The principal role of the Board is to provide advice, guidance, support and assistance to the Department of Geosciences and the Department Head with particular emphasis on the educational and research goals of the Department and in establishing and fostering professional linkages.
External Advisory Board Members
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Rick Abegg rabegg@chevron.com Exploration Review Team – ES Consultant, Chevron BS Houston, Texas |
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Aubreya Adams aadams@colgate.edu Assistant Professor, Colgate University PhD Hamilton, New York |
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Susan Altman |
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Larry Bennett emeritus |
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Alex Burpee |
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Randall Cygan emeritus cygan@spinn.net Senior Scientist (retired) and Adjunct Professor, Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University MS and PhD Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Shawn Domagal-Goldman Branch Chief of Planetary Systems Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland |
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Larry Garmezy |
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Daniel Hayba |
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Douglas Heller emeritus dpheller@hppartners.com , Heller, Hickox & Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Erica Howat howate@battelle.org , Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, Ohio |
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Jacqueline Huntoon Department of Geosciences emeritus , Michigan Technical University |
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Christina Lopano emeritus |
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NEd Mamula Department of Geosciences , DOE Critical Minerals Program |
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Sharon Scanlon Minchak Secretary sharon.minchak@jacobs.com Environmental Solutions, Operations and Director of Talent and Technology, Jacobs BS Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Kent Newsham emeritus k.newsham@icloud.com Sr. Director-Subsurface Characterization & Application; Global Chief of Petrophysics, Occidental Petroleum Corporation BS Houston, Texas |
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David Russ Department of Geosciences emeritus |
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Pete Sak emeritus , Dickinson College |
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Trem Smith CEO, Berry Petroleum Bakersfield, California |
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Beth Stump President |
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Rick Wardrop rickwardop@gmail.com , Groundwater & Environmental Sciences State College, Pennsylvania |