Education:

B.A., Geology, Wesleyan University

M.A., Geology, University of Kansas

Ph.D., Geology, Yale University

Experience:

Geologist with over 30 years of experience in academia and as a consulting geologist for major and independent oil and gas companies. Experienced in clastic facies, reservoir characterization, sequence stratigraphy, and basin analysis. Geographic areas worked include onshore and offshore Gulf of Mexico, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, the Appalachians, Oklahoma, Arkansas, the Rocky Mountains, Venezuela, Korea, Japan, Brazil, and Peru. Computer skills include Microsoft Office, and Lotus 1-2-3.

Developed a predictive exploration model and play concept and identified drilling targets in an onshore play. Recommended a 12 well play; 11 found commercial gas. Recommended a three-well oil play where all discovered commercial oil. Developed a sedimentological facies model and sequence stratigraphic framework for reservoir characterization. Developed a predictive exploration model in delta front sandstones, resulting in several discoveries. Published a chart of log shapes that is widely used in the petroleum industry.

Developed field criteria using sedimentary structures to distinguish ancient lacustrine deposits. Developed sedimentary criteria for characterizing macrotidal deposits. Recognized tidal flat vertical sequences and sedimentary structures in carbonate rocks and applicability of a sedimentary structure approach to carbonate environments. Identified critical control of time-velocity asymmetry of tidal currents on controlling sand body geometry, bedform orientations, facies distribution, and sand dispersal on intertidal sand bodies. Developed tidal flat fining-upward sequence model for estimating changes in paleotidal ranges and tidal regimen through time. Established "Tidalite" concept as a process-facies to document significance of such sediments in rock record. Identified mass flow processes in ancient delta front troughs and their seal characteristics. Developed a model for tidal circulation on ancient cratonic platforms correlating tidal range and shelf width. Established depositional depth as a critical link between depositional and tectonic processes, particularly in deepwater basins.

Established that repeated Cambro-Ordovician Sandstone-Shale Carbonate cycles in the northern mid-continent were correlated to associated mechanical faulting events in the Illinois basin.

Directed the activities of the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium. Provided fiscal oversight, developed strategic plans, and implemented modern accountability systems.