EDUCATION
Ph.D., geology, 1992, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
M.Sc., geophysics, 1988, University of Calgary
B.Sc., geology and geophysics, 1985, University of Calgary
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CSEG (Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists)
EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers)
AGU (American Geophysical Union)
MEG (Mineral Exploration Group)
APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta)
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY WORK
Calgary Mineral Exploration Group
* President 2006-2008
* Vice-President 2002-2006
* Secretary 2000-2002
Chair, Calgary Mining Forum 2005
University of Calgary Geoscience Alumni Chapter
* Director 2010-2012
WORK EXPERIENCE
1988 - present:
LYATSKY GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH & CONSULTING LTD., Calgary.
Interpretation of gravity and magnetic data in conjunction with seismic, geological and remote-sensing information; field acquisition and processing of potential-field data; integrated geological and geophysical studies of sedimentary basins; regional and local prospect delineation for hydrocarbon and mineral exploration; technical course instruction.
1993 - 1994:
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Research School of Geological & Geophysical Sciences, University College London & Birkbeck College, U.K.
Post-doctoral research fellow, geophysics instructor.
Regional and local gravity and seismic studies in the North Sea; subsalt hydrocarbon exploration; undergraduate instruction.
Summer 1991:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Cordilleran Division, Vancouver.
Studies in structure, evolution and petroleum potential of the Queen Charlotte Basin and continental margin, British Columbia; field work on the mainland British Columbia.
Summer 1990:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Cordilleran Division, Vancouver.
Regional geological and geophysical studies of the Queen Charlotte Basin and the Insular Belt in Canada; geological field work on the Queen Charlotte Islands and Gulf Islands, British Columbia.
Summer 1989:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Pacific Geoscience Centre, Sidney, British Columbia.
Regional geological and geophysical studies of the Queen Charlotte Basin; geological field work on the Queen Charlotte Islands; field assistance in the LITHOPROBE Southern Cordilleran Refraction Experiment (SCORE '89); Western Canada Telemetry Network maintenance.
July 1986 - December 1986:
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
Research assistant.
Processing of seismic reflection data and seismic modeling of shallow coal targets in central Alberta.
Fall 1984 - Spring 1985:
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology, Calgary.
Part-time contract researcher.
Structural and stratigraphic interpretation of seismic reflection data in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.
Summer 1984:
HOME OIL COMPANY LTD., Calgary.
Analysis and modeling of seismic reflection character for the purpose of identification of thin porosity zones in Middle Devonian carbonates in northwestern Alberta.
Summer 1983:
HOME OIL COMPANY LTD., Swan Hills, Alberta.
Pipeline maintenance operations in northern Alberta.
Summer 1982:
HOME OIL COMPANY LTD., Calgary.
Construction of geologic cross-sections and seismic time-structure maps; technical work.