Ph.D., Lead Geophysicist/Top-Level Designer. Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Washington 1985. Master of Arts, University of Cambridge 1995. Sc.B. Geology, Physics, Mathematics, Brown University, 1979.
Principal Investigator/co-Principal Investigator of over $46.5M (career total adjusted to 2024 value) in external research funding from NSF, NASA, USGS, DOE, ONR, UK and EU funding agencies, and from commercial and government clients. Co-developer/co-operator of ONR’s first national ocean bottom seismic instrument pool. Led 18+ year effort to instrument entire conterminous US with magnetotelluric instruments on a 70-km station grid to map the geoelectric structure of the continent and to mitigate risk to the power grid from of space. Directed EM, geophysical and hydrothermal instrumentation R&D lab and instrument centers since 1986.
Professional:
President, Enthalpion Energy LLC, Marine & terrestrial EM instrumentation R&D, geophysical survey services, geothermal development, 2020-Present.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chief Scientist, Remote Sensing Team, Energy and Environment Directorate, 2019-2024.
ORISE Fellow at National Energy Technology Laboratory, 2019-2024.
Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences, Marine Geology & Geophysics Program, 2006-2008.
Certified as meeting US Senior Executive Service Core Qualifications, US OPM, 2009 ahead of offer to lead NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and US Undersea Research Program.
Consultant for clients in marine electromagnetics, renewable energy, oil/gas, geothermal, 1981-Present.
Expert Witness for international patent litigations in marine controlled source electromagnetics for oil/gas exploration: EMGS vs. Schlumberger, London (2007-2010), EMGS vs. Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping, Munich (2012), EMGS vs. PGS, Oslo (2014).
Director, Earth-Ocean Systems Ltd., a UK-registered company developing sensors and marine instrumentation for extreme environments, 1999-2006.
Academic:
Professor of Geophysics, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 2003-Present (will become Professor Emeritus, January 2026).
Head of School and Professor, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, 2000-2003.
University Lecturer, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, and Fellow, St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1992-2000.
Research Assistant Professor, Marine Geology & Geophysics, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1986-1991.
Cecil and Ida Green Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1985-1986.