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
Paul Weimer
Professor, Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair, University of Colorado Director of Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center Consulting geologist
Born 1956, Denver
Academic Degrees
- 1989 Ph.D., geology, University of Texas at Austin
- 1980 M.S., geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
- 1978 B.A. (Hons), geology, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.
Experience
1990-present University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; Consulting geologist 1988-90 Mobil Oil, international exploration and research 1985-87 USGS, volunteer, Menlo Park, Calif., Alaska Division 1980-84 Sohio Petroleum, exploration geologist, Northern Alaska
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1978, member DPA, DEG, EMD, Foundation Trustee Associate
- 2007-present AAPG 100th Anniversary Committee
- 1998-present Short course instructor
- 2009-11 Distinguished Lecture Committee
- 2009 Annual Convention, Denver, technical program vice-chairman
- 2008-10 Education Committee; Publications Committee
- 2008-09 Imperial Barrel Adviser
- 2002-05 Distinguished Lecture Committee
- 2002-04 AAPG treasurer; Investment, Insurance, Membership, Geophysical Integration, Research, Reservoir Geology Committees
- 2000-02 Distinguished Lecture Committee, chairman
- 1999 International Convention, Birmingham, England, oral session chairman
- 1998-99 AAPG/SEG Committee on Joint Projects
- 1997-2000 AAPG Bulletin, associate editor
- 1998 AAPG/EAGE Third Research Symposium, Almeria, Spain, co-convener
- 1998-99 Distinguished Lecture Committee, vice chairman
- 1992-98 Student Chapter sponsor
- 1996-97 AAPG Technical Program Liaison Committee
- 1994-97 Field Course leader
- 1994 AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, poster session chairman
- 1991-96 Distinguished Lecture Committee; Geophysics Committee
- 1991-94 Membership Committee; Research Committee
- 1991 AAPG Annual Convention, Dallas, technical program chairman
- 1985 AAPG Pacific Section meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, Technical Program Committee
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2005 AAPG Grover T. Murray Distinguished Educator Award
- 2003 AAPG Distinguished Service Award
- 1998-99 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
- 1992 AAPG J.C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award
Publications
Co-authored two books on petroleum geology of deepwater margins (AAPG Studies in Geology 57).
Co-edited nine books on North Alaskan geology, petroleum geology of deepwater settings, sequence stratigraphy (Memoir 58), 3D seismic interpretation (AAPG Studies in Geology 42).
Co-authored 120 papers on sequence stratigraphy, structural geology, tectonics, petroleum systems, biostratigraphy, including 22 in the AAPG Bulletin (10 in press), six in AAPG Special Publications, 30 in GCAGS Proceedings.