laspositascollege.edu

oliver christen

Oliver Christen's graduate work focused on groundwater modeling and has a Master's degree in Geology from UC Davis. His thesis was titled Geochemical Study of Natural and Man-made Brines and their Future Migration in Groundwater at Lindsay California, 1995. He teaches at several Bay Area Colleges.

 

Robert D. Campbell
Geology Faculty
  rdcampbell@laspositascollege.edu

Rob has a Master's degree in Geology from UC Davis and owns a Geologic Consulting Company.

 

Mike Kozuch
Geology Faculty
  mkozuch@laspositascollege.edu

 

Kelly Martin
Geology Faculty
  kmartin@laspositascollege.edu

Kelly Martin

 

Christina Wasem
Geology Faculty
  cwasem@laspositascollege.edu

Professor Tina Wasem smiling with basaltic rocks immediately behind her.

Tina Wasem got her PhD in Planetary Science from UC Santa Cruz. She is especially interested in how planets like the Earth form. She enjoys knitting and going to the desert (because there's so few pesky growing green things to obscure the rocks).

 

Nidhi Patel
Geology Faculty
  npatel@laspositascollege.edu

 

Amanda Brown
Geology Faculty
  ambrown@laspositascollege.edu

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Amanda has her Bachelors in Astronomy, her Masters in Environmental Science, and over 30+ hours of PhD work in Geoscience. This academic background gives her the ability to teach enthusiastically with an inter-disciplinary approach. 

 

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For more information please contact:

Oliver Christen
Geology Faculty
  ochristen@laspositascollege.edu


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