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Kevin M. Bohacs
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Houston
Background:
From Greenwich, Connecticut, Kevin M. Bohacs received his B.Sc.(Honors) in geology from the University of Connecticut in 1976 and his Sc.D. in experimental sedimentology from M.I.T. in 1981(where he built and operated the world's largest flume). He joined Exxon Production Research Company in Houston, Texas in 1981, where he is a sedimentologist and stratigrapher with the Hydrocarbon Systems Analysis Division.
At ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Kevin leads the application of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology to fine-grained rocks from deep sea to swamps and lakes, in basins around the world. As a Senior Hydrocarbon Systems Consultant, his primary focus is to keep the "geo" in geochemistry -- integrating field work, subsurface investigation, and laboratory analyses. He works closely with exploration affiliates in evaluating their hydrocarbon systems, teaches field schools in sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology, and conducts field work for research and exploration.
Kevin has written more than 85 scientific contributions on the stratigraphy and sedimentology of mudrocks and hydrocarbon source rocks. He was co-recipient of the AAPG Jules Braunstein Memorial Award for best poster session paper in 1995 for work on coal sequence stratigraphy and the AAPG award for best international paper in 1998 for his work on lacustrine systems.
He has served as AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (1999-2000), Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Distinguished Lecterer (2001), URC Outstanding Instructor (1994, 1995, 1996, 2003-2006), and AAPG Distinguished Instructor (2007-2008). He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America (2004), as well as a Fellow of the Geological Society (London), the Royal Geographical Society, and The Explorers Club.
His community service positions include: 10 years as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic, Disaster Services volunteer with the American Red Cross since 1969, in Greenwich, Connecticut, Boston, Massachusetts, and Houston, Texas, serving as Disaster Action Team Captain and Chairman, Mass Care Chairman, Texas Disaster Operations Center Chairman, State Disaster Services Chairman, and State Financial Development Chairman, and member of State Service Council. He is currently Emergency Preparedness and Response Chairman for the Southwest Service Area (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico).
Kevin also volunteers as an Instructor Trainer for American Red Cross Health and Safety Services, teaching First Aid, CPR, and Emergency Response. He has served as an Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 1113, Alief, Texas since 1981. He volunteers with the Houston Fire Department and is an Amateur Radio operator.