Jake Alexander

Membership Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Industrial Minerals, Critical Minerals, Mining, Sedimentology

Profession: Minerals Geologist, Utah Geological Survey

Graduation year: MS 2020
Advisor: Linda Kah

Email: jhalexander3@gmail.com
Website

Roger Bohanan

Research or Area of Expertise: Petrology & Geoarcheology // Petroleum Geology

Profession: Petroleum Geologist

Graduation year: MS 1975
Advisor: Kopp

Vicki Brumback

Research or Area of Expertise: Metamorphic Petrology & Structure // Groundwater

Profession: Sampling and Analysis Coordinator/Geologist

Graduation year: MS 1990
Advisor: McSween

Dr. Dave L Cantrell

Research or Area of Expertise: Carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy, diagenesis and reservoir quality

Profession: President, Cantrell GeoLogic LLC; previously Principal Professional, Aramco

Graduation year: BA 1979, MS 1982
Advisor: Ken Walker

Email: cantrellgeologic@gmail.com
Website

Greg Carlson

Research or Area of Expertise: PFAS Investigation and Remediation

Profession: Field Operation Manager

Graduation year: BS 2011
Advisor: Chris Fedo

Email: glcarlson0311@gmail.com
Website

Michael Coffey

Research or Area of Expertise: Paleoecology and Paleobiology

Profession: Environmental Studies, Restoration, and Compliance for DOE, EPA, DOD (Retired)

Graduation year: MS 1986
Advisor: Tom Broadhead

Email: coffeyml6@comcast.net

Julie Coulombe

Research or Area of Expertise: Igneous Petrology

Profession: Pellissippi State, Adjunct Professor

Graduation year: MS 2022
Advisor: McCanta

Email: juliecoulombe98@gmail.com

Brent Couzens-Schultz

Research or Area of Expertise: Pore and Fracture Pressure Prediction for Exploration and Well Design

Profession: Manager Geohazards and Pore Pressure

Graduation year: MS 1992
Advisor: William Dunne

Email: brent.couzens@att.net
Website

Thomas Cronin

Secretary

Research or Area of Expertise: Economic Geology // Oil & Gas Field Development; Geology Education

Profession: Petroleum Geologist, Retired from O&G Industry

Graduation year: BA 1980; MS 1983
Advisor: Misra

Email: thomascronin949@yahoo.com
Website

Dennis Cumbie

Awards Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Watershed Management, Stormwater

Profession: Water Programs Div. Mgr., Loudoun County, VA

Graduation year: MS 1997
Advisor: McKay

Tim Davis

Research or Area of Expertise: Structure, Tectonics, New Ventures, Fractures, Geomechanics

Profession: Petroleum Geologist

Graduation year: PhD 1993
Advisor: Hatcher

Wesley Diehl

Research or Area of Expertise: Carbonate Paleoecology // Operations Geology

Profession: Petroleum Geologist

Graduation year: MS 1982
Advisor: Walker

Email: wwdiehl@gmail.com

Damani A. Driver

Research or Area of Expertise: Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Applications Using Machine Learning and Bespoke Algorithms

Profession: Software Engineer and Release Manager at Maxar Technologies

Graduation year: BS 2015

Christopher Gates

Research or Area of Expertise: Grade Control, Face Mapping and Grading, Stope Development and Mapping, Planning and Implementation of Short Range Exploration, Ore Resource and Reserve Management, and Mine Planning

Profession: Mine Engineer, Nyrstar East Tennessee Mines

Graduation year: MS 2018
Advisor: Perfect

Emily Goodman

Research or Area of Expertise: Carbonate Geochemistry, Petroleum Geology

Profession: Petroleum Geologist

Graduation year: BS 2003, MS 2005
Advisor: Kah

Gerald (Jerry) Gulley

Research or Area of Expertise: Metamorphic Petrology; Petroleum Geology; Law

Profession: Petroleum Geologist (formerly); Attorney at Law (currently)

Graduation year: BA 1978; JD 1989

Email: gulleylaw@vol.com

Pat Hackworth

Research or Area of Expertise: Health and Safety, Environmental Geology

Profession: Chst Safety Representative at GEM Technologies

Graduation year: BS 1995

Pat Hammond

Research or Area of Expertise: Fractured Rock Well Yields & Impacts, Hydrofracturing-Methane Migration

Profession: Maryland Department of the Environment (retired)

Graduation year: MS 1981
Advisor: Taylor

Email: phammond@broadstripe.net

Stefan Higgins

Research or Area of Expertise: Igneous Petrology, Petroleum Geology, Geophysics

Profession: Petroleum Geologist and Geophysicist

Graduation year: MS 1996
Advisor: Taylor

Matt Huebner

Research or Area of Expertise: Structural Geology, Engineering Geology, Geologic Hazards

Profession: Senior Geologist, Tennessee Valley Authority

Graduation year: PhD 2013
Advisor: Bob Hatcher

Email: mthuebner@tva.gov
Website

Bri Humphrey

Research or Area of Expertise: Superfund Site Investigation and Remediation

Profession: Project Manager at UCOR

Graduation year: BS Environmental Studies, 2016
Advisor: Mike McKinney

Email: brihumphrey.tn@gmail.com
Website

David E. Jackson

Research or Area of Expertise: Igneous Petrology, Environmental Quality and Remediation

Profession: Environmental Geologist

Graduation year: BA 1978; MS 1982
Advisor: Taylor

Rachel Kronyak

Research or Area of Expertise: Mars geology/sedimentology, mission operations, fracture mechanics

Profession: Operations/Science Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Graduation year: Ph.D. Geology, 2019
Advisor: Linda Kah

Email: rek5139@gmail.com

Changsheng Lu

Research or Area of Expertise: Environmental modeling & Quantitative hydrogeology

Profession: Sr. Hydrogeologist

Graduation year: Ph.D., 1994
Advisor: Dr. Kula Misra

Email: Clu_tn@yahoo.com

Michael Lucas

Research or Area of Expertise: Planetary Astronomy, Meteoritics, Lunar Surface Properties

Profession: Assistant Scholar/Scientist, Florida Space Institute

Graduation year: Ph.D. 2017
Advisor: Joshua Emery

Email: mlucas9@alum.utk.edu
Website

Arthur Merschat

Nominating Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Structure & Tectonics, Geologic Mapping

Profession: Research Geologist, Government/Research

Graduation year: MS 2003; PhD 2009
Advisor: Hatcher

Email: arthurmerschat@hotmail.com

Grant Mincy

Research or Area of Expertise: Environmental Science, Biodiversity, and Experiential Learning.

Profession: Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences at Pellissippi State

Graduation year: 2007 BS; 2012 MS
Advisor: Dr. Linda Kah (BS) and Dr. Mike McKinney (MS)

Email: gamincy@pstcc.edu
Website

Harry Moore

Research or Area of Expertise: Engineering Geology

Profession: Consulting Engineering Geologist

Graduation year: MS 1972
Advisor: McLaughlin

John Neale

Research or Area of Expertise: Petroleum Geology

Profession: Semi-retired

Graduation year: MS 1980 (Florida State)

Email: mjohnneale@gmail.com

Scott O’Beirne

Finance Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Engineering, Formation Evaluation, Petrophysics

Profession: Petroleum Engineer

Graduation year: BS CE 1980 (Tenn.Tech)

Email: scott.obeirne@gmail.com
Website

Ashley Ramsey

Advisory Board Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Geochemistry, Stable Isotopes, Environmental Geology

Profession: Environmental Geologist

Graduation year: MS 2018
Advisor: Szynkiewicz

Valerie S. Reynolds

Research or Area of Expertise: Planetary Geology, Igneous Petrology

Profession: Lecturer

Graduation year: PhD 2005
Advisor: McSween

Dibyendu “Dibs” Sarkar

Research or Area of Expertise: Environmental Geochemistry, Quality and Remediation

Profession: Professor of Environmental Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Graduation year: PhD 1997
Advisor: Drs. Kula Misra and Michael Essington

Email: dsarkar@stevens.edu
Website

Christopher Dean Singleton

Research or Area of Expertise: Environmental Geology

Profession: President & CEO, Singleton Environmental, Inc.

Graduation year: BS 1995

Email: chris@singletonenvironmental.com

Preston Sitterly

Research or Area of Expertise: Paleoecology

Profession: VP Operations, Harding-Lawson Associates; Western U.S. Region Manager, Fluor Daniel-GTI (Retired)

Graduation year: MS Geology, 1976; MBA Finance 1980
Advisor: Kenneth Walker

Russell Spaulding

Research or Area of Expertise: Science Education with a focus on student engagement and motivation

Profession: Science Teacher – Blount County Schools

Graduation year: BS 2020, MS Teacher Education 2022
Advisor: Andrew Steen

Email: WRSpauldingii@gmail.com
Website

Krishnan Srinivasan

Research or Area of Expertise: Sedimentology, Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology

Profession: Technical Team Lead, ONGC Videsh Atlantic Inc.

Graduation year: PhD 1993
Advisor: Walker

Email: ksrini60@gmail.com

Rachel Storniolo

Research or Area of Expertise: 3D Seismic, Earth Modeling

Profession: Petroleum Geophysicist

Graduation year: M.S. 2012
Advisor: Gregory Baker

Email: storniolo23@gmail.com
Website

Ronald M Tisdale

Research or Area of Expertise: Oil and Gas Resources, General Geoscience Consulting

Profession: Director Geoscience, Toccoa Resources, LLC

Graduation year: MS in Geology 1974
Advisor: Garrett Briggs

Email: rmttri@gmail.com
Website

Ching Tu

Research or Area of Expertise: Offshore Exploration in O&G; Onshore New Energies; Tectonic studies in Frontier basin

Profession: Exploration Geologist

Graduation year: BA 2006, MS 2009
Advisor: Robert Hatcher Jr.

Email: eigenvector2008@gmail.com

Syreeta Dickerson Vaughn

Mentorship and Outreach Chair

Research or Area of Expertise: Environmental Geology, Hydrology, Uranium Contamination & Safety Controls

Profession: Senior Nuclear Safety Specialist

Graduation year: MS 2005
Advisor: McKay

Email: syreeta777@gmail.com
Website

Christina Vivano

Research or Area of Expertise: Planetary Geology, Remote sensing

Profession: Senior Professional Staff II (Research Scientist)

Graduation year: PhD, 2012
Advisor: Jeffrey Moersch

Email: cviviano@gmail.com
Website

John White

Research or Area of Expertise: Clastic Depositional Environments, Geophysical Interpretation, Reservoirs

Profession: Consulting Geophysicist, 1968–1970 U.S. Army Geophysical Consultant

Graduation year: MS 1975
Advisor: Briggs

Email: johntennffw@gmail.com