College of Science & Math Research

Students with general queries regarding the College of Science and Math Research can visit the college at Eucalyptus Hall 2130, or call (818) 677-3135.

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Office of Research & Graduate Studies

Students with general queries regarding the College of Science and Math Research can visit the college at Eucalyptus Hall 2130, or call (818) 677-3135.

Learn More About The Office

Department Chair

Richard Heermance


Live Oak 1202

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330-8346

Phone: (818) 677-2052

Send email

Active Research Grants & Recent Awards

Active Research Grants


Robinson Cecil and Joshua Schwartz:
Early Career: Acquisition of New Excimer Laser Ablation System for a High Resolution ICPMS Facility—NSF Instrumentation and Facilities Program (2017)

Jennifer Cotton:
"RUI/Collaborative Research: MSB-ECA: Mice-o-scapes: Using isotopes to understand the effect of climate and landscape change on small mammal ecology over the past 100 years.” Funded by the National Science Foundation

Joshua Schwartz:
"CAREER: Investigating Controls on Arc Flare-Ups and the Growth of Lower Continental Crust.” Funded by the National Science Foundation

Doug Yule and Dick Heermance:
"Late Pleistocene slip rate of the western Pinto Mountain Fault, Morongo Valley, CA.” Funded by the Southern California Earthquake Center

Dick Heermance:
“Collaborative Research: RUI: Plio-Quaternary History of Basin Evolution, Climate Change, and Fold Growth in the Qaidam Basin-Investigating Wind-enhanced Climate-Tectonic Feedback” Funded by the National Science Foundation

Dayanthie Weeraratne:
"CAREER: Geodynamic Study of Earth's Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formation.” Funded by the National Science Foundation

Robinson Cecil and Kathleen Marsaglia:
“Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Geologic Record of Late Paleozoic Subduction Initiation Along the Southwestern Margin of Laurentia, Southern California and Sonora, Mexico.” Funded by the National Science Foundation

Kathleen Marsaglia:
"Post Expedition Award for IODP Expedition 385: Post-Cruise Study of Guaymas Basin Sand Provenance", Funded by the National Science Foundation.

"Participation on International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 385", Funded by the National Science Foundation.

"Composing a Modern Handbook for Shipboard Sedimentologists, the Linchpin of a Sedimentologist's Shipboard Toolbox", Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Matthew D’Alessio:
“San Fernando Valley Science Project.” Funded by California Subject Matter Projects/No Child Left Behind

“Revisions to the Framework for K-12 Science Education.” Funded by the California Department of Education

“Supporting Diverse K-6 Students’ Sense of Belonging and Science Achievement through a Network of STEM-Integrated Professional Learning Communities.” Funded by the California Department of Education

 

Recent Awards

Kathleen Marsaglia AAPG Grover E. Murray Distinguished Educator Award (2019)

Kathleen Marsaglia PS-SEPM Honorary Membership (2018)

Robinson Cecil and Joshua Schwartz Early Career: Acquisition of New Excimer Laser Ablation System for a High Resolution ICPMS Facility—NSF Instrumentation and Facilities Program (2017)

Elena Miranda NSF Collaborative Research: Strain Localization, Shear Zone Connectivity and Magma-Deformation Interactions by Depth within a 65 km thick transpressional continental arc (2017)

Matthew d’Alessio California Science Teachers Association Distinguished Contributions Award (Group award given to Dr. d'Alessio and the directors of the other 15 science project sites around the state.)

Kathleen Marsaglia CSUN Exceptional Service to Students Award (2015)

Kathleen Marsaglia Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Educator Award (2015)

College of Science & Math Research

Students with general queries regarding the College of Science and Math Research can visit the college at Eucalyptus Hall 2130, or call (818) 677-3135.

Learn More About The College

Office of Research & Graduate Studies

Students with general queries regarding the College of Science and Math Research can visit the college at Eucalyptus Hall 2130, or call (818) 677-3135.

Learn More About The Office

Department Chair

Richard Heermance


Live Oak 1202

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330-8346

Phone: (818) 677-2052

Send email

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