GBDS Alumni

Former Staff:

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William Galloway

Professor Emeritus

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Richard T. Buffler

Sr. Research Scientist

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Patricia E. Ganey-Curry

Project Manager

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Craig Fulthorpe

Sr. Research Scientist

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Hilary Clement Olson

Research Scientist Associate

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Penelope Parr

Research Scientist Associate IV

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Lisa M. Gahagan

Research Scientist Associate V

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Chris Lowery

Research Assistant Professor

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Zach Sickmann

Postdoctoral Fellow

Former Students:

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Will Waltrip

Global Trading Planning & Stewardship Advisor at ExxonMobil

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Andrew Boyd

Geologist at Hilcorp

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Keelan Umbarger

Sr. Geologist at EOG Resources

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Rosie Fryer

Geologist at Oxy

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Parker Brant

Operations Manager at Big Data Energy Services

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Jack Newman

Commercial Real Estate Investment Advisor

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Matt Simmons

Senior Geologist at Lilac Solutions

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Colin Davis

Chief of Staff & General Counsel at the Texas House of Representatives

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Mario Andres Gutierrez

Director – Energy Origination & Development At TeraWulf

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Sarah Peters Lancaster

Associate Product Manager at Enverus

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Peter Abel

Waste Liason for Program Support at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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Ricardo Combellas

Applied Integrated Reservoir Management and Technology Manager at Chevron

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Thomas (Tom) McKenna

Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor
University of Delaware, Department of Earth Sciences

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Denis Potapov

Chief Commercial Officer at R&B Technology Group

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Jason Sanford

Geoscientist at Netherland, Sewell& Associates, Inc.

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Xinxia Wu

Exploration Geoscientist Advisor at Repsol

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Ros Visser

TGS Multiclient Geoscience Intern, MS at LSSU

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Fernando Apango

Exploration Geoscientist at Shell

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Nakul Nagaraj

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Cecilia Jeffers

Masters at Texas Tech

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Jazmin Villeda

Water Conservation Intern at Austin Water Utility

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Atticus Cabrales

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Jennifer Pena

Outreach Coordinator at GeoFORCE Texas

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Nick Gossett

Drilling Engineer at Oxy

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John Hudec Jr.

Automation Project Manager at Ameredev

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Meredith Martin

Certified Teacher in the State of Texas (Science 4-8)

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Aidan Foley

Private Equity Analyst at Arch Energy Partners

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Mario Gonzalez

Oracle Cloud Staff Cloud Architect

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Tommy Tyng

Merit Commercial Real Estate

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Daniel Tabor

Assistant Professor at Texas A&M

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Harry Hull

Geologist at EOG Resources

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Arisa Ruangsirikulchai

Geologist at PTTEP

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Abby Varona

Geoscientist at ExxonMobil

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Sima Daneshvar

Geophysicist at Shell

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Colin White

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Pauline Tolentino

SRNA at Florida International University

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Connor Everts

Geoscientist / Operations Geologist / Wellsite Geologsist / Geosteerer at Repsol

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Elizabeth Menezes

Geophysicist & Science Communicator at Esri

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Cole Speed

Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Cody Stewart

Senior Financial Analyst at UTEX Industries Inc.

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Sam Shrull

Engineering Analyst at Quantum Capital Group

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Luciana de la Rocha

Development Planner US Gulf Coast Carbon Capture at ExxonMobil

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Jie Xue

Associate Professor at China University of Geosciences

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Enrique Arce

Senior Geoscientist at Eni

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Fernando Apango

Exploration Geoscientist at Shell