Laura Zahm’s interests include carbonate reservoir characterization for the purpose of building 3D geologic models which capture the depositional systems spatial variations, the petrophysical properties of carbonate facies, and integrating multiple scale data from SEM to seismic. Her research has focused on the Cretaceous carbonates of Central Texas and elsewhere in the world. She has also worked on several Permian reservoirs in West Texas. Laura completed her Master’s degree at UT in 1997 and then went to work for the Marathon Oil Technology Center from 1997-2000. In 2000, she joined the iReservoir reservoir characterization team from 2000-2003.   She was part of the Jackson School family with BEG at the Houston Research Center and the BEG in Austin working on projects in Texas and Brazil from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, she joined the exploration research team for Statoil based in Austin. Laura Zahm has been involved on AAPG committees and served as a representative to the AAPG HOD since 2003. She is dedicated to outreach with particular focus on K-12, with three children of her own this allows her to blend her two passions.