Heather Noël Warren

1223 Ft. Stockton Drive, San Diego, CA 92103

(home) (619)-293-3853 (office) (619)-594-2552

Email: hwarren@geology.sdsu.edu

Education

January 1997- April 1999, San Diego State University

• Master’s of Science degree in Geology
• GPA: 3.73
• Focus: Structural Geology, Tectonics, Neotectonics
• Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty
• Thesis: The Carboniferous Peale Chert: A case study for determining depositional settings of chert-argillite units within complex metamorphic terranes

January 1992 – December 1996, University of N.C. at Charlotte

• Bachelor’s degree in Earth Science with concentration in geology
• Earth Science GPA: 3.5
• Advisor: Dr. John Bender

August 1991 – December 1992, Wingate College

• Concentrated in Visual Art
• No degree earned

Work Experience

• August 1998 – present, Teaching Assistant

Geology 101L (Introduction to Geology, Lab)

• August 1998 – December 1998, Graduate Assistant

Geology 200 (Geologic Inquiries and Problem Solving)

• June 1, 1998 – August 21, 1998, Exxon USA Intern, $3,850.00 / month

Worked as a production geologist searching for uphole potential in a carbonate/siliciclastic deep gas field in the Delaware Basin, West Texas. My work included: (a) intense analysis of well logs (paper and graphical) where 13 formations were correlated across ~20 wells (b) constructing 4 top of reservoir contour maps and 3 isopach maps of potential pay zones (c) generating 3 cross sections across the field with current/cemented perforation and production data (d) analysis of cumulative/annual/daily production data for each reservoir (e) learning Stratworks and SDI Montage for presentation and analysis purposes.

• August 1997 – December 1997, Teaching Assistant

Geology 306 (Structural Geology and Introduction to Field Methods)

• June 1997 – October 1998, Lab and Field Supervisor

Measured, logged and collected >100 samples in two ~50 meter sections of the Peale chert. Each sample was subsequently sliced and thin sectioned. Twenty samples were analyzed for major, trace and rare earth elemental abundances. Analyzed each thin section microscopically.

• January 1997- April 1997, Teacher

Teacher for Mad Science, an after school education science program held at various elementary schools.

• August 1996- December 1996, Teacher

Interim Social Studies teacher at Piedmont Middle School in Charlotte, NC. Taught for one semester, which required the dedication, responsibility and motivation of a full-time teacher.

• May 1996 – July 1996, Field Geologist

Spent seven weeks mapping five different areas in the mid-west (New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado).

Computer Skills

• General: Office 97, Canvas 3.5, Canvas 5.0, Delta Graph 4, Adobe Photoshop 5, Stratworks, SDI Montage, GeoViz, Z-Map
• Programming: Matlab 5, Visual Basic 5, HTML

Awards

• Athletic scholarship from Wingate College, Aug. 1991 – Dec. 1992
• Athletic scholarship from UNCC, Aug. 1992 – May 1993
• Academic scholarship, Chevron Oil Co., 1997-1998
• Academic scholarship, Exxon, USA, 1998-1999
• ARCS scholarship finalist, Summer 1998
• First runner-up for graduate student poster presentation, GSA-Pacific Section, April 1998

Professional Memberships

• AAPG
• GSA

Publications

• Warren, Heather N. (presenter), Crow, Leanne and Girty, Gary H., 1998, Statistical analysis of compositional data (SACD): A Visual Basic 5 (VB5) and Matlab program for estimating Power and b of the Student’s t test, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.30, no.5, p. A-69.
• Warren, Heather N. (speaker) and Girty, Gary H., 1998, Peale Chert: A case study for determining settings of chert-argillite units within complex metamorphic terranes, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.30, no.7, p. A-72.
• Warren, Heather N. and Girty, Gary H., 1998, A Matlab 5 program for calculating the statistics of mass change, Journal of Geoscience Education, in press, September publication date.
• Sacramento Grilo, I., Howell, S.M., Washburn, J., Noland, C. and Warren, H., 1998, Strike-slip faulting in the California borderland region (abstract), AAPG Bulletin, v.82, no.5A, p.841-863.
• Howell, S.M., Sacramento Grilo, I., Noland, C., Washburn, J. and Warren, H., 1998, Two stages of Cenozoic tectonic deformation in the California borderland (abstract), AAPG Bulletin, v.82, no.5A, p.841-863.

References

• Dr. Gary H. Girty, Geology Professor, San Diego State University, (619)-594-2552
• Dr. Vic Camp, Geology Professor, San Diego State University, (619)-594-7170
• Dr. John Bender, Geology Professor, University of N.C. at Charlotte, (704)-547-4251

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