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September 12-23, 2011
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April 2-13, 2012
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Stephen E. Laubach
Bureau of Economic Geology
Stephen E. Laubach is a geologist at the Bureau of Economic Geology with expertise in structure, fractures, diagenesis, fluid flow, and rock mechanics. His research focuses on chemical and mechanical interactions in rock. He has worked on geological and engineering issues pertaining to tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane since 1986. He supervises graduate students in the Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Geological Sciences and was first chair of the Jackson School Energy Geoscience Education and Research Group in 2008-2009.
Dr. Laubach served as a member of the Committee on Advanced Drilling Technologies, National Research Council from 1992–1994 and is a member of the National Research Council Committee to Assess the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory. He co-chaired the first North American Rock Mechanics Symposium in 1994. He was a Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers in 2004 and was a Member of the Geological Society of America Panel on energy and mineral resources policy in 2007–2008. He is Elected Editor of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2010-present) and is a Member of the AAPG Executive Committee.