Education
PhD Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (April 1996)
Major: Hydrogeology
Thesis: Effects of Molecular Diffusion on the Persistence of Dense Immiscible Organic Liquids in Fractured Porous Media
Award: Eastman Kodak Company Scholarship (1991-1994).
MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, North Carolina, USA (Dec. 1983)
Major: Environmental Engineering
Minor: Soil Science
Thesis: Magnetic Separation of Ferrous Material from Shredded Refuse
BSc Environmental Sciences and Economics, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, USA (June 1982)
Majors: Aquatic Environments and Economics
Minor: Mathematics
Thesis: An Economic Perspective of Marginal Natural Gas Drilling in Crawford County, PA
Honors/Awards: Allegheny College: Alden Scholar (1979 and 1980); Frank Wilbur Main Scholarship in Economics (1980-1982); Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society (1981-1982); James A. Finnegan Foundation Award, Pennsylvania State Government Award (Summer 1982); Lyndon B. Johnson Scholarship: Internship with Hon. Barber B. Conable, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC (Summer 1981).