Dr. Edman has over 40 years of industry experience in both domestic and international exploration and production including 10 years at Marathon Petroleum Technology Center, over 20 years as a consulting geochemist, and 5 years of prospect generation work at Mobil. Dr. Edman received the Jules Braunstein Award for the Best Poster Session at the 1987 AAPG Annual Convention (ACE), the Best of AAPG (ACE) for SPE Award in 1997, the AWG 2015 Professional Excellence Award, and the 2019 AAPG Pioneer Award for her lifetime achievements. She has 60 published papers and abstracts.
Janell Edman is an industry recognized expert in interpreting gas, oil, and source rock geochemical data to solve exploration and production problems for oil industry clients. She has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geophysics from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Geology from The University of Wyoming. Dr. Edman has over 25 years of industry experience in both domestic and international exploration and production including 10 years at Marathon's Petroleum Technology Center, over 10 years as a consulting geochemist, and 5 years of prospect generation work at Mobil. Dr. Edman was also the recipient of the Jules Braunstein Award for Best Poster Session at a National AAPG Meeting and has 46 published papers and abstracts.