Academic Background
California State University, Fullerton In progress
Master of Science, Geological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton June 2022
Bachelor of Science, Geological Sciences
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Orange Coast College May 2019
Associate in Science for Transfer, Geology
Professional Appointments
Teaching Associate, CSU Fullerton August 2022-present
Dimensions student research journal, geology section editor, March 2022-June 2022
CSU Fullerton
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Instructional Student Assistant, CSU Fullerton March 2020-May 2022
Research Assistant, CSU Fullerton December 2019-March 2020
GSA Presentations with Abstracts
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (May 2021). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Talk presented at the Geological Society of America Cordilleran section meeting, held virtually.
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Bates, C.A., Bender, E. E. (Sept 2019). Petrology of composite mantle xenoliths from Dish Hill, Mojave Desert, California: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and metasomatism. Poster presented at the Geological Society of America annual meeting. Phoenix, AZ.
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Other Presentations
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (April 2022). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Poster presented at the annual Cal State University, Fullerton, Geological Sciences Department student research day. Fullerton, CA.
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (April 2022). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Poster presented at the Cal State University, Fullerton, NSM-ICC Symposium. Fullerton, CA.
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (Nov 2021). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Poster presented at the annual South Coast Geological Society Student Research Night. Orange, CA.
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (April 2021). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Presented at the annual Cal State University, Fullerton, Geological Sciences Department student research day, held virtually.
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (March 2021). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Presented at the Cal State University, Fullerton, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics research symposium, held virtually.
Bates, C.A., Memeti, V., Paterson, S., and Wesley, A. (Oct 2020). The timing and magma source of the Sonora dike swarm and Standard pluton, Sonora, California, and comparison to other Jurassic dike swarms in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Presented at the annual Cal State University, Fullerton Department of Geological Sciences alumni night, held virtually.
Bates, C.A. (Dec 2019). Comparative analysis of the regional geology of Búðir and Jökulsárlón , Iceland, using sand provenance. Poster presented for Geol 303A Earth Materials class presentations. Fullerton, CA.
Bates, C.A., Bender, E. E. (Nov 2019). Petrology of composite mantle xenoliths from Dish Hill, Mojave Desert, California: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and metasomatism. Poster presented at the annual South Coast Geological Society Student Research Night. Orange, CA.
Bates, C.A., Bender, E. E. (April 2019). Petrology of composite mantle xenoliths from Dish Hill, Mojave Desert, California: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and metasomatism. Poster presented at the annual Cal State University, Fullerton, Geological Sciences Department student research day. Fullerton, CA.
Bates, C.A., Bender, E. E. (March 2019). Petrology of composite mantle xenoliths from Dish Hill, Mojave Desert, California: Implications for mantle heterogeneity and metasomatism. Poster presented at the Orange Coast College Giles T. Brown Student Project and Research Symposium. Costa Mesa, CA.
Grants and Scholarships
-David L. Willoughby Scholarship, $550, CSU Fullerton Geological Sciences Department, Spring 2022
-Searchers Gem and Mineral Society Award, $1,000, awarded for academic performance in Earth Materials (Mineralogy) and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology courses, Spring 2020
Awards and Honors
-South Coast Geological Society Best Undergraduate Thesis Award, CSU Fullerton Geological Sciences Student Research Day, Spring 2022
-South Coast Geological Society Outstanding Student Poster Award, 1st place, Fall 2021
-Dean’s Honor List for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Cal State University, Fullerton, Fall 2019-Spring 2021
-Mineralogical Society of America Undergraduate Prize, awarded for academic performance in Earth Materials (Mineralogy) and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology courses, Spring 2021
-South Coast Geological Society Outstanding Student Poster Award, Fall 2019
-Best Poster and Exhibition of Work, Giles T. Brown Student Project And Research Symposium, Orange Coast College, Spring 2019
-Garrison Honors Fellowship for the Sciences, honor awarded to one student each year from all the sciences, Orange Coast College, Spring 2019