Hydrogeology/Environmental Geology/Geological Engineering/Forensic Geology
Petroleum Geology and Geophysicsa
Industrial Minerals and Mineral Economics

Hydrogeology/Environmental Geology/Geological Engineering/Forensic Geology
Thomas W. Doe (Tom)
UW Connection
M.S., Geology, 1973
Ph.D., Geology and Mineral Engineering, 1980
Professional Interests
Geological risk assessment
Fracture flow modeling
Fractured rock hydrogeology
Radioactive waste management
Web applications
Current Job
Projects Manager
Golder Associates
Seattle, Washington
E-mail Address
tdoe@golder.com


Thomas M. Johnson (Tom)
UW Connection
M.S., Water Resources Management, 1975
M.S., Geology, 1976
Professional Interests
Contamination from hazardous, radioactive and solid wastes
Environmental remediation
Litigation and expert witness services
Current Job
Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and Principal Hydrogeologist
LFR Levine Fricke Consultants
Emeryville, California and Elgin, Illinois
(previously Head of the Groundwater Section of the Illinois State Geological Survey)
E-mail Address
tom.johnson@lfr.com


Robert J. Karnauskas
UW Connection
B.A., Geology, 1975
M.S., Geology (Hydrogeology) and Water Resources Management, 1977
Professional Interests
Groundwater contamination assessments and remediations
Municipal and industrial waste facility siting/permitting
Underground storage tank management
Property transfer/acquisition
Regulatory negotiations
Expert witness testimony
Current Job
President/Principal Hydrogeologist
Natural Resource Technology, Inc.
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
E-mail Address
rkarnauskas@naturalrt.com


Paul R. La Pointe
UW Connection
M.S., Geology (structural), 1974
Ph.D., Mining Engineering (geology minor), 1980
Registered Geologist, Washington State
Registered Hydrogeologist, Washington State
Professional Interests
Stochastic characterization & modeling of earth systems for the energy industry (Petroleum, Nuclear, Mining)
Fractured reservoir characterization and engineering
Resource assessment
Fractured rock hydrology
Earthquake risk analysis
Design of sampling plans for environmental remediation
Current Job
Associate & Mgr. Petroleum Services
FracMan Technology Group
Golder Associates Inc.
Redmond, WA
E-mail Address
plapointe@golder.com


Raymond C. Murray (Ray)
UW Connection
M.A., Geology, 1952
Ph.D., Geology, 1955
Professional Interests
Forensic geology
Sedimentary petrology
Current Job
Practicing Forensic Geologist
(Retired Vice President, University of Montana)
E-mail Address
rcm@selway.umt.edu
www.forensicgeology.net


Marjory Rinaldo-Lee
UW Connection
M.S., Geology and Water Resources Management, 1975
Professional Interests
Contaminant hydrogeology
Environmental remediation
Radioactive, hazardous and solid waste management
Current Job
President
GeoLogic NY, Inc.
Cortland, New York
E-mail Address
marjory@geologic.net


Stuart Rojstaczer
UW Connection
B.S., Geology, 1977
(subsequently Ph.D., Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford, 1988)
Professional Interests
Hydrology
Global human environmental impact
Earthquake and volcanic geohazards
Current Job
Professor
Earth & Ocean Sciences
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
E-mail Address
stuart@duke.edu


William Simpkins (Bill)
UW Connection
M.S., Geology and Water Resources Management, 1979
Ph.D., Geology, 1989
Professional Interests
Hydrogeology of fractured and unfractured till
Agricultural water quality
Hydrogeology of re-established riparian buffers
Field hydrogeology
Applications of isotopes to hydrogeology
Current Job
Associate Professor
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
E-mail Address
bsimp@iastate.edu


James R. Stark (Jim)
UW Connection
M.S., Geology, 1977
M.S., Water Resources Management, 1978
Professional Interests
Groundwater modeling
Hydrogeology field data collection
Hydrological studies and water quality assessment, particularly of the Upper Mississippi River basin
Current Job
Supervisory Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Mounds View, Minnesota
E-mail Address
stark@usgs.gov


Erik K. Webb
UW Connection
M.S., Hydrogeology, 1989
Ph.D., Hydrogeology, 1992
Professional Interests
Spatial geologic simulation
Statistical and probabilistic decision analysis
Advanced sensor and real-time monitoring system development
Water resources management modeling
Site selection and characterization and uncertainty assessments
International collaboration on waste and water projects - Far East, Central Asia, Middle East
Current Job
Manager, Geohydrology Department
Sandia National Laboratory
Albuquerque, New Mexico
E-mail Address
ekwebb@sandia.gov


Chunmiao Zheng
UW Connection
Ph.D., Hydrogeology, 1988
Professional Interests
Effects of geological heterogeneity on solute transport processes
Contaminant transport modeling
Remediation system design
Coupling of solute transport simulation with biological and geochemical models
Abnormal fluid pressures in large sedimentary basins
Current Job
Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
E-mail Address
czheng@wgs.geo.ua.edu


Petroleum Geology and Geophysics


Jacob Brown
UW Connection
B.S., Geology, 1996
Professional Interests
Design and acquisition of a seismic survey
Processing 3-D seismic surveys
Development of processing routines for transition zone seismic crews
Streamlining of field and in-house processing techniques to speed turn around times from collection to final delivery of a 3-D seismic survey.
Current Job
Geophysicist
WesternGeco
Subsidiary of Schlumberger
New Orleans, Louisiana
E-mail Address
jakebrown7@hotmail.com


Joseph F. Kirchner (Joe)
UW Connection
M.S., Geophysics, 1978
Professional Interests
Hydrocarbon exploration and development
Global exploration
Petroleum seismic tools and applications
Exploration strategy
Geologic risk assessment
Current Job
Manager, Reservoir & Wells - Alaska
BP
Anchorage, Alaska
E-mail Address
kirchnjf@bp.com


Patrick J. Lehmann
UW Connection
B.S., Geology, 1976
M.S., Geology (Carbonate Sedimentology), 1978
Professional Interests
Geoscience integration
Mentoring
Sequence stratigraphy
Carbonate sedimentology
Seismic stratigraphy
Current Job
Geological Advisor
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Houston, Texas
E-mail Address
patrick.j.lehmann@exxon.sprint.com
patricklehmann@msn.com (home e-mail)


Kyle T. Lewallen
UW Connection
Ph.D., Geophysics (Hydrogeology minor), 1996
Professional Interests
3D seismic characterization of rock and fluid properties
Borehole geophysics
Sub-salt seismic imaging
Reservoir monitoring using time-lapse seismic surveying
Current Job
Exploration Geophysicist
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Houston, Texas
E-mail Address
kyle.t.lewallen@exxonmobil.com


James D. Robertson (Jamie)
UW Connection
M.S., Geophysics, 1972
Ph.D., Geophysics, 1975
Professional Interests
International petroleum exploration
Exploration portfolio selection and management
3D and time-lapse seismic interpretation
Current Job
Managing Director
Rannoch Petroleum LLC
Fort Worth, Texas
E-mail Address
jdr@alumni.princeton.edu


Jeff Spatz
UW Connection
M.S., Geology 1981
Professional Interests
Geological uncertainty analysis
Sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration and development
Integration of static and dynamic reservoir data
Current Job
North Sea Planning & Performance Management
BP
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
E-mail Address
spatzja@bp.com


M. Ray Thomasson
UW Connection
Ph.D., Geology (Geophysics), 1959
Professional Interests
Domestic and International Exploration
Integrated exploration teams
National and world resource assessments and estimates
Geophysical solutions in onshore Rockies, Midcontinent and eastern U.S.
Surface geochemical techniques
Generation of mega-scope exploration plays
Current Job
President
Thomasson Partner Associates, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
E-mail Address
tpaexpl@aol.com


Industrial Minerals and Mineral Economics


Albert F. (Frank) Alsobrook
UW Connection
M.S., Geology, 1965
Professional Interests
Industrial minerals exploration, prospect evaluation, mining, processing,
marketing, and economics
Industrial mineral property and business valuation
Industrial minerals market analysis and new product development
Corporate acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic planning
Pre-feasibility assessment of greenfield development projects
Current Job
President
Alsobrook & Company, Inc.
Medford, NJ
E-mail Address
afalsobrook@comcast.net


Richard L. Nielsen
UW Connection
No UW degree
B.S., M.S., Geology, Cal Tech, 1955, 1957
Ph.D., Geology, Univ of California - Berkeley, 1964
Professional Interests
Mineral deposits - genesis and regional controls
Exploration and development technology
Porphyry coppers and gold-silver deposits
Science education and public outreach
Current Job
Consulting Geologist
Golden, Colorado
E-mail Address
rlngeocon@aol.com


Nyal Niemuth
UW Connection
B.S., Geology, 1977
Professional Interests
Economic geology
Base and precious metal mining
Mineralogy
Current Job
Mining Engineer
Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources
Phoenix, Arizona
E-mail Address
njn22r@hotmail.com