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Appointments & Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1994 to present
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1990 - 1994
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1988 - 1990

Education

Ph.D. 1990, University of Wyoming, Geophysics
M.Sc. 1981, University of Iowa, Geology                
B.Sc. 1977, University of Iowa, Geology

Teaching:

• Geol 105: History of the Earth

• Geol 572: Geophysics

• Geol 575: Seismic Exploration

• Geol 771: Advanced Geophysics Seminar

• Geol 772: Geophysical Data Analysis

Research Interests

Geophysics applied to tectonic, resource exploration, and environmental problems, as well as Geoinformatics. Seismic and radar imaging for neotectonics and petroleum exploration, potential field modeling applied to tectonic problems, and application of new information technology in the geosciences are all current topics of research.

Active Research:

• Seismic and radar imaging of alluvial fans in desert environments.

• Seismic static corrections derived from shallow, high resolution seismic and radar in desert environments.

• Quantification of off-fault strain distribution across active faults using shallow seismic and radar imaging.

• Potential field modeling of tectonic features in the Basin and Range, western USA.

• Use of neural nets to transform geophysical well log information to fully populated hydrocarbon reservoir models.

• Anisotropic algorithm development for improved seismic imaging and workflow continuity.

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