Education

• B.S., Geology, City College of New York
• M.S.., Geology and Geophysics, Pennsylvania State University. Project: The northeast breccia dike, A petrologic study of a diatreme fissure from the Oka area, Quebec
• Ph.D, Geology and Geophysics, Pennsylvania State University. Project: Mixed-volatile equilibria in calcareous rocks in of three contact metamorphic aureoles in the western U.S.

Research Summary

My research focuses on the geology and geochemistry of active geothermal systems and ore deposits with particular emphasis on their hydrothermal alteration, fluid inclusion systematics and fracture distributions, including the development of techniques for the creation of Enhanced Geothermal System EGS) reservoirs.