HOD Candidates: Chair-Elect
Stephen A. Sonnenberg
Professor of Geology and Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Education:
- 1974
- B.Sc., Geology, Texas A&M University,
- 1975
- M.Sc., Geology, Texas A&M University
- 1981
- Ph.D., Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Experience:
- Aug. 2007 to present
- Colorado School of Mines; Sonnenberg & Associates, LLC; Anadarko Petroleum; Kerr McGee; Westport Resources; EnCana; PanCanadian; North America Resources; Bass Enterprises; Exxon Company, USA
Professional Organizations:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- 1983
- Certified Petroleum Geologist #2558
- 2003-04
- President
- 2002-03
- President Elect
- 1995-96
- Vice President
- 1997-99
- Advisory Council
- 2004-07
- Advisory Council
- 2004-05
- Chairman
- 1987-90
- Division of Professional Affairs Council
- 1990-91
- Division of Professional Affairs Vice President
- 1997-98
- Division of Professional Affairs President Elect
- 1998-99
- Division of Professional Affairs President
- 1999-2000
- Division of Professional Affairs Past President
- 2005 to present
- Chairman of the Board, AAPG International Pavilion LLC
- House of Delegates:
- 1983-86; 1989-91; 1991-95; 1998-2001; 2002-06; 2007-10
- Rules and Procedures Committee
- (1984-86; 2006-P; Vice Chair 05-07 and Chair 07-08)
- 1999-2000
- Honors and Awards
- 1989-91
- Constitution and Bylaws Committee
- 1991-92
- Resolutions Committee
- 2000-01
- Future of Earth Scientists
- 1994
- Credentials Committee
- 1991-95
- RMAG Group Delegate Chairman
- 2001
- General Chairman AAPG Annual Convention
- 2009
- Technical Program Chair, Annual Convention
- 1989-92
- Distinguished Lecture Committee
- 1992-01
- Education Committee
Treatise of Petroleum Geology Committee - 1997-03
- Sample Preservation Committee
- 1999-02
- Visiting Geologist
- 1999-02
- Convention Coordination
- 2004-10
- Committee Oversight Committee
Budget & Finance Committee (1998-00; 2002-03) - 1999-2002
- Mentoring Committee, Chairman
- 2000-03
- Ethics Committee, Chairman
- 2005 to present
- Chairman International Pavilion, LLC
- 2007-10
- Resource Evaluation Committee
- 2007-10
- 100th Anniversary Committee
- 2000
- Trustee Associate AAPG Foundation
Rocky Mountain Section AAPG
- 1993
- President Elect Rocky Mountain Section AAPG
- 1994
- President Rocky Mountain Section AAPG
- 1990
- General Chairman, RMS-AAPG Meeting
- 1997
- General Chairman, RMS-AAPG Meeting
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
- 1991
- President
- 1990
- President-Elect
- 1984
- Secretary
- 1983
- Program Chairman
- 1985-94; 1996 to present
- Associate Editor, The Mountain Geologist
- 1994-95
- Executive Editor, The Mountain Geologist
- 1988
- On the Rocks Field Trip Chairman
- 1988
- Long Range Planning Committee
- 1987-89
- Continuing Education Committee
- 1990
- Senior Editor, Guidebook, Morrow Sandstone
- 1995
- Co-editor, 3-D Seismic Guidebook
Co-editor, Geology of the Front Range Guidebook - 2006
- General Chair RMAG DGS COGA Conference
AIPG, SIPES, SEPM, Rocky Mountain Section SEPM (President, 1987-88), Colorado Scientific Society (President, 1992), Geological Society of America, Houston Geological Society, Wyoming Geological Association, Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Registrations and Certifications:
- Certified Professional Geologists #6201 (AIPG)
- Certified Petroleum Geologist #2558 (AAPG)
- Certified Professional Earth Scientist #2158 (SIPES)
- Registered Professional Geologist (# 288, State of Wyoming)
- Registered Professional Geoscientist (# 1284, State of Texas)
- Licensed Professional Geologist (#5375639-2250, State of Utah)
Awards
- 1989
- Young Alumnus Award, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Assoc.
- 1998
- Outstanding Alumnus Award, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Assoc.
- 1998
- Life Member, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Assoc.
- 1998
- Mines Medal, Colorado School of Mines
- 2001
- Distinguished Achievement Medal, Geoscience and Earth Resource Council, Texas A&M University
- 1992
- RMAG Distinguished Service Award
- 1996
- RMAG Honorary Member
- 1998
- RMAG 75th Anniversary Special Service Award
- 2003
- RMAG Public Service Award
- 1993
- Colorado Scientific Society Honorary Member
- 1999
- AAPG Distinguished Service Award
- 2008
- AAPG Honorary Membership
- 2001
- DPA-AAPG Distinguished Service Award
- 2002
- DPA-AAPG Exemplary Service Award
- 2003
- Fellow Geological Society of America
- 1994
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (RMS-AAPG President)
- 1999-2001
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (Convention Coordinating Committee )
- 2001
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (Mentoring Committee)
- 2002
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (General Chair Annual Meeting)
- 2000-02
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (Ethics Committee)
- 2003
- AAPG Certificate of Merit (Budget Finance Committee)
- 1997
- AAPG Certificate of Appreciation, AAPG
Publications:
Interpretation of Cotton Valley depositional environment; Tectonic,sedimentation, and petroleum potential of Paleozoic and Mesozoic strata, northern Denver basin; Lanyard field, a structural-stratigraphic trap; Codell Sandstone, new exploration play Denver basin; Pierce field structure; Tectonic and sedimentation model for Morrow sandstone deposition Sorrento field area; Northwest Denver basin/Southeast Hartville uplift seismic example; Tectonic, sedimentary, and seismic models for D Sandstone, Zenith field area, Denver basin; Exploration strategies of Deep Cretaceous Reservoirs in Rocky Mountain basins; Regional structure and stratigraphy of the Morrowan Series, southeast Colorado and adjacent areas; Upper Morrow Purdy Sandstone, Interstate field, Morton county, Kansas; Morrow gas composition in SE Colorado; Oil production from the Niobrara formation, Silo Field, Wyoming: a possible wrench fault; Professionalism in Geology