Education:
PhD, March 2005, Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara
MS, 1999, Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder
BS, 1997, Geology/Geophysics, Northern Arizona University
Employment:
Current Position (Jan 2007-Present). Research Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines
April 2005-December 2006. Assistant Researcher, University of California Santa Barbara
Summer 2004. Instructor of Record, Oceanography, University of California Santa Barbara
Summer 2004. Instructor of Record, Geological Catastrophes, University of California Santa Barbara
1999-2001. Exploration & Development Geologist, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, TX
Current Grants:
Current:
2008-2011 ($625,000) Stratigraphic Development of Continental Slopes, Phase II.
Previous Grants, Scholarships, and Awards:
2005-2008 ($618,000) Petroleum Industry-funded consortium entitled "Stratigraphic Development of Large-Scale Turbidite Slope Systems: Rules for Reservoir Modeling and Reservoir Distribution."
2005-2006 Mass-Transport Complexes Research Grant Gift, BHP Billiton ($24000)
2004-2005. Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) Fellowship Award ($30,000)
2004 Mass-Transport Complexes Research Grant, BHP Billiton ($3500)
2002, 2003. Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grants ($2000 each)
2001-2002. University of California Fellowship ($5000)
1998. Bruce Curtis Award for Economic Geology ($500), University of Colorado
1997-1998. University of Colorado Fellowship (Full Tuition, Fees, and Stipend)
1993. Italian Language Award, John Cabot University
1990-1991. Chancellor's Scholarship (Full Tuition and Fees), University of Alaska
Professional Societies:
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
International Association of Sedimentologists
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Society for Sedimentary Geology
European Union of Geosciences
Students:
Currently I am supervising or co-supervising four students:
Donald Walker, Ms student, Colorado School of Mines. Topic: Interaction of turbidity currents with supra-mass-transport deposit topography.
Philip Thompson, PhD student, University of Aberdeen; Topic: Channel-architectural analysis.
Vanessa Kertznus, PhD student, University of Aberdeen; Topic: Sequence stratigraphy of slope systems.
Katerina Garyfalou, PhD student, University of Aberdeen; Topic: Seismic modeling of mass-transport deposits based on field examples.
