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 DR.
SCOTT W. TINKER
is
Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, the State Geologist of
Texas, Director of the Advanced Energy Consortium, a Professor holding
the Allday Endowed Chair and acting Associate Dean of Research in the
Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr.
Tinker spent 17 years in the oil and gas industry prior to coming to UT
in 2000. He is past President of the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists (‘08-‘09) and the Association of American State Geologists
(’06-’07). Dr. Tinker was a Distinguished Lecturer for the AAPG (’97),
Society of Petroleum Engineers (‘02), and Distinguished Ethics Lecturer
for the AAPG (’06-’07) and won best paper awards in two major journals.
He holds appointments on the National Petroleum Council, the Interstate
Oil and Gas Compact Commission and serves on several private,
professional, and academic boards. Dr. Tinker’s passion is building
bridges between academia, industry and government globally and he as
given over 300 invited and keynote lectures and visited over 40
countries towards this end. Dr. Tinker’s degrees are from the University
of Colorado (Ph.D.), the University of Michigan (MS), and Trinity
University (BS). |
 JAY
KIPPER
is
Associate Director at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University
of Texas at Austin. At the bureau Mr. Kipper serves a dual role of Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). His technical
involvement at the bureau includes CO2 and gasification research,
nanotechnology research and leading the PTTC program. Prior to
joining the Bureau, he worked 22 years at Aspen technology. At Aspen he
served in numerous roles, mostly serving the refining and
petrochemical industries. He has consulted in over 40 countries and 6
continents. Mr. Kipper got his chemical engineering degree from Trinity
University in San Antonio, Texas. |