Academic Background

Degrees

 

California State University Fullerton

 

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Major/Focus

 

Igneous Petrology

 

Geology

Graduating Year

 

MS Degree, May 2020

 

BS Degree, May 2015


Professional Appointments


Position

 

Lecturer, CSU Fullerton 

 

Teaching Associate, CSU Fullerton

 

Research Assistant, CSU Fullerton

 

Research Assistant, Geoscience Consultants, LLC

 

Duration

 

August 2020 - Present

 

August 2016 - May 2020

 

August 2016 - May 2020

 

July 2015 - October 2015


Peer-Reviewed Publications

Oppenheim, L., Memeti, V., Barnes, C., Chambers, M., Krause, J., Esposito, R., 2020. Feldspar recycling across magma mush bodies during the voluminous Half Dome and Cathedral Peak stages of the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Yosemite National Park, California. Geosphere (Accepted)

 

 

Presentations

Memeti, V., Chambers, M., Oppenheim, L., Barnes, C., Eddy, M., Schoene, B. August 2019. Plagioclase and K-Feldspar Megacryst Recycling in a Large, Prolonged Magma mush, Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, California. Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain

 

Memeti, V., Chambers, M., Oppenheim, L., Barnes, C., Paterson, S. May 2019. A Tale of Crystal-Melt Mixing and Large, Prolonged Magma Mush Bodies Told by Plagioclase and K-Feldspar Megacrysts from the Inner Units of the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex. Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Portland, OR

Ayers, J., Memeti, V., Oppenheim, L., Chambers, M. May 2018. The Half Dome Granodiorite on the East Side of the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Yosemite National Park, CA: Big or Small Magma Chambers?

Geological Society of America Joint Section Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ

 

Oppenheim, L., Memeti, V., Chambers, M., Werts, K., Barnes, C., Barnes, M., Esposito, R. May 2018. Length Scales of Magma Mixing and Magma Chamber Dimensions as Inferred from Zoning in Feldspars, Yosemite National Park, CA. Geological Society of America Joint Section Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ

 

Oppenheim, L., Memeti, V., Werts, K., Barnes, C., Barnes, M., Esposito, R., Paterson, S. December 2017. Zoning in Feldspars as Tracers of Length Scales of Magma Mixing and Magma Chamber Size in the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Yosemite National Park, CA. December 2017. South Coast Geological Society 23rd Annual Poster Session, Orange, CA

 

Chambers, M., Memeti, V., Oppenheim, L. October 2017. Investigating the Extent of Crystal Mixing in the Northern Tuolumne Intrusive Complex with Mineral Inclusion Patterns in K-Feldspar. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

 

Memeti V., Oppenheim, L., Werts, K., Williams, D., Barnes, C., Paterson, S., Barnes, M. October 2017.

Tracking Stages of Magmatic Evolution by Comparison of Trace Elements and Isotopes in Different Mineral Populations in the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

 

Oppenheim, L., Memeti, V., Werts, K., Barnes, C., Barnes, M., Esposito, R., Paterson, S. October 2017.

 

Zoning in Feldspars as Tracers of Length Scales of Magma Mixing and Magma Chamber Size in the Tuolumne Intrusive Complex, Yosemite National Park, CA. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA 

Awards, Honors, and Grants

 

CSUF Giles T. Brown Graduate Student Travel Award, June 2018

 

Geological Society of America “On to the Future” Travel Grant and Scholarship, July 2017

 

Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant, April 2017

 

UNLV Geosymposium Award for Best GIS Poster, April 2014

 

UNLV Dean's List Award for Fall 2010 Semester, April 2011