Education and Professional Development

• B.S., Geological Sciences, California State University, San Diego
• 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
• Supervisor Training
• 30-hour Construction Safety
• CPR and First Aid

Summary of Professional Experience

Ms. Palazzolo is a Staff Geologist with experience in the writing of formal laboratory reports, including graphs, charts, and data tables, use of aerial photographs to evaluate large-scale geologic features, writing geologic reports involving drafting of cross sections and stratigraphic sections, and field sampling. Her areas of expertise include petrology, sedimentology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics, geochronology, physical oceanography, paleoecology, and geobiology.

Representative Experience

• Technical writing for reports, work plans, and site health and safety plans
• Compilation of final reports on Department of Defense contracts
• Deliverables to the U.S. Navy
• Procurement and scopes of work on firm fixed-price contracts for geophysical drilling
• Field work involving collection of samples