糖心Vlog视频 Geology Day 2025

The Department of Geological Sciences welcomes you to 糖心Vlog视频 Geology Day! Learn about how a Geology degree from 糖心Vlog视频 can give you opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research, collaborate with world-class experts, find exciting careers.

Below, you will find the program schedule and information about the professionals, professors, and students you will meet. Have a great time!

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Panelists

Raj Dhillon
Raj Dhillon

Geoscience Specialist, California Resources Corporation

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Prabhjot 鈥淩aj鈥� Dhillon is a Geoscience Specialist at California Resources Corporation, where he works on the Carbon TerraVault team. His work focuses on exploration and strategic carbon management, helping to advance carbon capture and storage initiatives within California鈥檚 energy sector. Raj earned his B.S. in Geoscience from California State University, Bakersfield. Enthusiastic about sustainable solutions in the oil and gas industry, he brings a practical, scientific, and proven perspective on the evolving role of geoscientists in the energy transition. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.
Sade Haake
Sade Haake

Associate Oil and Gas Engineer, California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)

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Sade graduated from 糖心Vlog视频 in 2016 with a BS in Geological Sciences and in 2020 with MS in Geological Sciences. He currently works at California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), the oversight agency of oil, gas, and geothermal industries.
Kerry Klein
Kerry Klein

Reporter

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Kerry Klein is an award-winning reporter whose coverage of public health, air pollution, drinking water access and wildfires in the San Joaquin Valley has been featured on NPR, KQED, Science Friday and Kaiser Health News. Her podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool, about a high-stakes rescue from the 2020 Creek Fire, was named a podcast 鈥渓isteners couldn鈥檛 get enough of" by the NPR One app.
 
Kerry is also a recovering geologist. After growing up near Boston, she graduated from McGill University with a B.Sc. in geology. When she began working as an exploration geologist and geothermal energy analyst, radio reporting was a distant and unlikely future. But she found new significance in media while hosting a talk show about science at a Montreal public radio station and later while producing a podcast for Science Magazine. She then returned to school to study science journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
 
When she鈥檚 not in front of a computer or microphone, Kerry can be found biking to the rock climbing gym, practicing her violin, sewing unnecessary but very cute articles of clothing, or wandering the Sierra foothills with her husband and two children.
Matthew Van Grinsven
Matthew Van Grinsven

Senior Oil and Gas Engineer, California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)

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Matthew Van Grinsven holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Geology from California State University, Bakersfield, and a Bachelor of Science in Honors Geology from California State University, Northridge. He also earned Associate degrees in Biological and Physical Science and Mathematics from the College of the Canyons. Matthew has ten years of experience with the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), where he has served as a Field Inspector/Engineering Geologist, Associate Oil and Gas Engineer, and now as a Senior Oil and Gas Engineer leading a team of geologists and engineers in the review of Underground Injection Control projects. His expertise includes well testing, rulemaking, aquifer exemption analysis, and well permitting, supporting California鈥檚 commitment to safe and environmentally responsible energy development. Before joining CalGEM, he was a Petroleum Geology Intern at Chevron, contributing to property modeling and reservoir mapping for the Tulare Heavy Oil Reservoir Team. During his graduate studies, he also taught Geology, Biology, and Earth Science as a long-term substitute teacher for the Kern High School District and served as a lecturer and teaching assistant in the Geology Department at 糖心Vlog视频.

Geology Student Presenters

Joshua Barnes
Joshua Barnes, Senior

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Research Experience
  • Research presentation at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA
  • Analysis of microfossils (Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History)
  • Marine data collection and research expedition on the Research Vessel Roger Revelle (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Research cruise collecting seafloor samples offshore San Diego on the Research Vessel Sprawl (糖心Vlog视频)
 
Garrett Cooper
Garrett Cooper, Senior

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Research Experience
  • Marine data collection and research expedition on the Research Vessel Roger Revelle (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Research presentation at Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting in Sacramento, CA
  • Grain size analysis and mass spectrometry of foraminifera for paleooceanographic reconstruction (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Flood surveying and risk assessment (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Autonomous drone mapping (糖心Vlog视频)
Tyler Garza
Tyler Garza, Senior

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Research Experience
  • Geochemistry and scanning electron microscopy for H2 and CO2 storage (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
  • Research presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington, DC
  • Analysis of microfossils (Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History)
  • Marine data collection and research expedition on the Research Vessel Roger Revelle (糖心Vlog视频)
Trace Hicks
Trace Hicks, Junior

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Research Experience
  • Research cruise to North Atlantic Ocean on Research Vessel Roger Revelle (糖心Vlog视频)
Maggie Izumi
Maggie Izumi, Senior

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Research Experience
  • Research presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington, DC
  • Electromagnetic characterization of rocks for H2 and CO2 storage (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
  • Seismotectonic analysis of the 2024 Taiwan earthquake sequence (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Geochemical research (糖心Vlog视频)
Brookyln Macross
Brookyln Macross, Senior

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Research Experience
  • Developing protocols for tracking carbon capture and storage projects in California (California Air Resources Board)
  • Research presentation at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA
  • Carbon mineralization and environmental impacts at abandoned mine tailings (糖心Vlog视频)
Ryan Tengelsen
Ryan Tengelsen, Masters Student

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Research Experience
  • Research cruise collecting seafloor samples offshore San Diego on the Research Vessel Sprawl (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Research cruise collecting seafloor samples in the North Atlantic Ocean on the Research Vessel Roger Revelle (糖心Vlog视频)
  • Research presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA
  • Carbon sequestration (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

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