News
08/18/2022 - The patrons just got to see the mineral baryte I got from the Tuscon Gem and Mineral Show®. If you're not already signed up to my Patreon, go check it out!
08/11/2022 - #MinCup22 is just around the corner starting in September, if you like voting for minerals please check out @MineralCup on Twitter and give them a follow!
08/08/2022 - Just published a video on how a Brunton compass works and explained what it indicates, check it out and learn!
08/01/2022 - Please check out my Patreon, where members will receive exclusive access to content like watermark-free pictures and behind the scenes access to uncut video footage before the general public, along with being able to participate in a college-like course called "Introduction to Geology." Also, be sure to also follow me on Twitter and join the Discord to get notifications for when I go live on Twitch.
About
Alyssa (better known as Sage) is an instructor of geology at a California State University, sharing her passion of Earth Science via educational video streams on Twitch. She specializes in the field of sedimentology with high detail in diagenesis, carbon capture, sequestration, petrography, SEM, and field geology. Additional disciplines include hydrogeology, volcanology, and mineralogy.
Alyssa is also co-founder of The Knowledge Fellowship, a community of like-minded individuals who share peer-reviewed information on a variety of topics for free in a highly-interactive environment on Twitch.
Research
Most of Alyssa's research began in 2013 beginning with diagenesis, sedimentary reservoir quality, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, while using scanning electron (SEM) and petrographic microscopy. While she was completing her research, and masters, she also picked up a various side research projects. This included mapping a 7.5 minute quadrangle in the Southern Sierra Nevada, CA for the USGS under an EdMap grant with two others.
She also collected samples in British Columbia along the Fraser River to later crush and eventually pick apatite/zircon from for numerical dating. While using the rock crushing lab at CSUB, she developed a lab manual for the jaw crusher, disk mill, and general safety guidelines for the rock crushing lab. She was trained to pick apatite and zircon later at CU Boulder's Thermochronology Research and Instrumentation Laboratory (TRaIL).
During and after her masters she helped run the Scanning Electron Microscopy lab with two others. She partook in more research by running samples for several projects in the SEM, including one set of samples from an IODP project. Finally, she began teaching at CSUB just before graduating with her Master of Geology.
Alyssa's curriculum vitae can be found here, and Google Scholar profile here.
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