Instructors
Hansen, William B. (Bill), is a consulting petroleum geologist in Great Falls, Montana. He has 23 years experience in stratigraphy, structure and petroleum geology of Montana and the adjacent Williston Basin and has published several papers on those topics. His company, Jireh Consulting Services, specializes in Northwestern Montana and adjacent Williston Basin subsurface consulting to multi-national and independent oil and gas companies. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Geology and Meteorology at Park University, Malmstrom AFB campus, Great Falls. He received a B.A. in Geology from Augustana College-Illinois and an M.S. in Mining Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison. TOP
Harrington, Paul, received his B.Sc. in geology from Michigan State University in 1984. He has twenty five years of experience integrating geochemical data into exploration programs in basins worldwide including extensive experience in Canada, Russia, United States, North Africa and Latin America. He has given talks at conferences and events worldwide discussing geochemical applications and results. Paul is currently employed with W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. located in Elkton, Maryland, USA. TOP
Harris, David, is Head of the Energy and Minerals Section at the Kentucky Geological Survey, a research center at the University of Kentucky. Dave has been with KGS since 1990, and has worked on oil & gas, and carbon storage research projects in Kentucky and surrounding states. Prior to joining KGS, he worked as a petroleum geologist for BP Exploration, Sohio Petroleum, and Mobil. He received a M.S. degree in geology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982. He earned a B.S. in geology from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He is a past president of the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists. TOP
Hart, Bruce S., is a Principal Stratigrapher with ConocoPhillips in Houston. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips in 2008, he held teaching and research positions at McGill University, New Mexico Tech, Penn State and the Geological Survey of Canada. He has a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Western Ontario (Geology), a Masters Degree from the Univ. du Québec à Rimouski (Océanographie), and a Bachelor’s degree (Geology) from McMaster University. Bruce has taught courses on seismic interpretation since 1995, both in North America and overseas. He was the 2009/2010 AAPG/SEG Distinguished Lecturer, has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers (on seismic interpretation, stratigraphic interpretation and other topics) and is the author of an e-text on seismic interpretation for AAPG. TOP
Hayes, Garry, has been a professor of geology at Modesto Junior College for 22 years, and has led his students on dozens of field studies classes in the Colorado Plateau, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Hawaii. He was given the Purdy Award for excellence in teaching by Modesto Junior College in 2005. He has taught courses as an adjunct lecturer at California State University, Stanislaus since 1991. He served as the president of the Far Western Section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers from 2003-2008, and vice president from 1999-2003. He was honored with the Robert Wallace Webb award for service to the Far Western Section in 2011. He edited two field guides for conferences of the Far Western Section (at Yosemite National Park and Lava Beds National Monument), and has written roadside geology guides for trips in Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, Kings Canyon, and Lava Beds National Monument. Garry received a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1985, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in geology from Pomona College in 1980. He writes about the geological sciences on the worldwide web at Geotripper (geotripper.blogspot.com), and hosts the site Geotripperimages.com, which provides geology related digital imagery for students and teachers of the earth sciences. TOP
Hilterman, Fred, is Chief Scientist at Geokinetics Data Processing and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Houston (UH). He has taught CE courses on various seismic-related subjects for AAPG, SEG and UH since the 1970s. Fred has published approximately 100 articles and abstracts, mostly related to seismic wave propagation and amplitude interpretation. Fred received a Professional Engineering Degree (1963) and Ph.D. in geophysics from Colorado School of Mines. He worked at Mobil Oil Company for 10 years, then a Professor at UH until 1981, at which time he co-founded Geophysical Development Corporation. Fred is a longstanding member of GSH, SEG, EAGE and AAPG, and has served in many capacities for each, including AAPG and SEG Distinguished Lecturer, SEG Distinguished Instructor, SEG President, and Technical and General Chair of SEG Annual Meetings. He received the SEG Best Paper Award and Best Presentation Award; the CSM VanDiest Gold Medal and Distinguished Alumni Medal; the SEG Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal, Cecil Green Enterprise Award, Maurice Ewing Award; and, Honorary Memberships in SEG and GSH. TOP
Holbrook, John M., does fundamental research and private consulting (petroleum and environmental industries) within the fields of sedimentary geology and stratigraphy. His specialization is sequence stratigraphy and fluvial stratigraphy and he is a Professor at University of Texas at Arlington (since 2004). Degrees: B.S. University of Kentucky; M.S. University of New Mexico; Ph.D. Indiana University. He worked from 1992-2004 at Southeast Missouri State University, and has been a guest professor at Enugu State, Nigeria; St Petersburg State, Russia; and University of Texas at Dallas. Professional Affiliations: GSA, SEPM, AAPG, AGU. Service: President GCSSEPM, 2010; Vice-chair Missouri Board of Geologist Registration ‘02-‘04, Chair GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, SEPM Council (Research Counselor) ’08-’10; SEPM Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (Funding Coordinator ’98 & ’99; Oral Technical Chair, ’08; Poster Chair, ‘10). He has worked on numerous funded industry and research stratigraphic projects globally and sits proposal review panels for PRF, AAPG, NSF, and USGS. TOP
Holmes, Michael, with Digital Formation, Inc., Denver, CO, has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of London and a M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He began his professional career with British Petroleum and then joined Shell Canada. Subsequently, he was a Research Scientist in Marathon's Denver Research Center. For a brief period, he was Exploration and Production Manager for Berry Wiggins in London. In 1974, Dr. Holmes joined H. K. van Poollen and Associates, Petroleum Consultants, as Vice President in charge of North American consulting activities. Additionally, Dr. Holmes was an instructor in a wide range of petroleum courses including geology, well logging, and petroleum economics. In 1978, Dr. Holmes established his own consulting practice, involving petrophysics, technical due diligence, consulting to the United Nations world-wide, expert witness activities, and instructor to IHRDC and the University of Brunei. In 1998, Michael combined consulting activities with software development, to form Digital Formation, Inc. From 1998 to the present, most of Michael's work has been petrophysical analysis and reservoir characterization in reservoirs world-wide. More recently, Digital Formation has developed extensive petrophysical algorithms including rock physics, capillary pressure, and the analysis of unconventional reservoirs. TOP
Hyne, Norman J., is a Certified Petroleum Geologists and President of NJH Energy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined the University of Tulsa’s Geosciences Department in 1969, became the Department Head in the late 1970’s and is now Professor of Petroleum Geology in TU’s Continuing Engineering & Science Education Department. He received his geology degrees from Pomona College (B.A.), Florida State University (M.S.) and the University of Southern California (Ph.D.) Norm is a frequent contributor to professional publications, as well as the author of several books on petroleum geology and exploration. He is a member of SPE, AAPG, GSA, SEG, and the Tulsa Geological Society and The Explorer’s Club. TOP
Jaaskelainen, Mikko, Chief Technical Officer, Sensortran, in their Houston, TX office, has been involved in fiber optic sensing activities for 13 years, including extensive experience in the Oil & Gas industry. Mikko spent six years with Shell International Exploration and Production researching and developing innovative methods to sense downhole and reservoir properties for production optimization, with a primary focus on fiber optic sensors. Prior to Shell, he worked for Corning, Inc., where he led development activities for optical amplifiers and served as the internal subject matter expert for high power laser diodes and optical components. Previously, Mikko did system development of fiber optic seismic sensing systems at PGS Exploration/Optical Products, Inc. Mikko earned his MS degree in Electric Engineering at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, and he earned a Master’s Certificate in Project Management at George Washington University in Washington D.C., USA. He has presented and published research in the fiber optics field extensively in the past 13 years. TOP
Jacobi, Robert, (PhD, Columbia, 1980) has taught for 32 years at the University at Buffalo, NY, where he is a Full Professor (currently part time), and Co-director of the Shale Resources and Society Institute. He is also a Senior Geology Advisor at EQT (Pittsburgh, PA). Prior to EQT, he was Director of Special Projects at Norse Energy Corp. USA, and a consultant for more than 20 years to business associates in oil and gas, mining, and seismic hazards. He has worked for 40 years in the northern Appalachian Orogen and Basin. Dr. Jacobi's present research integrates several sub-disciplines in order to identify, understand, and predict faults, fractures, and folds, and their effects in the black shales for well production optimization, fracking issues, and potential CO2 sequestration. He has worked in the Utica since 1980 and in the Upper Devonian black shales since 1989. He has authored or coauthored over 275 journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and technical reports. Dr. Jacobi is past-President of the ES-AAPG, NE-GSA, ES-SEPM, and NYSGA. He is the recipient of several awards, including the “Outstanding Educator Award” by the ES-AAPG, for which the citation reads: "To an educator whose contribution transcends the classroom. He brings the world to his students and prepares them as a gift to the world". TOP