Matthew A. d’Alessio

Assistant Professor

California State University Northridge

Department of Geological Sciences

Northridge, CA 91330-8266

Office: Live Oak Hall, Room 1228 (2nd floor near Lindley Ave entrance.)

Phone: 818.677.3647

Fax: 818.677.2820

“I love this stuff, but I hate teaching it.”

– A middle school science teacher, talking about Earth science

A teacher once told me the quote above, and it changed my life. I went from being a research scientist to being a high school science teacher. Today, I spend my time helping prepare future teachers as a professor at CSUN.

A brief biography for talk introductions.

Earth Science Teacher, El Cerrito High School

Stay-at-home Dad

Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey

My Background

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge

Image Credit for USGS image:

http://www.icdp-online.org/sites/sanandreas/news/daily_reports/2002_06_23/UN_rig_56.jpg

Professor d’Alessio controls the massive 6 meter diameter globe at the Miraikan,

Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science in Tokyo.

Visiting Professor

Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo