A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Rachelle Kernen
CURRENT TITLE: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Salt Basins Technical Interest Group Founder & Co-Chair
AAPG Women’s Network Co-Chair
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology (Sedimentology-Stratigraphy), Salt Tectonics, Petroleum Geology, Geopolitics, Diversity, Inclusion, Women’s Issues, Writing Scientific Reports and Publishing Scientific Papers, Social Media Marketing
NAME: Ericson Bariso
CURRENT TITLE: Science Research Specialist I
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Physical Volcanology, Volcanic Hazards, Petrology and Petrography, Geochemistry, History, Field Geology, and GIS
NAME: Pete Rowley
CURRENT TITLE: Senior Lecturer in Geology
Postgraduate Research Coordinator
AREA OF EXPERTISE: I’m broadly a volcanologist, but I dabble in sedimentology, rock physics, and a few other bits and pieces. My main interests are in using experimental techniques to try and understand how explosive volcanic processes like pyroclastic density currents behave.
NAME: Jorge E. Romero Moyano
CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student/Geologist
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Physical volcanology, exploring processes of magma fragmentation and deposition over the Earth’s surface.
NAME: Dr. Katie McFall
CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Associate
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Economic Geology
NAME: Andy Emery CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student, University of Leeds, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: Glacial and postglacial landscape evolution and coastal change under rapid relative sea-level rise YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 12 EDUCATION: BSc, University of Leeds, Geological Sciences MSc, University of Leeds,…
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NAME: Andy Farke CURRENT TITLE: Augustyn Family Curator, Director of Research & Collections, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 10 EDUCATION: B.Sc., Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Ph.D., Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook…
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NAME: Kevin McAndrews CURRENT TITLE: Project Manager and Environmental Geologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Environmental consulting, contaminate remediation, hydrogeology, and vapor intrusion YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 5 years at a small environmental consulting firm EDUCATION: Bachelors of Science in Geological Sciences, Salem…
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NAME: Glenn M. Stein, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) CURRENT TITLE: Polar & Maritime Historian, Author and Speaker AREA OF EXPERTISE: My objective is to interest and educate the public in the history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, thus…
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NAME: Sandie Will CURRENT TITLE: Geohydrologic Data Manager/Professional Geologist (P.G.) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Management, Leadership, Hydrogeology, Hydrostratigraphy, Water Resources YEARS EXPERIENCE: 18 – my experience includes 10 years in environmental consulting and 8 years with a state water agency. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Geology,…
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NAME: Callan Bentley CURRENT TITLE: Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professor of Geology, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia. I also blog at Mountain Beltway, tweet at @callanbentley, and serve as a contributing editor for EARTH magazine. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology, teaching YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:…
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NAME: Peter G. Knight CURRENT TITLE: Reader in Geography AREA OF EXPERTISE: It’s a little hard to pin down, but for this exercise, let’s say glaciers. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 30 years as a lecturer at Keele University EDUCATION: Undergraduate degree…
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