Candidate for Treasurer (2024-26)

Juan Pablo
Juan Pablo Lovecchio
Senior Exploration Geologist
YPF S.A.

 

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I accepted the invitation to be a candidate for AAPG treasurer because I look forward to the opportunity
to give back to AAPG and to have a role in shaping a modern, more diverse and global professional organization that will continue to impact lives in the years to come.

In my 15 years in AAPG, I have participated in AAPG activities at almost all levels. I joined in 2008 as a student member in Córdoba, Argentina, when I was working toward my B.Sc. degree. Then I served as student chapter president at IFP-School (in 2010-11) during my M.Sc. studies in France.

In 2012, I returned to Argentina and received a job with YPF, the national Argentinean oil company. In 2013 I reactivated the Argentina YP Chapter, where I served as president until we could guarantee continuity, and have been involved with AAPG activities in the country since then.

I provided support for several Geoscience Technology Workshops (GTW) in Argentina as well as to several ICE events in the Latin American and Caribbean Region (LACR), notably the 2019 ICE event that took place in Buenos Aires.

I also was deeply involved in 2020 in the organization of a series of virtual technical conferences we created in the LACR to continue supporting our members in the Region throughout the COVID pandemic. I not only enjoy collaborating with the organization of events in the Region, but also have presented my research in several of these events.

I strongly believe that professional associations such as AAPG need to be led by volunteers who are not only enthusiastic but can also demonstrate technical excellence and professionalism at all levels.

I have gone through a path within AAPG that allowed me to better understand how the Association operates both regionally and globally. I have been appointed Region delegate at the HoD and secretary of the LACR and, as mentioned above, one of the most important milestones in my service to AAPG was the successful organization of ICE Buenos Aires 2019, an event that attracted more than 1,500 geoscientists from around the world.

I recognize the value of future generations. I enjoy working with YPs and students; I have served as industry mentor for several IBA teams throughout the years, and more lately as an IBA judge; and I collaborate with the AAPG’s Visiting Geoscientist Program (VGP), teaching lectures not only in person but also virtually for student chapters across the Region, as a way of strengthening AAPG’s investment in the future generations.

Furthermore, I have served in the local association AAGGP (Argentinean Association of Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists), first as secretary (2018-20) and then as president for two periods (2020-22 and 2022-24). I believe that synergies between local and global associations are a key for success in these challenging times, especially to grow AAPG’s presence in the international Regions.

I believe that my experience, together with my technical expertise and my professional network, have prepared me to serve AAPG now at a global scale.

Academic Degrees

  • 2018 – Ph.D., Geology, Sorbonne University, Paris, France/Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2011 – M.Sc., Petroleum Geosciences, IFP-School, Rueil-Malmaison, France
  • 2009 – B.Sc., Geology, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

Experience

  • 2020-Present – Senior Exploration Geologist, North Offshore Argentina Exploration Team, YPF SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2018-20 – Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis Specialist, Exploration Team, YPF SA
  • 2013-18 – Senior Exploration Geologist, Offshore Exploration Team, YPF SA
  • 2012-13 – Exploration Geologist, International Exploration Team, YPF SA
  • 2011 – Exploration Geologist Trainee, Unconventional Resources, Total EP, Paris, France
  • 2008-10 – Junior Exploration Geologist, Pluspetrol SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2007-08 – Teaching Assistant, Stratigraphy, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

 

AAPG Activities

  • Joined AAPG 2008
  • 2022 – General Chair, AAPG South Atlantic Conjugate Margins Virtual Technical Symposium
  • 2021-22 – Theme Chair, International Conference and Exhibition (ICE) Organizing Committee
  • 2021-Present  – Distinguished Lecture Committee
  • 2020-21 – Judge, Imperial Barrel Award LACR semi-finals
  • 2020 – Chair, AAGGP Special Student-YP Session, Latin America URTeC (virtual)
  • 2020 – Organizing Committee and Session Chair, LACR South Atlantic Basins Virtual Research Symposium
  • 2020  – Organizing Committee, LARC Andean Basins Virtual Research Symposium
  • 2019 – Imperial Barrel Award Industry Advisor to Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Team
  • 2019-21 – Secretary/Treasurer, Latin America & Carib-bean Region
  • 2018-19 – Organizing Committee, Field Trip Co-Chair, Students and YP Activities Coordinator, ICE 2019
  • 2017-19 – AAPG House of Delegates
  • 2017-19 – Treasurer, AAPG Young Professionals-Argen-tina Chapter
  • 2016-Present – Visiting Geologist Program (VGP)
  • 2016 – GTW Organizing Committee, “Moving Toward the Prediction of Unconventional Plays”
  • 2015-17 – President, AAPG YPs-Argentina Chapter
  • 2010-11 – AAPG Student Chapter President, IFP-School
Presentations

More than 50 oral and poster presentations at AAPG ICE and ACE meetings, IAPG, Argentinean Geological Congresses, and student meetings in Latin America, the United States and Europe.

AAPG Honors & Awards

 

  • 2021 – Lovecchio, J.P., Rodriguez Schelotto, M.L, Raggio, F., “Oil Is Not for Girls?” Argentinean Geological Association, SP 37, Women in Geology
  • 2021 – Rohais, S., Lovecchio, J.P., Abreu, V. et al., “High Resolution Sedimentary Budget Quantification – Example from the Cenozoic Deposits in the Pelotas Basin, South Atlantic,” Basin Research
  • 2020 – Lovecchio, J.P., et al., “Mesozoic Rifting Evolution of SW Gondwana: A Poly-Phased, Subduction-Related, Extensional History Responsible for Basin Formation Along the Argentinean Atlantic Margin,” Earth-Science Reviews, v. 203
  • 2019 – Lovecchio, J.P., et al., “Rifting Evolution of the Malvinas Basin, Offshore Argentina: New Constrains from Zircon U–Pb Geochronology and Seismic Characterization,” Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 95
  • 2018 – Lovecchio, J.P., Rohais, S., Joseph, P., Bolatti, N.D., Kress, P.R., Gerster, R., and Ramos, V.A., “Multi-Stage Rifting Evolution of the Colorado Basin (Offshore Argentina): Evidence for Extensional Setting Prior to the South Atlantic Opening,” Terranova, v. 30
  • (Also, more than 20 oral and poster presentations at AAPG ICE and ACE meetings, IAPG, Argentinean Geological Congresses and Student Chapter meetings in Latin America and Europe.)

General Info

Candidates for AAPG office have been given the opportunity to respond briefly to the subject: "Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for an AAPG Office."

Their responses and biographical information were provided by each candidate and edited only for grammar, spelling and format.

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