Henry Wise is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in geology and a Master’s degree in geology from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in geological and environmental remediation. He also has substantial experience in ground-water assessment and remediation projects in Texas and the eastern United States. He also has substantial experience in exploration and production of uranium in Texas.
Mr. Wise is a Licensed Professional Geologist in Texas and Alabama, and is a Certified Professional Geologist by the AIPG. As a long-time member of the Houston Geological Society (HGS), he currently is Co-Chair of the Government Affairs Committee and publishes “Governmental Update” in the HGS Bulletin every month. In addition, he publishes the semi-weekly blog “The Wise Report” and “Government Update” on the HGS and AIPG-TX.org websites. He was a founding member of the Energy Minerals Division of AAPG in 1977 and currently serves as Vice-Chair (Industry) of the Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee of the AAPG-Energy Minerals Division. On May 12, 2011, Governor Perry commissioned Henry Wise as an Admiral in the Texas Navy for his outstanding efforts over the years on behalf of the geological community in Texas. Governor Perry’s Proclamation (here).
Mr. Wise serves as the Senior Remediation Specialist of NRC (SWS Environmental Services) of La Porte, Texas. He made a presentation (with Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H.) to a packed house at the May Dinner Meeting of the Engineering and Environmental Group of the Houston Geological Society. The presentation was entitled:
“Hydrogeologic Risks in the Groundwater Supply of Harris County, Texas: Radioactive Constituents, Natural Gas, & Growth Faults”. Abstract and Biographies of the speakers (link).
Mr. Wise also served as co-author of Chapter 9 in the AAPG-EMD Memoir 101, entitled: Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth’s Future in Space. For the Table of Contents and Book Preface, see (here). Members of the Energy Mineral Division’s Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee (UCOM) and of I2M Associates, LLC contributed the final Chapter 9, entitled:
“Nuclear Power and Associated Environmental Issues in the Transition of Exploration and Mining on Earth to the Development of Off-World Natural Resources in the 21st Century (PDF).”
For full list of publications by Mr. Wise, see (more).
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Michael Campbell holds a Bachelor’s degree in geology and hydrogeology from the Ohio State University (1966) during which he was appointed the Research Assistant to Dr. Jay H. Lehr, Asstant Professor of Hydrogeology. Ten years later he was awarded the Eleanor and Mills Bennett Fellowship and received a Master’s degree in geology and geophysics from Rice University in 1976. He has spent a number of tours of duty overseas in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Africa working for American companies on natural-resource development and environmental projects. He has been involved in a range of mining and associated environmental projects including uranium exploration and mining, and precious metal exploration and mining projects on behalf of a number of major U.S., Australian, and English companies (more).
Over more than 50 years, he produced a number of EPA-sponsored guidance documents and associated reports involving groundwater resource development and associated contamination assessment and abatement. He has produced three technical books, many papers and reports, and has served on a number of editorial boards of the major technical journals in his field. He founded the NWWA Research Facility and served as its first Director of Research in Columbus, Ohio and at Rice University in Houston, Texas (more).
Mr. Campbell has served in senior positions with Law Engineering and Environmental, Inc. rising from Senior Hydrogeologist to Chief Hydrogeologist of all 50 Law Engineering offices in the U.S., as Senior Program Manager and Chief Hydrogeologist for ENSER Consulting and Engineering, Inc., and as Regional Technical Manager and Chief Hydrogeologist for the DuPont Environmental Group (Southern District) with line responsibilities covering DuPont plants and other plants over a seven-state area (i.e. the Southern District). He managed five operating departments: Geology, Environmental Specialties, Deep Well Disposal, Conceptual Engineering, and Engineering/Construction, together involving approximately 60 technical personnel. He provided technical and administrative leadership, staff recruitment, training, quality control/assurance, risk assessment on various DuPont projects and represented DuPont on technical committees in Superfund projects in the US. After leaving DuPont in the mid-1990s, Mr. Campbell went into private practice as Principal Geologist/Hydrogeologist for M. D. Campbell and Associates, L.P. and served the mining and environmental industries and the legal community for almost 20 years.
In 1992, Mr. Campbell developed, managed and served in pro bono as Principal Instructor for a 220-Hr Evening Semester Course: Introduction to Environmental Technology, held on the campus of North Harris Community College (now called the Lone Star College) for the purpose of cross-training petroleum geologists, engineers, chemists, and others as a prelude to entering or advancing in the environmental field. Mr. Campbell lectured on RCRA and CERCLA and on hydrogeology and project management, and selected and managed guest lecturers from industry, government and prominent universities. The course was later located at the Houston Engineering and Scientific Society (HESS) and by The Institute of Environmental Technology. Almost 400 men and women have graduated from the program by 1997. During the period, he also served as Principal Hydrogeologist for Environmental Litigation Associates in support of the legal community.
In 2010, he joined I2M Associates, LLC in Houston and Seattle as Vice President and Chief Geologist/Hydrogeologist and works on both mining and environmental projects in many parts of the U.S. and around the world. I2M provides consulting services in uranium, precious metals, base metals, and other commodities, such as phosphate, potash, geothermal energy, combined with the associated and other environmental projects located in the U.S. and around the world, with an emphasis on Australia, Vietnam, and in a number of African countries (Tanzania, Niger, and South Africa). In 2018, I2M Associates, LLC separated into two groups with Mr. Campbell going with I2M Consulting, LLC.
Over the years, Mr. Campbell has been elected a Fellow in the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), a Fellow in Geological Society of America (GSA), a Fellow (and Chartered Geologist) in the Geological Society of London (GSL), a Fellow in the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), a Registered Member in the Society of Mining and Exploration (SME), and was a Founding Member of the Energy Minerals Division (EMD) of AAPG in 1977. Since 2004, he has served as Chairman of the Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee of the EMD (Mr. Campbell stepped down as Chairman in 2021 after 17 years of service as Chairman (more)). He was elected President of EMD in 2010-2011.
Mr. Campbell has been a member of AIPG since 1976 and served as Chairman, Conference Environmental and Mining Sessions, 1997 AIPG Annual Conference in Houston, Texas (more). More recently, he received the National AIPG Section Leadership Award (more) and (Presentation in Anchorage). He is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG- 3330) by AIPG, and a Certified Professional Hydrogeologist by the American Institute of Hydrology. He is licensed as a Professional Geologist in the States of Texas, Louisiana, Washington (and Professional Hydrogeologist), Wyoming, and Alaska.
Mr. Campbell is the Senior Author of Chapter 9 in the AAPG-EMD Memoir 101, entitled: Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth’s Future in Space with Chapter 9 as the final chapter in the Memoir, which is available in a revised PDF format entitled:
“Nuclear Power and Associated Environmental Issues in the Transition of Exploration and Mining on Earth to the Development of Off-World Natural Resources in the 21st Century (PDF).”
Over the past few years, he and his associates have published a number of papers in support of new international journals, e.g., Journal of Geology and Geoscience (based in London). See the 2017, 2018, and 2019 publications (here). There are other papers now in preparation, one on a gold-silver mine project in Nevada, one on coal utilization, one on rare earths, and another for the 2020 Annual Report of the Uranium Committee of the AAPG’s Energy Minerals Division. For additional information on Mr. Campbell’s background and publications see (more) and on the I2M Consulting, LLC YouTube Channel containing videos and associated PDF versions with links to references: (here).
In early 2023, Mr. Campbell published his memoirs entitled: “Anecdotes of a Lifetime: Memoirs of a Professional Geologist.” See more about the book (here).
Boyd Handley graduated from the University of Alabama in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1999 from the Houston Baptist University in Houston, and a JD in Law in 2003 from the South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas and is a member of the bar.
Mr. Handley conducted exploration and development-operations over 30 years of experience gained within multiple flagship global projects as well as demonstrable expertise in the management of technical resources for optimal efficiency and corporate profit. He has commercial/business development skills combined with excellent technical/operational background. He managed oil and gas asset quality and compliance projects, often combined with asset evaluation and reserve estimation. He also has provided situational organizational services, contract review and facilitation, and budget and long-range planning strategy. Mr. Handley also has provided technical and instructional peer review and consultation regarding government and partner relations and staff development and training.
He is a CPG in AIPG (#7719), a CPG in AAPG (#4111), and is licensed by the TBPG as a P.G. (#645). He is also a member of Houston Geological Society, and other societies, and a Member of the Geological Sciences Advisory Board at the University of Alabama. For additional information, see Mr. Handley’s CV.
John Berry was born in Liverpool, England and moved to the U.S. becoming U.S. Citizenship in 1978. He is a of graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA, Geology, 1963), and of Columbia University (MS, Geology/Geophysics/Oceanography, 1966). He also conducted post-graduate work at the Royal School of Mines, London, 1971-1973. In 1963, he worked for Arctic Research Lab, Summer 1963: Ice Station T-3 (Navigation, Gravity, Magnetic and weather observations, and at the Arctic Section, Lamont-Doherty, 1963-1966 as well as having part-time work on gravity and magnetic maps of the Canada Basin and Alpha Rise. During 1965-1966, Mr. Berry worked for Prof. R.W. Fairbridge, and translated and abstracted articles in several European languages for the “Bibliography of Quaternary Shorelines”.
From 1966 to 1972, he was employed by the Anglo-American Corporation, Kitwe, Zambia, conducting exploration for stratabound copper deposits, limestone and groundwater. During 1973 through 1975, Mr. Berry was employed by Southwestern Technical Institute, Sylva, NC, where he initiated, developed and taught Associated Degree program in Environmental Science. As an independent geological consultant, based in Sylva, NC, from 1975 to 1977, he conducted evaluations of phosphate lands in SE Idaho for a Federal-State land swap; also an environmental study of Bear lake, ID-UT; a study of weathering rates on instrumented watersheds at the Coweeta Forest research establishment, Franklin, NC. He also contributed to a mine plan for ruby-bearing corundum mine at Chunky Gal Mountain, NC for Appalachian Resources, Inc.
During 1977 through 1982 Mr. Berry was employed by the Earth Satellite Corporation, Bethesda, as Director of Mineral Exploration. Assignments included helping set up a GIS system for Chilean mineral resources, lead-zinc exploration in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and a major study of the Tarim Basin, performed in the client offices in Tokyo, Japan. In 1982 he joined Shell Mining Co through 1986 in gold exploration in Nevada and South Dakota. For the Shell Oil Company, he set up remote sensing group at research center, and worked on hydrocarbon charge oil determination in the GoM, and deepwater offshore Angola, Brazil, China, Indonesia, etc. to 1999.
From 1999 to the present, Mr. has been serving as an independent remote sensing consultant, Austin, Texas with major assignments in Korea, India, Libya, Australia, Canada, Burkina Faso, Mexico, Honduras, etc. Br. Berry is also serving the AIPG as the Editor of the journal, The Professional Geologist
He served as President of the Austin Geological Society in 207 and is a member of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Society of America, AAPG, and SIPES.
He is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG-04032). Mr. Berry is reasonably fluent in Spanish, German, French, some Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Japanese.
Dr. Lee, was born in Long Beach, CA and raised in Pasadena and Deer Park, Texas. After undergraduate college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas with a BS in chemistry, he worked at Lubrizol Corp. as a quality control chemist for 5 years. In 1973, he returned to Texas Tech for a MS in Geology. Upon receiving his MS he embarked on a 31-year career with U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Discipline as a hydrologist and geochemist that took him to duty stations in Billings, MT, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Austin, TX, and Dallas, TX. While in Nashville, he was selected to participate in the USGS Graduate Training Program, and attended University of Texas in 1989 for one year of coursework and 6 years of on-the-job research, earning a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences in 1996.
Dr. Lee has 47 years’ work experience, including 31 years with the US Geological Survey, with experience in aqueous geochemistry research, environmental & contaminant geochemistry, hydrogeology, quality assurance duties as colleague and peer reviewer of papers and journal articles, and preparation of quality assurance documents for private and government clients as a consultant. Dr. Lee served eight years as technical support and USGS/EPA liaison for Region 6 Superfund in Dallas, TX on more than 70 Superfund sites. Responsibilities included data collection and oversight, report review and quality assurance editing, and meeting with other Department of Interior trustees to assist with Natural Resources Damages Assessments in conjunction with Superfund sites. Dr. Lee prepared quality management plans and quality assurance project plans for EPA on behalf of USGS and helped offices of USGS prepare quality assurance project plans, field sampling plans, and health and safety plans prior to retiring from government service in 2006. Dr. Lee rose from an entry-level position of GS-5 technician to GS-14 research scientist over the course of his career. Following retirement, Dr. Lee entered the consulting world, serving in a similar capacity with ERM, Inc., and is presently Senior Environmental Geochemist with NewFields Environmental and Engineering, LLCA.
Areas of Experience:
From 2007 to present , Dr. Lee has performed over 200 ESA reviews for sites located on privately owned and government properties in NV, UT, HI, AZ, ID, CA, IN, PA, FL, OR, FL, TN, NY, IL, TX, WA and other states. Duties included executing field activities within the project areas, production of the final reports, and final report review and editing for quality assurance. He has been engaged in several tasks on behalf of BP Corp. at the Butte, MT Superfund Site that include field research in metals-contaminated groundwater geochemistry, groundwater-surface water interactions, and neutralization modeling for a contaminated water treatment plant. He also managed a project with USGS that developed a 40-hour credit online training class in Water Quality Principles for USGS, which included technical information and QA/QC instruction for professional development.
From 206 to to present, Dr. Lee established work with two law firms and clients having pending legal actions for oil-field brine contamination of groundwater in West Texas and Louisiana. The field work for West Texas that was designed by Dr. Lee confirmed the release of brine to groundwater and the court action and subsequent depositions and testimony are pending. From Nov. 2006 to March 2010, as a Senior Consultant with ERM, Inc. in Austin, TX, he provided technical support for expert testimony for confidential clients. Dr. Lee was deposed on 4 occasions and testified in court as an expert witness in hydrology which resulted in a win in court for the client.
From 2006 to 2010, Dr. Lee managed projects in assessment, aqueous geochemistry, and fate and transport of hydrocarbons and trace elements on more than 10 projects for clients of ERM, Inc. He participated in several site assessments, including a large environmental assessment of mining assets in Montana and Idaho for the ASARCO bankruptcy proceeding. He provided litigation support, on 4 legal actions for clients of ERM. Dr. Lee served as peer reviewer for quality assurance on internal and external reports for clients of ERM.
From 1998- to 2006, Dr. Lee provided technical support to USEPA, Region 6, Superfund, Dallas, Texas in areas pertaining to water quality, geochemistry, and hydrology. He conducted numerous field investigations for soil vapor, groundwater sample collections, base flow analyses in streams, and data analyses and interpretation. He participated in several research, investigation, and quality management activities for Superfund involving ground water contamination at City, State, and Federal government managed sites or for other Federal government entities in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Dr. Lee provided technical advice to USEPA attorneys for actions on environmental damage and remediation.
From 1975 to 2006, Dr. Lee served as a research scientist, principally in groundwater research. He worked on numerous projects in Montana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, Michigan, and consulted for the United Nations in The Peoples’ Republic of China and taught geochemistry to hydrologists in the UAE. From 1975 to the present during his professional career, Dr. Lee authored or co-authored more than 70 government and journal publications, and presented more than 25 oral and
poster sessions at national and international technical conferences. As an environmental consultant he authored or co-authored more than 20 reports to clients. He served as colleague reviewer while with USGS on more than 40 reports, and, as a technical peer reviewer for various journals on more than 30 journal articles.
From 1969 to 1973, armed with a BS in chemistry, he served as a bench chemist for Lubrizol Corp. He was responsible for monitoring chemical processes applying more than 200 analytical chemical procedures for batch organic chemicals’ synthetic processes.
For additional information, see Dr. Lee’s CV and selected publications.
Dr. Capuano received her B.S. from the State University of New York, at Brockport in Geology/Math (cum laude) with the New York State Regents Incentive Award, 1970-1974, a M.S. from the University of Arizona Geosciences with the support of a University of Arizona Graduate Scholarship, 1974-1975, a Wyoming Minerals Corporation and a Westinghouse Research Fellowship, 1976-1977; Thesis: Chemical Mass Transfer and Solution Flow in Wyoming Roll-Type Uranium Deposits, under Advisor: Dr. Denis Norton, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Geosciences/Hydrology; Dissertation: Chemical Equilibria and Fluid Flow during Compaction Diagenesis of Organic-Rich Geopressured Sediments, under Advisor: Dr. Denis Norton. with the support of a Sohio Petroleum Company Research Fellowship, 1984-1986.
After receiving her Ph.D., she served as a served as a Project Manager – Geochemist at the University of Utah Research Institute, Earth Science Laboratory, Salt Lake City, Utah. Afterward she was appointed to the position of Principal Investigator / Research Associate University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas.
Dr. Capuano joined the University of Houston, Department of Geosciences, in Houston, Texas in 1990 and has been a Faculty Advisor in Environmental Sciences in 2007 and was elected to the Faculty Senate, University of Houston in 2016.
She holds Professional Geoscientist License (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists #452), and she supported the University of Houston Chapter of the Assoc. of Environmental and Engineering Geoscientists in 2013. She also pursues a number areas of interest in her research and recent publications (more).
Dr. Collier is a hydrogeologist and the Senior Vice President of Collier Consulting, a geoscience and engineering firm headquartered in Stephenville, Texas. He received a Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Texas at Dallas, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in geology from the Mississippi State University. His professional experience includes over thirty-five years of consulting, research, and teaching throughout the United States. He has provided technical support, including field investigations, hydrogeological reports, petrophysical analyses of fresh and saline water aquifers, and reviews of technical reports, for numerous clients.
One of his specialties is the hydrogeological characterization of aquifers by integrating various types of data (e.g. borehole geophysics, water analyses, pumping tests, cuttings, cores, and surface geophysics). This expertise has been applied to groundwater studies, environmental litigation cases, and brackish water studies. Hughbert has also been the principal investigator for research projects in which he was the geologist, hydrogeologist, and/or petrophysicist.
Dr. Collier has authored a dozen papers and Texas Water Development Report 343, Volumes 1-2, Borehole Geophysical Techniques for Determining the Water Quality and Reservoir Parameters of Fresh and Saline Water Aquifers in Texas. He has taught short courses for the National Ground Water Association and Environmental Education Enterprises and serves on the board of the American Ground Water Trust. Hughbert has taught undergraduate and graduate geology and hydrogeology courses at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas and undergraduate geology courses at Abilene Christian University. He is licensed as a Professional Geologist in Texas, Florida and Arkansas.
During his long professional career, Dr. Collier has conducted numerous aquifers of brackish water in North Texas and other hydrogeologic studies throughout the state of Texas, focusing on aquifer physical characteristics and associated hydrochemistry.
He has conducted a research project for the Texas Water Development Board, which resulted in the publication of (1993). Borehole Geophysical Techniques for Determining the Water Quality and Reservoir Parameters of Fresh Saline Water Aquifers in Texas (Report No. 343). (Vols. 1-2). Texas Water Development Board. He also has:
Dr. Smart received his B.S. degree in geology from Allegheny College in 1989, his M.S. degree in geology from the University of New Orleans in 1992, and his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Tennessee in 1996. Dr. Smart is a structural geologist with extensive expertise in computational solid mechanics. His experience spans structural geology and geomechanics, nonlinear finite element and discrete element analyses, field mapping, strain and microstructural analyses, and geologic fracture analysis. Dr. Smart’s research has ranged from outcrop and microscale analyses of mildly deformed carbonate and clastic rocks of the Appalachian and Ouachita orogenic systems to field and laboratory studies of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the Wichita Mountains, Colorado Front Range, and southeastern Alaska.
Dr. Smart joined Southwest Research Institute in 2003 and is currently the manager of the Earth Science section in the Space Science & Engineering Division, providing administration, management, and coaching to a multi-disciplinary group. In this capacity, he works with department staff to develop projects for a range of clients, with emphasis on oil and gas exploration and production, groundwater resource analysis, and natural hazard assessment. In addition, Dr. Smart is part of a team conducting an integrated program of structural geology and geomechanics research for the oil and gas industry, including site-specific studies in Texas, Colorado, California, and Canada. His work in this area includes using ABAQUS® geomechanical models to predict fracture distributions in hydrocarbon reservoirs, analyzing the effect of complex stress fields on borehole stability, and simulating hydraulic fracturing in mechanically stratified geologic systems with particular emphasis on unconventional resource plays (e.g., Eagle Ford Shale, Monterey Formation). In addition, he has analyzed the effects of energy extraction on geological stability and supported design of large-scale laboratory experiments of rock mechanical processes.
Dr. Smart has analyzed thermal effects on stress state evolution, evaluated fracture analyses used to support numerical models of collapse of underground engineered structures, and developed finite element models of seismic ground response for a high-level radioactive waste repository. He has also served as a subject matter expert on geomechanical processes potentially affecting a radioactive waste repository in Sweden. Together with other division staff, he has conducted NASA-sponsored field-analog and numerical modeling (PFC®) research to better understand the development of pit crater chains, landslides, and wrinkle ridges on Mars. Dr. Smart has authored or coauthored more than 40 refereed journal articles, more than 120 abstracts for presentation at national and international meetings, and more that 20 non-proprietary technical reports.
Before joining Southwest Research Institute, Dr. Smart was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma where he taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses on structural geology and related topics, and directed or co-directed 5 master’s and 3 bachelor’s theses.
Dr. Smart is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG-10826) as well as a licensed Professional Geologist (#2368) in the state of Texas. In addition to AIPG, he is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Rock Mechanics Association, and the Houston Geological Society.
For additional information, see his CV and list of publications.
Bruce Handley serves as Geological Consultant, in Houston, Texas, and is an Associate of I2M Consulting, LLC. Mr. Handley holds a B. S. and M.S. degrees in Geology/Geophysics (1983) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a licensed Professional Geologist in Texas.
Mr. Handley is a member of the AIPG Texas Board of Directors serving as the Memember-at-Large, and of the Association of Independent Professional Geologists, the Houston Geological Society, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (EMD), and the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals. As a member of the Energy Minerals Division of AAPG, Mr. Handley served a two-year term as Secretary of the Division. During this time period, he was a co-author pf Chapter 9 in AAPG-EMD Memoir 101 entitled: Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth’s Future in Space (more).
Mr. Handley was engaged in oil and gas exploration from 1983 to 1993, working with Sohio Petroleum Company as an exploration geologist and with Conoco as an operations geologist and play analysis specialist. He departed oil and gas activities in 1993 and cross-trained into the environmental consulting field via the IET program, where he has since worked in subsurface characterization, regulatory compliance, and underground injection. In 2005, he formed Handley Consulting and provided environmental consulting services as an independent. Since 2013, he has been involved in conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, remedial actions at contaminated sites, and geologic interpretation for subsurface injection projects.
Henry Wise, President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced at a recent AIPG-TX Board meeting that Bailey Hodakievic has been appointed as the new Student Councilor-at-Large for the AIPG Texas Chapter. She is a senior at the University of Houston pursing a bachelor degree in geology, and is expected to graduate in July of 2024. She is driven by a strong interest in blending geology with engineering. By melding these disciplines together she hopes to develop solutions that can address environmental challenges we currently face and will continue to do so in the future.
Currently, Ms. Hodakievic is an intern with APTIM Environmental and Infrastructure as a part of the Site Assessment and Remediation Division. She has also conducted research analyzing polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in groundwater samples from the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, and surface-water samples Guadalupe Rivers under the supervision of a Ph.D. student.
In addition to her interest in developing sustainable infrastructure to account for flooding, drought, and contamination of vital resources, Ms. Hodakievic is also interested in aerospace and currently works as a project investigator and biofilm team lead for a group of graduate and undergraduate students awarded NASA grant funded under the LSPACE program. Through the group’s work in astrobiology and nanofibers research, they aim to reduce biofilm contamination on International Space Station systems.
For additional information on Ms. Hodakievic, see her CV (here).
Michael Jacobs is a graduate of Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology and he has a Master’s degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso. He began his geological career working as a minerals exploration geologist searching for volcanogenic and stratigraphic roll-front uranium and precious metal deposits with Noranda Exploration US in Reno, Nevada and with Tenneco Minerals Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas and Carson City, Nevada. He has over 30 years of experience as a professional geologist. Mr. Jacobs is a registered Professional Geologist with the State of Texas. After leaving Nevada, Mr. Jacobs moved to Midland, Texas where he spent over 10 years as an oil and gas exploration geologist with Coastal Oil & Gas, Kerr-McGee Corporation and Manticore Resources. After briefly attending Oklahoma State University in 1994, he began working as a hydrogeologist at the NASA Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and New Mexico. After leaving NASA-WSTF, he worked as a hydrogeologist in the Groundwater Engineering Group for El Paso Energy in El Paso, Texas and later as a geologist with the Department of Defense, Environmental Restoration Group at Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Mr. Jacobs joined Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. in 1997 working in Pioneer’s Corpus Christi and Houston offices. He moved back to Midland in 2000 and served as Pioneer’s Environmental Remediation Manager responsible for Pioneers’ groundwater, soil remediation and legacy projects company-wide.
In 2019, Mr. Jacobs became the Midland Office Manager for Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc and has since been conducting investigations on a number of mineral exploration projects. Mr. Jacobs has been an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) for over 35 years and has been on numerous AAPG committees and advisory boards as well as serving as the Vice President and President of the AAPG Division of Environmental Geoscientist (DEG). He currently serves on the Advisory Group for the Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee of the AAPG-Energy Minerals Division. He was awarded as an “Honorary Member” of the AAPG/DEG and was the AAPG Southwest Section Advisory Board Member for the AAPG/DEG. Mr. Jacobs is also a member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) serving as District I Representative, and a member of the Geological Society of America (GSA), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS). He has been the Chair of the Permian Basin SPE Environmental Study Group in Midland, Texas.
Dr. Darling has 37 years of experience in the energy and environmental consulting industries. He holds a BA, Philosophy, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1975, MS, Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1984, MA, Energy & Mineral Resources (Mineral Economics), at the University of Texas at Austin, 1989, and a Ph.D., Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997. Dr. Darling specializes in the integration of geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, and physical hydrogeology to resolve problems related to the delineation of flow systems, the effects of groundwater-surface water interaction, the effects of rock-water interaction on hydrochemistry, the transport and fate of naturally occurring and anthropogenic contaminants, and geochemical age-dating of groundwater. He has been a principal contributor to the development of groundwater valuation models and management plans in Texas and Louisiana, and he has directed field programs for nonprofit organizations committed to the development of groundwater resources in Kenya.
He has been employed as an exploration geologist by Pennzoil Exploration & Production Company in the 1980s, by the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology in the early 1990s, by Law Engineering and Environmental Services in the mid-1990s, and by LBG-Guyton Associates as Associate Geochemist/Hydrogeologist from 1996 to 2007. As Adjunct Lecturer, he taught geology at the Austin Community College for 2008 to 2012 and as a consultant to industry and then for Geosyntec Consultants through 2017. He currently is the Principal of Groundwater & Geochemical Consulting, LLC in Austin, Texas.
He served as President of the Texas Section of AIPG in 2000-2001. He has also served as an Associate Member, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, and is a member of Association of Engineering & Environmental Geologists, Texas Association of Professional Geologists, and National Groundwater Association, Texas Groundwater Association, Geological Society of America, and serves on the Board of Directors, Texas Geoscience Council.
Over the period of 1983 to 2017, Dr. Darling has produced or contributed to 21 publications (here).
Dr. Henderson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree (1964) from Texas A&M, College Station, TX, (Honors) and a M.S. (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) in Soil Science and Geology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. He has almost 50 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development and in general mining. He is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in the State of Texas. He is currently President and Founder of Geochem Data, Inc.(www.geochemdata.com) and Owner & Operator of J.H. Henderson Ranch, located in Jack & Wise Counties, TX. Dr. Henderson has previously served as President and Founder of Geochem Mines, Inc., as Director of Research, Permeator Corp. and National Petroleum, Ltd.
Dr. Henderson is a Certified Petroleum Geologist (AAPG), a Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG), and a Certified Professional Earth Scientist, (Society of Independent and Professional Earth Scientists). He supports and has served in many professional societies and associations, including: American Chemical Society, AAPG, Treasurer, Southwest Section 1986-1989, Trustee Associate, American Society of Agronomy, Association for Technical Analysis (Dallas), Dallas Geological Society, President, 1985-1986; Professional Service Award, Dallas Wildcat Committee, Explorers Club of New York, Fellow, Treasurer of Texas Chapter, 1990-1993, Houston Geological Society, Kansas Geological Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Nevada Geological Society, Nevada Mining Association, Nevada Petroleum Society, Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas, Sigma XI, Society of Independent and Professional Earth Scientists, Chair Dallas Chapter, 1991; past National Vice Pres, Treasurer and Director, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Life Member, Soil Science Society of America, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, and Texas Energy Council, President, 2002-2003.
He is also a member of the Dallas Petroleum Club.
Matthew R. Cowan serves as Project Geologist for Terrain Solutions Inc., Houston, Texas. Mr. Cowan holds a BS degree in Geology with a minor in Mathematics (1993) from Texas A&I University, and a MS degree in Geology from Texas A&M – Kingsville (2000). He is a licensed Professional Geologist in Texas (2003) and Louisiana (2015) and is a CAPM (TCEQ). Mr. Cowan also holds a Texas Certification in Education, Earth Science, and Secondary Education (1974). He is a member of the Houston Geological Society and Chair of Environmental and Engineering Group since 2006. He also serves as President of the Texas Association of Professional Geologists. He is a Professional Member of the AIPG.
He has been a practicing geologist for 20 years in the environmental field. As a member of the HGS, he has served on various committees from Continuing Education Committee to the Governmental Affairs Committee, as well as having served on the HGS Board of Directors as Secretary. As Chair of the Environmental Engineering Group in the HGS, he facilitates monthly meetings by arraigning speakers and venue. Some of his activities with TAPG has been representing the professional community before the Texas Board of Professional Geologists and lobbying members of the State legislature on various matters related to Professional Licensure. As President, he has organized conferences for the geological community. Mr. Cowan is active in the Texas A&I Alumni Association and serves on the scholarship committee.
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