Earthguide - about us - Memorie Yasuda

Memorie Yasuda, Manager and Developer

Memorie Yasuda

Education & outreach interests
I am interested in developing high-quality and easy-to-use educational web media for teachers and students in the areas of earth, marine and environmental sciences.

Education
M.S. Geology, 1988 University of Southern California; Los Angeles, California

A.B. Geology, 1981 Occidental College; Los Angeles, California

Earthguide developer and manager - Developing Earthguide, a web-based educational outreach program in earth, marine and environmental science, and managing the affiliated undergraduate internship program.
Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
2000 - present

Adjunct Faculty - Teaching Oceanography
Grossmont College; Grossmont, CA
Fall 1998 - present

Science Writer - Writing Voyager for SIO Explorations, a children's segment for a quarterly publication
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, CA
2003 - present

Outreach Coordinator - Coordinating California Space Institute undergraduate interships.
Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
1998-2000

Associate Faculty - Teaching Physical Geology and Oceanography
MiraCosta College; Oceanside, CA
1996 - 1998

Research & Teaching Assistant - Conducting research and teaching undergraduates
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, CA
1989 to 1996

Technical Assistant - Conducting unit support services and managing staff
Basin Studies; UNOCAL International Oil & Gas Division; Los Angeles, CA
1988

Interim Assistant to the Dean - Developing spreadsheet systems to track division budgets and salaries
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
1988

Lecturer - Teaching Physical Geology
Cypress College; Cypress, CA
1988

Software Training Consultant - Developing spreadsheet systems to track salaries and project budgets
HDM advertising consultants; Los Angeles, CA
1987

Lab Assistant - Managing the Micropaleontology Laboratory
University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
1987

Curatorial Lab Assistant - Assisting the curator of the echinoid collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles, CA
1986

Student and Scientific Visitor - Conducting research
National Center for Atmospheric Research; Boulder, CO
Summers 1984 & 1985

Geologist - Conducting research
Mobil Exploration and Production; Denver, CO
Summer 1983

Teaching and Research Assistant - Teaching Physical Geology Lab and developing educational software for an Oceanography course
University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
1981-1984

Lab Assistant - Conducting lab analyses and field work
Water Quality Division - U. S. Geological Survey; Austin, TX
Summer 1980

Teaching Assistant - Teaching Physical Geology Lab
Occidental College; Los Angeles, CA
1980

Professional affiliations
American Geophysical Union
National Association of Geology Teachers
Geological Society of America
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Other activities
Board of Counselors, Torrey Pines Association

Previous research interests
My research interests comprised - Quaternary paleoceanography, Quaternary paleoclimate, micropaleontology, and sedimentology. Research work included studies on the relative effects of productivity and saturation on the preservation of marine carbonate sediments in the western equatorial Pacific; and geographic control of ocean circulation during the Late Cretaceous.

Scientific publications
Johnson, C., Barron, E., Kauffman, E., Yasuda, M., and Fawcett, P. (1996). Cretaceous reef buildup and collapse linked to ocean heat transport mechanisms, Geology, 24:376-380.

Herbert, T. D., Yasuda, M. K., and Burnett, C. (1995). Glacial-interglacial sea surface temperature record inferred from alkenone unsaturation indices, ODP Site 893, Santa Barbara Basin, In: Scientific Results Ocean Drilling Project Volume 146, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington.

Berger, W., Bickert, T., Jansen, E., Wefer, G., and Yasuda, M. (1993). The central mystery of the Quaternary ice age, Oceanus, 36 (no. 4):53-56.

Berger, W. H., Yasuda, M. K., Bickert, T., Wefer, G., and Takayama, T. (1994). Quaternary time scale for the Ontong Java Plateau: Milankovitch template for Ocean Drilling Program Site 806, Geology, 22:463-467.

Berger, W. H., Yasuda, M., Bickert, T., and Wefer, G. (1995). Brunhes-Matuyama boundary: 790 k.y. date confirmed by ODP Leg 130 oxygen isotope records using a new ice-mass template, Geophysical Research Letters, 22:1525-1528.

Yasuda, M. K., Berger, W. H., Wu, G., Burke, S. K., and Schmidt, H. (1993). Foraminifer preservation record for the last million years: Site 805, Ontong Java Plateau, In: Berger, W. H., Kroenke, L. W., Mayer, L. A., et al., Scientific Results Ocean Drilling Project Volume 130, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, pp. 491-508.

Berger, W. H., Bickert, T., Schmidt, H., Wefer, G., and Yasuda, M. K. (1993). Quaternary oxygen isotope record of pelagic foraminifers: Site 805, Ontong Java Plateau, In: Berger, W. H., Kroenke, L. W., Mayer, L. A., et al., Scientific Results Ocean Drilling Project Volume 130, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, pp. 363-379.

Lange, C. B., Schimmelmann, A., Yasuda, M. K., and Berger, W. H. (1999). Marine varves off southern California. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Reference Series, 96-22:55 pp.

Wu, G., Yasuda, M. K., and Berger, W. H., 1991. Late Pleistocene carbonate stratigraphy on Ontong-Java Plateau in the western equatorial Pacific, Marine Geology, 99: 135-150.

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