Sally J. Sutton
Department of Geosciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
e-mail: sally.sutton@colostate.edu
Office Telephone: 1-970-491-5995
Mobile: 1-970-980-7167
FAX: 1-970-491-6307
Education
B.S., Geology and Mineralogy, University of Michigan, 1979
Ph.D., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 1987
Experience
Visiting Professor, European Union Fellowship, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland May-June 2015.
Visiting Professor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland 2013-2014
Visiting Lecturer AGH University, Kraków, Poland 2013-2014
Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, Colorado State University, 1998 to present.
Department Head, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 2007-2012
Interim Associate Dean for Research, 2007-2008
Interim Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, 2007.
Interim Department Head, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 2006-2007.
Visiting Professor, Chevron Inc, Houston, Texas, 2005
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, 2004-2005
Interim Assoc. Dean for Academic Affairs, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, 2004.
Visiting Professor, University of Zambia 1998-1999.
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1992-1998.
Research Associate, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1987-1992.
Research Assistant, EPA Center Hill Hazardous Waste LaboratoryCincinnati, Ohio, 1986-87.
Temporary Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, 1985-86.
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, Ohio, 1979-84.
Research Interests
Fluid/rock interaction, chemical weathering, clastic diagenesis, shale and sansdstone petrology and geochemistry,
Professional Affiliations
Member, Geological Society of America
Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Member, Society for Sedimentary Geology
Awards
European Union Visiting Professorship 2015.
Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Award (Colorado State Univ.) 2005.
Senior Fulbright Regional Research Award for sub-Saharan Africa 1998-1999.
Courses Taught at Colorado State University
ERCC 140 Physical Geology
ER 362 Optical Mineralogy
ER 364 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOL 366 Sedimentary Petrology and Geochemistry
GEOL 436 Geology Summer Field Camp
ER 460 Advanced Petrology and Geochemistry
GEOL 560 Clay Mineralogy
GEOL 567 Sedimentary Geochemistry
GEOL 565 Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology
GEOL 492 Seminar – Sedimentary Petrology
GEOL 692 Seminar – Sedimentary Petrology
HPCC 193 Honors Seminar, The Resource Curse? The Interrelationships of Natural Resources, History, Culture, and Politics in central and southern Africa
HPCC 492 Honors Seminar: (1) Water – Too much or too little? Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change; (2) Oil: The Geography, History, Politics, Future, and Alternatives
GEOL/ENGR 480 Fundamentals of the Natural Gas Industry
GEOL/CIVE 424 Modern Gas and Oil
GEOL 601 Geoscience Approaches and Thesis Proposals
Short Courses and Other External Teaching
Sedimentary Petrology short course for Anglovaal Minerals 1999
Clastic Diagenesis short course for Anglovaal Minerals 1999
Diagenesis of Shales short course for ConocoPhillips 2012
Gas Shales and Other Unconventional Resources, graduate course for AGH University, Kraków, Poland, 2013-2014.
Scientific Publishing and Ethics, short course for doctoral students, AGH University, Kraków, Poland, 2013.
Scientific Publishing and Ethics, short course for doctoral students, Jagiellonian University,
Kraków, Poland, 2014.
Shale: Geology, Gas and Oil, Environmental Considerations, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland, 2015.
Editorial Activity
Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2009 to present.
Co-edited (with L.J. Robb and J. Cailteux) Recent Advances in the Geology and Mineralogy of the Central African Copperbelt, 2005, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Spec. Volume 42, 213 p.
Grants
Aquifer Storage and Recovery – Fountain Formation in Northern Colorado, Colorado Water Conservation Board, $50,000, 2016-2017 (Sutton is co-P.I., Thomas Sale is P.I.)
Fort Collins Bedrock Subsurface Water Storage Opportunities, Hemenway Groundwater Engineering, Inc., $25,000, 2016-2017
CSU Subsurface Water Symposium, Colorado Water Institute, $20,000, 2016. (Sutton is
co-organizer with Thomas Sale and Michael Ronayne.)
Extent of organic matter oxidation in the Mid-continent Rift and relations to Cu mineralization, USGS Mineral Resources Program Research Grant, $50,000 (Sutton is co-P.I., J. Ridley is P.I.) 2015-2016
Geochemical and Petrographic Characterization of Diagenetic Change in the Haynesville Shale, British Petroleum, $50,000, 2011-12.
Biological Resource Management in National Parks-Invasive Species Information Management and Delivery, DOI-NPS, $153,429, 2007-2009.
Hydrocarbon Seal Development and Sequence Stratigraphy, ChevronTexaco, $135,000, 1999-2004. (Sutton and F. G. Ethridge were Co-P.Is.)
Chemical Weathering in Granitic Channels of India and the U.S., NSF, $12,162, 1998-2000. (Sutton was Co-PI, PI was E. Wohl, Dept. of Earth Resources.)
Evaluation of the Sealing Capacity of Cretaceous Shales: Denver Basin, Colorado, Texaco, $21,000, 1998-1999. (Sutton and F. G. Ethridge were Co-P.Is.)
Role of Bedrock Type in Controlling Tropical Forest Soil Nutrients Supplied by Mineral Weathering, Faculty Research Grant (CSU), $4500, 1997-98.
Colorado State University Equal Opportunity Council Diveristy Career Enhancement Grant, $4996, 1997.
NMR study of Pollutant-Soil Interaction, Department of Energy, $374,759, 1994-1997. (Sutton was co-P.I., G. Maciel, CSU Chemistry Dept., was P.I.)
Colorado State University Equal Opportunity Council Diveristy Career Enhancement Grant, $4750, 1993-1994.
Acquisition of Teaching Microscopes, Colorado State University, $25,000, 1993-1994.
Altered Zircons in Modern Sands as a Tool for Interpreting Ancient Sandstones, American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund, $20,000, 1994-1996.
Acquisition Of A Powder X-Ray Diffractometer, NSF, $75,000, 1993-1995.
Changes in Atmospheric Composition During the Late Precambrian: Evidence from Ancient “Soils”, Faculty Research Grant (CSU), $4395, 1993.
Chemical, Mineralogical, and Fabric Evolution of the Lower Stanley Shale, Ouachita Mountains, NSF, $115,000, 1991-1993 (Sutton was co-P.I. P.I. was L. S. Land, University of Texas at Austin).
Refereed Publications
Journal Articles, Monograph Articles, and Extended Abstracts:
Sawłowicz, Z. and Sutton, S.J., 2017. Uwagi na temat geochemii łupka miedzionośnego z monokliny przedsudeckiej, in Łupek Miedzionośny III, Kowalczuk, P.B. and Drcymała, J, eds., WGGG pWr, Wrocław, p. 7-18.
Hogan, I.M., Sutton, S.J., 2014, The role of mudstone baffles in controlling fluid pathways in a fluvial sandstone: a study in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Fountain Formation, Northern Colorado, U.S.A., Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, p. 1064-1078, 10.2110/jsr.2014.81, 2014.
Maynard, J.B., Sutton, S.J., Rumble, D. III, and Bekker, A, 2014. Mass-independently fractionated sulfur in Archean paleosols: a large reservoir of negative 33S on the early Earth, Chemical Geology, v. 362, p. 74-81.
Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Rietsch, E., Ethridge, F. G., Sutton, S. J., Castelboanco-Torres, B., 2005, Sedimentology and petrophysical character of Cretaceous marine shale sequences in foreland basins – Potential seismic response issues, in P. Boult and J. Kaldi, Eds., Evaluating Fault and cap rock seals, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Series, no. 2, p. 215-235.
Sutton, S. J. and Maynard, J.B., 2005, A fluid mixing model for copper mineralization at Konkola North, Zambian Copperbelt, Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 42,
- 95-118.
Sutton, S., J., Ethridge, F. G., Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., and Edwards, K. K., 2004. Textural and sequence-stratigraphic controls on sealing capacity of Lower and Upper Cretaceous Shales, Denver Basin, Colorado, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, p. 1185-1206.
Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Sutton, S. J., Ethridge, F. G., and Castelblanco, B., 2002. Sequence stratigraphy, petrophysical variation, and sealing capacity in deepwater shales, upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, South-Central Wyoming, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, v. 52, p. 163-182.
Sutton, S.J., and Maynard, J. B., 2002. Fluid mixing model for the Zambian Copperbelt, 11th IAGOD Quadrennial Symposium and Geocongress, Windhoek, Namibia, Geological Survey of Namibia. 5 p.
Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Sutton, S. J., Ethridge, F. G., and Castelblanco, B., 2002. Sequence stratigraphy, facies variation, and petrophysical properties in deepwater s shales, upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, South-central Wyoming, in deep-water shales, upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale, south-central Wyoming, in E.D. Scott, A.H. Bouma and W.R. Bryant (Eds.) Depositional processes and characteristics of siltstones, mudstones and shales, Special Symposium, 2002 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 1041-1053.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1996. Basement unconformity control on alteration St. Francois Mountains, SE Missouri, Journal of Geology, v. 104, p. 55-70
Sutton, S. J., and Land, L. S., 1996. Post-depositional chemical alteration of Ouachita shales, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p.978-991.
Maynard, J. B., Sutton, S. J., Robb, L. J., Ferraz, M. F., and Meyer, F. M., 1995. A paleosol developed on hydrothermally-altered granite from the Hinterland of the Witwatersrand Basin: Characteristics of a source of basin fill, Journal of Geology, v. 103, p. 357-377.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B.,1993. Sediment- and basalt-hosted regoliths in the Huronian Supergroup: role of parent lithology in middle Precambrian weathering profiles, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 30, p. 60-76.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1993. Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Lower Huronian Matinenda Formation, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 30, p. 1209-1223.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1992, Multiple alteration events in the history of a Sub-Huronian Regolith at Lauzon Bay, Ontario, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29, p. 432-443.
Sutton, S. J., 1991. Development of domainal slaty cleavage fabric at Ocoee Gorge, Tennessee, Journal of Geology, v. 98, p. 789-900.
Maynard, J. B., Ritger, S. D., and Sutton, S. J., 1991. Chemistry of sands from the modern Indus River and the Archean Witwatersrand Basin: Implications for the composition of the Archean atmosphere, Geology, v. 19, p. 265-268.
Sutton, S. J., Ritger, S. D., and Maynard, J. B., 1990. Stratigraphic control of chemistry and mineralogy in metamorphosed Witwatersrand Quartzites, Journal of Geology, v. 98,
- 329-341.
Sutton, S. J., 1989. Orientation dependent “metamorphic grade” in phyllosilicates belonging to a slaty cleavage fabric, Journal of Geology, v. 97, p. 197-208.
Wiltschko, D. V. and Sutton, S. J., 1982. Deformation by overburden of a coarse quartzite conglomerate, Journal of Geology, v. 90, p. 725-733.
Referred Conference Abstracts:
Dawson, W., Almon, W, and Sutton, S.J., 2017, Sedimentologic and diagenetic influences on sealing potential: Lower and Upper Tertiary shales, deepwater GOM, Gulf Goast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section SEPM.
Sutton, S.J., 2016, Diagenesis and Mineralization of the Kupferschiefer, Sangerhausen Basin, Germany. SEPM-AAPG Hedberg Research Conference on Mudstone Diagenesis, Abstracts volume.
Sutton, S.J., and Hogan, I.M., 2014. Mudstone stratigraphic location as a control on fluid Pathways in a fluvial sequences, GeoShale2014 Warsaw, Conference Proceedings p. 39.
Sutton, S. J., Ridley, J, Fourgani, A., and King, N., 2013. Relationship of organic matter oxidation, Cu-mineralization, and trace element geochemistry, Nonesuch Shale, Michigan, U.S.A. Mineralogia Special Papers (Abstracts for Annual Meeting of Polskie Torwarszystwo Mineralogiczne), v.43, p. 83.
Sutton, S.J., Maynard, J.B., Rumble, D. III, and Bekker, A, 2013. Terrestrial Delta (super 33) and the S cycle during the Archean; evidence from paleosols, Mineralogical Magazine (Goldschmidt Abstracts), v. 77, p. 2290.
Hogan, I.M., and Sutton, S.J. 2012. Controls on paleo-fluids and fluid flow in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Fountain Formation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44.
Sutton, S.J., and King, N., 2012. Relationship between mineralization and fabric in the Nonesuch Shale: Implications for fluid migration pathways in fine-grained rocks, GeoShale2012 Warsaw, Conference Proceedings p. 99.
Dawson, W. C., Almon, W. R., Dempster, K., and Sutton, S. J., 2008. Shale variability in deep-marine depositional systems: implications for seal character – subsurface and outcrop analogs, AAPG 2008 Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Sutton, S. J., Dawson, W. C., Almon, W. R., and Ethridge, F. G., 2008. Comparison of outcrop and core samples for assessing mudrock characteristics, AAPG 2008 Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Sutton, S. J., Ethridge, F. G., Dawson, W. C., and Almon, W. R., 2006, Parameters Controlling Mudstone Sealing Capacity, AAPG Annual
Berg, J. G., Ethridge, F. G., Sutton, S. J., Almon, W. R., and Dawson, W. C., 2005, Hydrocarbon sealing capacity of paleosols, Wasatch Formation, Rifle, Colorado, AAPG Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Maynard, J. B., and Sutton, S. J., 2005. Making quartz arenites in the Archean: from weathering to burial, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, p. 184.
Ethridge, F. G., Sutton, S. J., Dawson, W. C., Almon, W. R., and Berg, J. G., 2004. Sealing capacity and petrographic characteristics of Eocene marine mudrocks, South-Central Pyrenees Foreland Basin, Spain, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2004 Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Sutton, S. J., Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Ethridge, F. G., and Maynard, J. B., 2004. Shale characteristics controlling fluid flow: application to Konkola North, Zambian Copperbelt. Geoscience Africa 2004, Abstract Volume, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, p. 624-625.
Dawson, W. C., Almon, W. R., Ethridge, F. G., Sutton, S. J., and Castelblanco, B., 2003. Sedimentology and Petrophysical Character of Cretaceous Marine Shale Sequences in Foreland Basins: Seismic Response of Seal Horizons, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2003 Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 2003. Hydrothermal origin of Bi-and LREE- enriched mineralizing fluids, Konkola North, Zambian Copperbelt, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, p. A37.
Obligado, A., A., Ethridge, F. G., Sutton, S. J., Almon, W. R., and Dawson, W.C., 2002. Sequence stratigraphy, shale characteristics, and potential for hydrocarbon seal development of the Juncal Formation, Ventura Basin, Southern California, American Assoiciation of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin 2002 Meeting Abstracts, p. 142
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 2002. A fluid mixing model for Konkola North, Zambian Copperbelt, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, p. A52.
Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Sutton, S. J., Ethridge, F. G., and Castelblanco, B., 2002. Sequence Stratigraphic Control of Seismic Properties and Facies Variation in Deepwater Shales, Outcrop and Subsurface Examples, AAPG Hedberg Research Conference Proceedings “Evaluating the Hydrocarbon Sealing Potential of Faults and Caprocks”, p. 84.
Almon, W. R., Dawson, W. C., Sutton, S. J., Ethridge, F. G., and McCutcheon, M. C., 2001. Sequence Statigraphy and development of deepwater shale sealing capacity in Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shales, South-central Wyoming. American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2001 Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. A6
Sutton, S.J., Ethridge, F.G., Almon, W.R., Dawson, W.C., 2001, Variables Controlling Sealing Capacity of Lower and Upper Cretaceous Shales, Denver Basin, Colorado, American Assoiciation of Petroleum Geologists 2001 Meeting Abstracts, p. A195.
Newell, D. L., Demko, T. M., Roath, C., and Sutton, S. J., 1996. Paleosols in the Oligocene White River Group, Pawnee Buttes, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. A182.
Sutton, S. J., Land, L. S., Hutson, F., and Awwiller, D. N., 1994. Mineralogical and geochemical evidence of Ouachita provenance, Geological Society of AmericaAbstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A98.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1994. Role of Lamotte-basement unconformity in basin fluid flow events in St. Francois Mountains, Missouri, SEPM Research Conference, Lake Ozark, Missouri, p. 81.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1994. Au-content of the Lorrain Formation: Is this the Huronian analog for Au-bearing horizons of the Witwatersrand Basin? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A172.
Maynard, J. B., Sutton, S. J., Robb, L. J., Ferraz, M. F., and Meyer, F. M., 1994. Au in weathered, hydrothermally-altered granite from the hinterland of the Witwatersrand Basin: characteristics of the basin fill. Geological Society of America Abstracts withPrograms, v. 26, p. A187.
Hutson, F. E., Walker, N. W., Sutton, S. J., Land, L. S., 1993. Significance of 2.8-0.56 Ga individual detrital zircons from Carboniferous rocks of the Ouachita Orogen, Arkansas: northern or southern source?, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. A204.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard J. B., 1993. Evidence of multiple alteration events affecting Precambrian basement, Saint Francois Mountains, Missouri, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. A321.
Sutton, S. J., Awwiller, D. N., and Land, L. S., 1992. Ouachita facies Sm-Nd depleted-mantle model ages and detrital zircon compositions consistent with a North American cratonic source, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. A59.
Sutton, S. J., and Maynard, J. B., 1991. Chemical, mineralogical, and textural characteristics of complex Sub-Huronian weathering profiles, Geological Association of Canada- mineralogical Association of Canada Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, p. A121.
Sutton, S. J., and Land, L. S., 1990. Prograde chemical and mineralogical alteration of the Stanley Shale, Ouachita Mountains, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. A341.
Okita, P. M., Sutton, S. J., Ayuso, R. A., and Doe, B. R.,1990. Geochemical patterns associated with sedimentary Mn-carbonate mineralization suggest an oxide precursor, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. A12.
Sutton, S. J., Ritger, S. D., and Maynard, J. B., 1989. Metamorphism in Witwatersr and Quartzites, Proceedings 28th International Geological Congress, v. 3, p. 201.
Maynard, J. B., Ritger, S. D., and Sutton, S. J., 1989. Chemistry of sands from the modern
Indus River and the Archean Witwatersrand Basin: implications for composition of the Archean atmosphere, American Chemical Society Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Sutton, S. J. and Ritger, S. D., 1989. Bulk composition dependence of Mg-Fe partitioning in co-existing low-grade chloritoid and chlorite, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. A275.
Ritger, S. D. and Sutton, S. J., 1989. Geochemical evidence of weathering in quartzites of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
- 21, p. A279.
Sutton, S. J., 1988. The role of metamorphic fluid flow during slaty cleavage development, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, p. A179.
Sutton, S. J., 1985. A model for propagation of mica-rich laminae parallel to slaty cleavage, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, p. 671.
Sutton, S. J., 1984. A type of domainal fabric in low-grade slates, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, p. 201.
Sutton, S. J., 1982. A model for metamorphic differentiation in a two-phase rock, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, p. 628.
Sutton, S. J., 1981. A simple model for metamorphic differentiation in slates, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 11, p. 563.
Sutton, S. J. and Wiltschko, D. V., 1979. Cobble crushing: a precursor to pressure solution in coarse quartzite conglomerates, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 11, p. 526.
Other Publications (not referreed)
Sutton, S.J., Collazo, D., and Sale, T., 2017. Fountain Formation: Potential for Subsurface Water Storage, report for Colorado Water Conservation Board, 46 p.
Sutton, S.J., Collazo, D. F., and Adam, A.O., 2017, Potential Bedrock Opportunities for Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Colorado Water, July/August, p. 23-27.
Sutton, S. J., 2006. Comparison of quantitative XRD data to whole-rock XRF geochemistry. Chevron Internal Report.
Graduate Students Supervised
Jonathan Cole, M.S. 1996 (co-advised with Frank Ethridge)
Dennis Newell, M.S. 1997
- Bryan Hughes, M.S. 1998
Roland Rueber, inactive
Kimberly Edwards, M.S. 1999 (co-advised with Frank Ethridge)
Andre Obligado, M.S. 2002
Douglas Kreiner, M.S. 2006
Ana Cichowski, M.S. 2007 (co-advised with Frank Ethridge)
Elaine Jacobs, M.S. 2008 (co-advised with John Ridley)
Natalie King, M.S. 2009
Jesse Self, inactive
Aiyda Fourgani, M.S. 2012 (co-advised with John Ridley)
Christopher Dennison, M.S. 2012
Brianna Lyons, M.S. 2013
Bingyi Zhao, current M.S. student
Ian Hogan, M.S. 2013
Adam Adam, M.S. 2017
Ahmad Issa, current M.S. student
Daniel Collazo, current M.S. student
Amanda Doherty, current M.S. student
Graduate Student Committee Service
Damon Brown, M.S. Geology 1994
Bjorn Selvig, M.S. Geology 1994
Yrma Vallez, M. S. Geology 1994
William Burnett, M.S. Geology 1994
Joe Gregson, M.S. Geology 1995
Barney Mason, M.S. Geology 1995
John Graham, Ph.D. Earth Resources 1996
Christopher Hedlund, Ph.D. Earth Resources 1996
Branislav Jurista, M.S. Geology 1996
Stephanie O’Meara, M.S. Geology 1997
Steve Monell, M.S. Business 1997
Stephanie Connolly, M.S. Soil Science 1998
Raymond Skelly, Ph.D. Earth Resources 1998
Will Hazel, M.S. Watershed Science 1998
William Rice, M.S. Watershed Science 1998
James Oglesby, Ph.D. Soil Science 1998
Jerusha Dahm, M.S. Geology 1999
Kathryn Catlett, Ph.D. Soil Science 2000
Colleen Green, M.S., Soil Science 2000
Suzanne Loadholt, M.S. Soil Science 2001
David Gilbert, Ph.D. Earth Resources 2001
Camille Keeler, Ph.D. Chemistry 2001
Abdullah Al-Farraj, Ph.D., Soil Science 2002
Mohammad Al-Murad, Ph.D. Earth Resources 2002
Amanda Fisher, M.S. Geology 2002
Bellatrix Castelblanco, M.S. Geology 2002
Elisha Kosak, M.S. Chemistry 2002
Milos Novotny, M.S. Geology 2003
Geoffrey Upson, Ph.D. Soil Science 2005
Paul Sorek, M.S. Geology 2003
Jared Berg, M.S. Geosciences 2005
Audrey Mendelsberg, M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering 2003
Steve Blecker Ph.D. GDPE 2005
Mark Seeger, Ph.D. Chemistry 2006
Guillermo Camargo, Earth Sciences Ph.D. student (inactive)
Catherine Stewart, Ph.D GDPE 2007
John Deery, Earth Sciences Ph.D. student (inactive)
Jesse Oswald, Education M.S. student 2007
Samira Caamano, Ph.D. Chemistry Ph.D. 2009
Suellen Drinnen-Melzer, Ph.D. Soil Science Ph.D. 2009
Bonnie Gibson, M.S. student, Anthropology (inactive)
Charles Oliver Musecamp, M.S. Geosciences 2012
Ildus Mingazetdinov, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2012
Ashwin Dhanasekar, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2013
Meagan Jehring, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2014
Dena Hicks, M.S., Watershed Science 2015
Eric Bukovsky, Ph.D., Chemistry 2015
Luis Agapito Tito, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2015
Shane White, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2016
Chris Gates, M.S., Geosciences 2016
Max Schultz, M.S., Geosciences 2017
Joel Conzelmann M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2017
Alexandra Racosky M.S., Geosciences 2017
Alexander Hamilton, current M.S. student, Geosciences
Philip Dalhof, current M.S. student, Geosciences
Xuewei Du, current M.S. student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jacob McCane, current M.S. student, Geosciences
Internal Service to Colorado State University (*indicates committee chair)
Department:
Geosciences Curriculum Committee 1997*-98*, 1999*-2005*, 2014*-present*
Executive Committee 2014-present
Search Committee for Academic Support Coordinator 2014*
Search Committee for temporary faculty member 2013
Departmental representative to Faculty Council 2003-05, 2012-13
Ad Hoc Committee to purchase petrographic microscopes 2006
Search Committee for sedimentologist 2004*-05
Search Committee for GIS specialist research associates 2004*.
Code Committee 2003*-2004*
Search Committee for Warner Chair Economic Geology 2001*-02*, 2002-03
Search Committee for physical geology instructor 1997*-98*
Search Committee for petrologist 1995-96
Advisor to Geology Club 1995-96
Scholarship and Awards Committee 1993-94, 1996-98, 2000-02
Ad Hoc Field Camp Committee 1994-2001
Graduate Committee 1992-94, 1995*-96*
College:
Search Committee 2016-2017, Water Quality position in Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
WCNR Curriculum Committee 1997-1998, 1999*-2004*, 2014-present*
International Committee 2012-13
Warner College Executive Committee 2004-12
Search Committee Warner College Academic Associate Dean 2009*
Search Committee Department Head Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, 2007*-08*
Search Committees Warner College Associate Dean for Research 2007*-08
Search Committee Warner College Dean 2006
College Curriculum Committee 1997-2005, 1999*-2002*, 2003*-2005*, 2014-present*
Grade Appeal Committee for Dept. of Forest Sciences 2001*
Ad Hoc Working Group on Environmental Studies 2000
Research Committee 1995-98
Commencement Committee 1995*-96*
Continuing Education and Extension Committee 1994-95
University:
University Curriculum Committee 1999-05, 2001*-02*, 2002-2005, 2014-present
RCR Advisory Committee 2016-present
Graduate School Advising and Mentoring Task Force 2016
Program Review Committee for Dept. of Biomedical Sciences 2015
Standing Committee on the Status of Faculty Women 2014-2016
Clean Energy Supercluster Director Search Committee 2012-13
Clean Energy Supercluster Steering Committee 2010-2013
Natural Gas Initiative Steering Committee 2011-2013
Committee on Strategic and Financial Planning 2007-2013; 2009*-11*
Search Committee Vice Provost Faculty Affairs 2012
Undergraduate Affairs Data Analysis Committee 2008-2012
Infrastructure Strategic Planning Review Committee 2010-2011
Pennock Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee 2007, 2011
Council of Deans 2007, 2009-11 as chair of CoSFP
President’s Cabinet 2009-10 as chair of CoSFP
Search committee for Provost 2009-10
Ad hoc Committee on University-level Budget Solutions 2009-10* (co-chair)
Teaching and Learning Strategic Planning Review Committee 2008-10
Program Review Committee for Dept. of Biomedical Sciences 2008-09
Committee of Research Associate Deans 2007-08
Graduate Education Advisory Committee 2007-08
Special Course Fees Committee 2007
Program Review Committee for Speech Department 2006-2007
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics 2006
Committee of Associate and Assistant Deans 2004-06
Search Committee for Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and for Vice
Provost for Graduate Studies 2005
Retention Committee 2005
Search Committee for Assistant Director of Honors Program 2005*
Academic Program Assessment and Improvement Committee 2004-05
Honors Program Planning Committee 2004
Faculty Council Executive Committee 2003-05
Honors Program Five-Year Review Committee 2003
Office of International Programs Task Force on Faculty and Curriculum Development 2002
Prestigious Scholarship Committee 2002
International Connections speaker 2002
Honors Fireside speaker 2002
KS/IP #1 Committee – Undergraduate Experience 2001-02
Science Ed. Steering Committee 2001-02
Commencement Committee 1995-96
Guest Scholars Committee 1995-98
Professional Service
Co-organizer of CSU Subsurface Water Symposium, 2016
Poster session judge AAPG Annual Meeting 2016
Poster session judge GSA Annual Meeting 2014
Associate Editor Journal of Sedimentary Research 2009 to present
Chair, American Geophysical Union Board of Heads and Chairs Steering Committee 2012
Speaker on legal issues for department heads, AGU workshop for Heads and Chairs, 2012
Poster session judge American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting 2011, 2012
External Reviewer for Univ. of Oklahoma Conoco-Phillips School 2010
Geological Society of America Research Grants Committee 2005-2008
Co-editor Special Volume of Journal of African Earth Sciences 2005
Geological Society of America Nominating Committee 2001-2004
Theme session co-organizer, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting 2001
Geological Society of America Committee on Committees 2000-01
External Reviewer for Geology Program at the University of Zambia 1999
Geological Society of America Geology Public Policy Committee 1998-2000
Poster session judge at Geological Society of America Meeting 1992
Numerous Journal article and proposal reviews
Guest Lectures and Other Outreach 2011-present
Guest lecturer on gas and oil development of shales, Colorado State NR 420 class, 2015, 2016.
Guest Lecturer on gas and oil development of shales, AGH University, Kraków Poland, 2014
Guest Lecturer on gas and oil development of shales, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland, 2014
Guest Lecturer on gas and oil development of shales, University of Gdańsk, 2014
Invited Speaker, “Gas shales, heterogeneity and implications for mechanical and geochemical behavior” University Consortium, Calgary, 2013
Invited Speaker, “Depositional environments of fine grained sediments – architecture and bio-geochemistry.” University Consortium meeting, Denver, 2013
Keynote speaker, The Geology of Gas Shales, Annual sales meeting of Sundyne Corporation, 2013
Congressional briefing panelist, CSU panel lead by Bill Ritter addressing Hydraulic Fracturing, 2013
Speaker, CSU Natural Gas Symposium 2012
Invited Speaker on “Gas Shales” Sustainable Remediation Forum 2012
Invited Speaker on “Gas Shales” State of California 2012
Panelist, CSU Water Café on “Energy and Water” 2012
Speaker, CSU Natural Gas Symposium 2011