Candidates for AAPG office have been given the opportunity to respond briefly to the subject: "Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for an AAPG Office."
Their responses and biographical information were provided by each candidate and edited only for grammar, spelling and format.
This information will also be provided as hard-copy in the January issue of the EXPLORER and available on the AAPG Web site through the election period. Ballots will be mailed, online in the first quarter of 2010. Results will be posted mid-May 2010.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2009-10 President-Elect Candidate
Ernest A. “Ernie” Mancini
Director of the Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems and Research Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University
Born 1947, Reading, Pa.
Academic Degrees
- 1974 Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- 1972 M.S., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
- 1969 B.S., Albright College, Reading, Pa.
Experience
- 2010-present
Director of the Berg-Hughes
Center for Petroleum and
Sedimentary Systems and
Research Professor of
Geology and Geophysics,
Texas A&M University
- 2005-2009
University of Alabama,
Distinguished Research Professor - 1998-2009 University of Alabama, director of the Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies
- 1984-2009 University of Alabama, professor in geology
- 2008-2009 University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, interim department chair
- 1995-2007 Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, regional director of the Eastern Gulf Region
- 1982-96 Geological Survey of Alabama, state geologist and director; State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama, oil and gas supervisor and director
- 1988-89 University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development, interim director
- 1979-84 University of Alabama, associate professor in geology
- 1976-79 University of Alabama, assistant professor in geology
- 1976-78 University of Alabama, Mineral Resources Institute, petroleum research geologist
- 1974-76 Cities Service Company, Denver, petroleum exploration geologist
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1979, member DPA, EMD
- 2007-present Research Committee, member
- 2004-present Publications Committee, member
- 2009 AAPG annual convention, technical session co-chair
- 2008 AAPG annual convention, technical session co-chair
- 2004-07 AAPG Elected Editor
- 2004-06 Publications Pipeline Committee
- 2005 Research Conference on Origin of Petroleum, co-chair
- 2004-05 Bulletin Reformat ad hoc Committee, chair; Ethics Subcommittee
- 2004 AAPG annual convention, technical session co-chair
- 2003-04 Bulletin, associate editor; Bulletin ad hoc Committee, member
- 2002-04 Reservoir Development Committee, member
- 2001-04 Research Committee, chair
- 1996-04 Research Committee, member
- 1999-2003 Preservation of Samples and Cores Committee, member
- 2001 Hedberg Research Conference on Sequence Stratigraphy, co-chair
- 1998-2001 Research Committee, vice chair
- 2000 Hedberg Research Conference on Carbonate Reservoirs, co-chair; AAPG annual convention, technical session co-chair
- 1993-99 DEG Environmental Issues Committee, member
- 1994-97 DEG Advisory Board, member
- 1993 DEG charter member; AAPG field trip, co-leader
- 1986 EMD field trip, co-leader
- 1980-83 Membership Committee, member
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2008 AAPG Honorary Member
- 2007 Award of Excellence/elected editor
- 2005 Certificate of Merit/Bulletin Reformat Committee chair
- 2004 Certificate of Merit/Research Committee chair
- 2000 Distinguished Educator Award
- 1987-88 Haas-Pratt Distinguished Lecturer
- 1980 A.I. Levorsen Petroleum Geology Award
Publications
Three edited Hedberg/Research Conference abstract/program books, 12 field trip guidebooks, 142 journal articles/book chapters/proceedings volume papers, 39 technical reports, 243 abstracts, 88 invited technical presentations, 21 technology workshops, 141 technical meeting presentations (publications and presentations on petroleum geology and related geoscience subjects).