16 2024 has been an active year of teaching, research, and student mentorship. I taught Sequence Stratigraphy in the spring, exploring sea-level, climate, and tectonic influences, and Basin Evolution in the fall, focusing on global basin systems. Research collaborations with students led to multiple publications, including work on CO₂ site screening (Hu), sealing properties of the Marine Tuscaloosa (Wethington), Mississippian carbonates in the STACK play (Bynum), and Gulf of Mexico stress regimes (Ademilola). Ian Cox, featured in this year’s PhD Student Spotlight, published on the Ardmore Basin and is finalizing his dissertation. Research progressed on CO₂ storage in Oklahoma, the Gulf of Mexico, the Appalachians, and a new project in a hydrogen hub in Virginia. I also met with the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment to discuss CO₂ storage technology. Additional highlights include leading short courses and mentoring SEG EVOLVE students exploring geothermal systems in Australia. More Faculty News Hola Alumni and Friends of the BPSoG. Ph.D. student Oyewande Ojo published new results on the timing of rifting in the Malawi Rift. Jacob Archer defended his M.S. thesis on the geodetic monitoring of dams in Oklahoma. Melina Lazar, Ph.D. student, continues her research of fracture characterization under dams. This research continues to be funded by state agencies. Eric Lebar is a Wentz Scholar investigating faulting in the Caribbean. He presented his work at GSA Connects in Anaheim, and at the OSU Undergraduate Symposium. I was invited to give the keynote lecture at the 2024 Chevron Hispanic Heritage Month. I have enjoyed teaching geology to 300 non-majors online and face-toface. I especially enjoyed teaching the Structural Geology course with field trips to the Seneca Fault and the Arbuckle Mountains. I look forward to continuing to work with Dr. Todd Halihan in guiding the School to meet our goals. DANIEL LAÓ-DÁVILA PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE HEAD Structural Geology, Plate Tectonics, Fault Slip Analysis and Caribbean Geology JACK PASHIN REGENTS PROFESSOR Devon Chair of Basin Research: Sedimentary Geology, Coalbed Methane, Shalegas, Structural Geology and Basin Analysis spring.2025
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