CURRICULUM VITAE – marina mascorro

 

Staff Geologist

 

Current Address

 

COTTON, SHIRES AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

330 Village Lane

Los Gatos, California  95030

Phone:  (408) 354-5542, FAX:  (408) 354-1852

Web site:  www.cottonshires.com

 

Education

 

B.S., Geology, San Francisco State University, 2005

 

Representative Experience

 

As a staff geologist at Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc. (CSA), Ms. Mascorro has participated in a variety of projects including construction inspection of the Terra Bay Centennial Towers in South San Francisco, geologic mapping for the City of San Bruno and geotechnical peer reviews for several Bay Area municipalities.  She has also taken part in a variety of geologic tasks including logging of exploratory boreholes, installation and monitoring of slope inclinometers, field surveying and construction observation for landslide repairs.  Prior to her employment at CSA, Ms. Mascorro developed her skills as a geologist working for a smaller geotechnical consulting firm, worked extensively on sediment and carbonate analysis while working for the USGS, and participated in creating geologic maps using GIS software as an intern for the California Geologic Survey.  During her studies at San Francisco State University, Ms. Mascorro participated in a long-term research project monitoring fault creep on Bay Area faults and completed her undergraduate thesis based on finding relations between microseismicity and fault creep.

 

Professional Affiliations

 

Association of Engineering Geologists

 

Professional History

 

Staff Geologist, Upp Geotechnology, Inc., Campbell, California, May 2006-February 2007

Lab Technician, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, Fall 2004- May 2006

Intern, California Geological Survey, San Francisco, California, Fall 2002- Fall 2004