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Professor
Charles G. Groat,
Professor and John A. and
Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Energy and Mineral Resources
Director, Energy and Mineral Resources Graduate Program
Director, Center for International Energy and Environmental
Policy
PH. D.,
University
of Texas at Austin, 1970
Field of
Study:
Energy,
mineral, and water resources occurrence and environmental
aspects of their development. Geomorphology and stratigraphy
of desert, coastal, and fluvial systems. Role of science in
policy formulation and decisionmaking.
Short
Biography:
Dr.
Chip Groat joined the Department of Geological
Sciences in June 2005 following 6 ½ years as
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. He also
has faculty appointments in the LBJ School of
Public Affairs and the Department of Petroleum
and Geosystems Engineering. At the USGS he
emphasized integrated scientific approaches to
understanding complex natural systems and the
use of these understandings in management
decisions regarding these systems, an interest
that continues at the university. Resource and
infrastructure development impacts on natural
systems and the restoration ecology of these
systems. Desert, coastal, and fluvial systems
encompassing the evolution of landforms and the
physical stratigraphy of deposits in desert
basins, river valleys, and coastal systems,
including the occurrence of groundwater in them.
Contact
Information:
Office:
5.204
Phone: 512-471-1772
Phone: 512 471-6048
FAX: 512-471-5585
Email:
cgroat@mail.utexas.edu
Office Hours:
Tuesday : 1:00 - 2:30
Wednesday 11:00 - 12:30
Mailing
Address:
The
University of Texas at Austin
Geol Science Dept
1 University Station C1100
Austin, TX 78712-0254
