Julia Gale started her career in geology with undergraduate studies at Imperial College, London. She obtained a Ph.D. in Structural Geology from Exeter University, UK in 1987, working on the Archean of southern West Greenland. She taught structural geology and tectonics for 12 years at the University of Derby, UK, having research interests in the Dalradian of NE Scotland and the Mona Complex of Anglesey, NW Wales. Julia moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, where she is a Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences. Her research focus is on natural fracture characterization and prediction in shale and carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin