Curriculum Vita

1. Academic History

Name: Paul A. Schroeder

Present Rank, proportion time assignments: Professor (0.375 research, 0.375 instruction, 0.2 administration)

Graduate Faculty Status: member (also member of Honors Faculty).

Highest Degree, Institution, date: Ph.D., Yale University, 1992

Other Degrees, Institution, date

• M. Phil., Geology - Yale University, 1989
• M.S. Marine Science - University of South Florida, 1981
• B.A. Geology (Cum Laude) - New England College, 1978

Academic Positions:

• 2007 - present: Interim Director, Center for Advance Ultrastructural Research, University of Georgia.
• 2006 - present: Associate Head, Dept. of Geology, University of Georgia.
• 2004 - present: Professor, Dept. of Geology, University of Georgia.
• 2004-2006: Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of Geology, University of Georgia.
• 2003 - present: Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia.
• 2000 - present Museum Adjunct - Georgia Museum of Natural History.
• 1997 - 2004: Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology. University of Georgia.
• 1992 - 1997: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology. University of Georgia.
• 1991 - 1992: Temporary Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology. University of Georgia.
• 1989 -1991: Teaching Fellow, Yale University.
• 1978 - 1981: Research Assistant, University of South Florida.
• 1978: Laboratory Instructor, R.S. Friedman Cobscook Bay Laboratory, Suffolk University.

Other Professional Employment:

• 2007 - present: Registered Professional Geologist, State of Georgia: License # PG001892
• 1987-1991: Visiting Scientist at Schlumberger-Doll Research Laboratory, Ridgefield, CT.
• 1981-1985: Research Geologist, Texaco Research Center at Houston, TX.
• 1978-1980: Geologic Field Assistant, United States Geologic Survey, St Petersburg, FL.

Post-Graduate Awards:

• 2007  Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Clay Scientist Award, Clay Minerals Society
• 2004 Distinguished Member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• 2002 Istanbul Technical University Distinguished Lecture (Sponsored by TUBITAK)
• 2000 University of Georgia Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award.
• University of Georgia Research Foundation Travel Award for the presentation of invited papers:
• 2005 International Clay Conference, Tokyo, Japan
• 2001 International Clay Conference, Biaha Blanca, Argentina.
• 1999 European Clay Groups Meeting, Krakow, Poland.
• 1992 International Clay Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
• 1992 International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

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2. Resident Instruction and continuing education (# of students)

• GEOL1121 - Earth Processes and Environments Winter 1992 (98), Spring 1992 (99), Fall 1998 (25), Fall 1999 (20), Fall 2000 (25), Fall 2001 (14), Fall 2002 (24), Fall 2003 (24), Fall 2004 (140), Fall 2005 (130), Fall 2006 (140), Fall 2007 (140)
• GLY125 - Physical Geology Fall 1991 (25)
• GEOL2350H - Honors Physical Geology Fall 1992 (18), Summer 1993 (18), Fall 1993 (20), Summer 1994 (23), Fall 1994 (19) Summer 1995 (23), Fall 1995 (12), Summer 1996 (23), Fall 1996 (13), Fall 1997 (15), Summer 1997 (23), Summer 1998 (24), Fall 1998 (24), Fall 1999 (24), Summer 2001, (24), Fall 2001 (24), Summer 2002, (25), Summer 2003, (24), Summer 2004, (24), Summer 2005, (17).
• GEOL2360H - Honors Historical Geology Summer 1994 (23), Summer 1995 (23), Summer 1996 (23), Summer 1997 (23), Summer 1998 (24), Summer 2001, (24), Summer 2002, (25), Summer 2003, (24), Summer 2004, (24), Summer 2005, (17).
• GEOL3010 - Mineralogy and Crystallography Fall 1992 (18), Fall 1993 (26), Fall 1994 (20), Fall 1995 (26), Fall 1996 (24). Fall 1997 (20) Earth Materials Fall 1998 (22), Fall 1999 (16), Fall 2000 (15), Fall 2001 (14), Fall 2002 (15), Fall 2002 (12).
• GEOL3020 – Surficial Processes Fall 2004 (8), Fall 2005 (8), Fall 2005 (14), Fall 2006 (19), Fall 2007 (24)
• GLY 4/660 - X-ray Crystallography Winter 1994 (5), Winter 1996 (1)
• GEOL4/6560 - Weathering, Soils and Saprolite 2000 (5)
• GEOL6910 - Topics in Geochemistry Winter 1994 (1 Student), Winter 1996 (5), Winter 1998 (2), Winter 1999 (6), Spring 2000 (2), Spring 2001 (2). Spring 2003 (5), Spring 2004 (scheduled).
• FRES1010 - Freshman Seminar - White Gold - The Georgia billion dollar kaolin industry - Spring 2001 (11), Spring 2004 (10)
• HONS3070H - Honors Seminar - Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the physical and biological sciences - Spring 2002 (15), Spring 2004 (15). Spring 2005 (15), Spring 2006 (17), Spring 2007 (16), Spring 2008 (15).
• GEOL8550 (formally) 4/6550 - Clay Mineralogy Winter 1993 (6), Winter 1995 (5), Winter 1998 (6), Spring 2002 (6), Spring 2004 (5), Spring 2006 (6), 2008 (7). 

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3. Scholarly Activities.

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed):

1. Hollingsworth, E., Crowe, D.E., Romanek,  C.,  Schroeder, P.A., and Karpov, G. 2008 Sulfur speciation in the Uzon caldera geothermal system, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in review.
2. Ece, Ö.I., Schroeder, P.A., Smilley, M. and Wampler, M. 2008 Acid-sulfate alteration of volcanic rocks and genesis of halloysite and alunite deposits in the Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. Clay Minerals v.43, 281-315.
3. Kyle, Jennifer, Schroeder, P.A., and Wiegel, J. 2007 Microbial silicification in sinters from two terrestrial hot springs in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia. Geomicrobiology Journal. v. 24, 627-641.
4. Pone, J. Denis N., Kim A.A. Hein, Glenn B. Stracher, Harold J. Annegarn, Robert B. Finkleman, Donald R. Blake, John K. McCormack, Paul Schroeder.  2007 The spontaneous combustion of coal and its by-products in the Witbank and Sasolburg coalfields of South Africa, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 72, 124-140.
5. Ö. Isik Ece and Schroeder, Paul A. 2007 Hydrothermal Alteration of Oligocene volcanic rocks and genesis of hallyosite-alunite-kaolinite deposits in the Turplu area, Balikesir, Turkey.  Clays and Clay Minerals, 55(1), 18-36.
6. Kyle, Jennifer and Schroeder, Paul A. 2007 Role of smectite in siliceous sinter formation and microbial texture preservation: Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 55(2): 189-199.
7. Schroeder, Paul A., Jason C. Austin, John F. Dowd 2006 Estimating long-term soil respiration rates from carbon isotopes occluded in gibbsite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. v. 70/23,  5692-5697
8. Glenn B. Stracher, Anupma Prakash, Paul A. Schroeder, John McCormack, Xiangmin Zhang, Paul van Dijk, and Donald Blake 2005 New mineral occurrences and mineralization processes: Wuda coal-fire gas vents of Inner Mongolia. American Mineralogists. v. 90 1729-1739.
9. R. Scott Harris, Michael F. Roden, Paul A. Schroeder, Steven M. Holland, Mack S. Duncan, and Edward F. Albin  2004 An Upper Eocene Impact Horizon in East-Central Georgia, Geology Vol. 32, No. 8, 717–720.
10. Schroeder, P. A., and R. Scott Harris, 2004 X-ray powder diffraction evidence for shocked quartz in an Upper Eocene sand deposit, Warren County, Georgia, U.S.A, Southeastern Geology v. 42(3) 145-150.
11. Schroeder, P. A., Robert J. Pruett and Nathan D. Melear  2004 Crystal-chemical changes in an oxidative weathering front in a middle Georgia kaolin deposit. Clays and Clay Minerals  v. 52, 212-220.
12. Schroeder, P. A., Nathan D. Melear and Robert J. Pruett 2003 Quantitative analysis of anatase in Georgia kaolins using Raman spectroscopy Applied Clay Science, v. 23 (5-6) p. 299-308.
13. Ö. Isik Ece, Zenbe-E Nakagawa, and P.A. Schroeder, 2003 Alteration of volcanic rocks and Genesis of kaolin deposits in Sile region, northern Istanbul, Turkey, Part - I: Clay mineralogy, Clay Minerals, v. 51, No. 6, 675-688.
14. Schroeder, P. A., J..J. Le Golvan and M. Roden. 2002 Weathering of ilmenite from granite and chlorite schist in the Georgia Piedmont, USA American Mineralogists. v. 87 (12) 1616-1625.
15. Schroeder, P. A., Melear, N. D., Bierman, P., Kashgarian, M., and Caffee, M., 2001, Gibbsite growth ages for the regolith in the Georgia Piedmont: Geochimca et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65 (3) p. 381-386.
16. Schroeder, P. A., and Shiflet, J., 2000 Ti-bearing phases in an east Georgia kaolin deposit: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 48(2) 151-158.
17. Schroeder, P. A., Melear, N. D., West, L. T., and Hamilton, D. A., 2000 Meta-gabbro weathering in the Georgia Piedmont, USA: Implications for global silicate weathering rates: Chemical Geology, v.163, 235-245
18. Schroeder, P. A., and Melear, N. D., 1999  Stable carbon isotopic signatures preserved in authigenic gibbsite from a forested granitic regolith: Panola Mt., Georgia, USA.: Geoderma, p. v 91 p. 261-279.
19. Schroeder, P.A., Pruett, R.J., and Hurst, V.J., 1998 Effects of secondary iron phases on kaolinite ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectra: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 46(4), 429-435.
20. Schroeder, P.A. and Irby, R. 1998 Detailed X-ray diffraction characterization of illite-smectite from an Ordovician K-bentonite, Walker County, Georgia, USA. Clay Minerals, v. 33, 671-674.
21. Schroeder, P.A., and McLain, A.A., 1998, Illite-smectites and the influence of burial diagenesis on the geochemical cycling of nitrogen: Clay Minerals, v. 33, 539-546.
22. Hurst, V.J., Schroeder, P.A., and Styron, R.W., 1997 Accurate quantification of quartz and other phases by powder x-ray diffractometry: Analytica Chimica Acta, v. 337, 233-252.
23. Schroeder, P. A., Kim, J. G. and Melear, N. D. 1997 Mineralogical and textural criteria for recognizing remnant Cenozoic deposits on the Piedmont: Evidence from Sparta and Greene County, Georgia, U.S.A. Sedimentary Geology. v. 108, 195-206.
24. Schroeder, P.A. and Pruett, R. 1996 Iron ordering in kaolinites: Insights from ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al NMR spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, v. 81, 26-38.
25. Schroeder, P.A. and Ingall E. D. 1994 A method for the determination of nitrogen in clays, with application to the burial diagenesis of shales. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A64, 694-697.
26. Schroeder, P.A. 1993 A chemical, XRD and ²⁷Al NMR investigation of Miocene Gulf Coast shales with application to understanding illite/smectite crystal chemistry: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 41(6). 668-679
27. Schroeder, P.A. 1992 Far infrared study of the interlayer torsional-vibrational mode of mixed-layer illite/smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals. v. 40(1), 81-91.
28. Schroeder, P.A.  1990  Far infrared, X-ray powder diffraction and chemical investigation of potassium micas, American Mineralogist. v. 75, 983-991.
29. Berner, R. A., E. K. Berner, P.A. Schroeder, T. W. Lyons, 1990 Comment and Reply on "Sodium-calcium ion exchange in the weathering of shales: Implications for global weathering budget". Geology v. 18(2), 190.
30. Ingall, E.D., P.A. Schroeder and Robert A. Berner 1990 The nature of organic phosphorus in marine sediments: New insights from ³¹P NMR. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 54, 2617-2620.

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Special Publication Series Editor:

1. Clay-based Polymer Nanocomposites (CPN), 2007 CMS Workshop Lectures, Vol. 15, Kathleen A. Carrado and Faïza Bergaya eds., The Clay Minerals Society, Chantilly, VA. v. 15, p 278.
2. Methods For Study Of Microbe – Mineral Interactions 2006 Patricia A. Maurice and Lesley A. Warren eds., Clay Minerals Society Workshop Lectures Series. The Clay Minerals Society, Chantilly, VA, v. 14, p.165.
3. The Application Of Vibrational Spectroscopy To Clay Minerals And Layered Double Hydroxides 2005 J. Theo Kloprogge ed., Clay Minerals Society Workshop Lectures Series. The Clay Minerals Society, Aurora. CO. v. 13. p. 285.
4. Teaching Clay Science 2002 Steve Guggenheim and Audrey Rule, eds., Clay Minerals Society Workshop Lectures Series. The Clay Minerals Society, Aurora. CO. v. 11. p. 223.
5. Elelctrochemical Properties of Clays 2002 Alanah Fitch ed., Clay Minerals Society Workshop Lectures Series. The Clay Minerals Society, Aurora. CO. v. 10. p. 256.

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Chapters in books (refereed):

1. Theresa E. McReynolds, Sheldon A. Skaggs, and Paul A. Schroeder (2008) Feldspar and Clay Mineralogy in Woodland Pottery Sourcing in the Carolina Sandhills
   Edited by Joseph M. Herbert and Theresa E. McReynolds. Research Report No. 29, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 108-121.
   
2. Schroeder, Paul A. and Larry West (2005) Weathering profiles developed on Granitic and Mafic terrains in the area of Elberton, Georgia, in Geologic Investigations of Elberton Granite and Surrounding Rocks. Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, (eds) Roden, Schroeder, and Swanson, The Georgia Geological Society, Atlanta, GA v. 25. p. 55-80.
3. Schroeder, P.A. (2002) Infrared Spectroscopy in Clay Science. in Teaching Clay Science, (ed.) Steve Guggenheim and Audrey Rule, Clay Minerals Society Workshop Series. The Clay Minerals Society, Aurora. CO. v. 13. 181-202.
4. Schroeder, P.A (2001) The Kaolin Industry. in The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia University Press.
5. Schroeder, P.A. (1992) A multiple reaction mechanism (MRM) model for illitization during burial diagenesis. in Clay minerals and their natural resources, ed. K. Nagasawa, 29th International Geological Congress Workshop WB-1, Kyoto, Japan. 79-88.

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Field Guides:

1. Stracher, G.B., Lindsley-Griffin, N., Griffin, J.R., Renner, S., Schroeder, P., Viellenave, J.H., Masalehdani, M.N.-N., and Kuenzer, C., (2007), Revisiting the South Cañon Number 1 Coal Mine fire during a geologic excursion from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips: Geological Society of America Field Guide 10, p. 101–110.

2. Stracher, Glenn, B., Nolter, Melissa A., Schroeder, Paul,  McCormack, John, Blake, Donald R., and Vice, Daniel H.  (2006)  The great Centralia mine fire: A natural laboratory for the study of coal fires. Geological Society of America Field Guide 8, p. 33-47.
3. Michael F. Roden, Paul A. Schroeder, and Samuel E. Swanson (2005) Geologic Investigations of Elberton Granite and Surrounding Rocks. Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, The Georgia Geological Society, Atlanta, GA v. 25.  120 p.
4. J. C. Gray and P. A. Schroeder (2003) Mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, in Classic Clays and Minerals Field Trips, Field guide for the 40^th annual meeting of the Clay Minerals Society jointly held with the Mineralogical Society of America, Athens, GA, June 7-12, 2003, (ed. Crawford Elliott), Clay Minerals Society, Aurora, CO, 57-67.
5. L.T. West, D.A. Hamilton-Wood and P.A. Schroeder (2003) Soils Developed from Contrasting Parent Materials in the Georgia Piedmont: Clay Mineralogy, Weathering, and Parent Material Uniformity, in Classic Clays and Minerals Field Trips, Field guide for the 40^th annual meeting of the Clay Minerals Society jointly held with the Mineralogical Society of America, Athens, GA, June 7-12, 2003(ed. Crawford Elliott), Clay Minerals Society, Aurora, CO, pp. 31.
6. Schroeder, P. A. (1999) Common minerals of Graves Mountain, Georgia. In Graves Mountains Georgia: Mineralogy, Economic geology and environmental problems. Field guide for the Southeastern section Geological Society of America Meeting (Eds. D. Crowe, P. Schroeder, T. Rasmussen, D. Wenner and J. Williams), University of Georgia Department of Geology, Athens, GA, 12-32.

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Abstracts: (first authored)

1. Schroeder,  Paul A. 2008 Naturally elevated arsenic- and selenium-bearing soils in the southeastern U.S. Piedmont. The Clay Minerals Society Annual Meeting jointly held with the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA. Abstract with programs.
2. Schroeder,  Paul A. , Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Albert Colman, Douglas Crowe, Gennady Karpov, Jennifer Kyle, Frank Robb, Christopher Romanek, Juergen Wiegel, Chuanlun Zhang. 2007  Microbially dominated terrestrial hot spring mineral assemblages in Kamchatka Russia: The present is the key to past.  GSA Abstracts with Programs, Denver, CO.
3. Schroeder,  Paul A. , Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizabeth Burgess, Albert Colman, Douglas Crowe, Julie Fiser, Maggie Hodges, Elizabeth Hollingsworth, Gennady Karpov, Ilya Kublanov, Jennifer Kyle, Gary Mills, Andrew Neal, Nikolai Pimenov, Frank Robb, Christopher Romanek, Tatiana Slepova, Tatyana Sokolova, Elisabeth Spencer, Stephen Techtmann, Isaac Wagner, Juergen Wiegel, Noah Wittman, Chuanlun Zhang, and Weidong Zhao. 2007 Nitrogen And Smectites From Terrestrial Hot Springs In The Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far-Eastern Russia, The Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM. Abstract with programs.
4. Schroeder, Paul A., Austin, Jason C., and Dowd, John F. 2006  A numerical model for estimating long-term respiration rates from carbon occluded in soil gibbsite. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper No. 195-2, Philadelphia, PA.
5. Schroeder, Paul A., S. Cady, D.E. Crowe, G. Karpov, G. King, G. Mills, A. Neal,  E. Bonch-Osmosolovskaya, F. Robb, C. Romanek, T. Sokolova, J. Wiegel, and C. Zhang. 2006 Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Kamchatka, Russia: Connections between Uzon Caldera, Geyser Valley and the YNP - Research Coordination Network, NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network workshop and Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, abstract with program, Bozeman, MT.
6. Schroeder, Paul A. 2005 Clay mineral and hyperthermophilic microbe relationships in terrestrial hot spring deposits, American Chemical Society, 40th Midwest Regional Meeting, Joplin, MO.  ACS paper #22645.
7. Schroeder, Paul A. 2005 Clays at the interface of geology and biology. Invited keynote address to theme session on Clays and Geology. 13th International Clay Conference, A.P.I.E.A., Tokyo, Japan, Abstracts with Program.
8. Schroeder, Paul A. 2005 Clays at the interface of geology and biology. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Abstract with programs. Burlington, VT.
9. Schroeder, Paul A., Michael J. Smilley, Ö. Isik Ece, and Marion Wampler 2004 Sulfur isotope and potassium argon analysis of minerals from the Turplu halloysite mine, Balisiker region, northwest Turkey.  Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Richland, WA. Abstract with programs.
10. Schroeder, Paul A., Kyle, Jennifer; Neal, Andrew l.; Romanek, Christopher S. 2003 High-resolution analytical approaches to characterizing bio/lithofacies in the microbial habitats of terrestrial hot springs. GSA Abstracts with Programs, abstract #59576, Seattle. WA.
11. Schroeder, Paul A., Kyle, Jennifer; Neal, Andrew l.; Romanek, Christopher S. 2003 High-resolution analytical approaches to characterizing bio/lithofacies in the microbial habitats of terrestrial hot springs. Microbial Networks Meeting, NSF Workshop, September 15-16, 2003, Washington, DC.
12. Schroeder, Paul and Ö. Isik Ece 2003 Clay morphology, mineralogy, and crystal chemistry of hydrothermally altered Oligocene volcanic rocks in the Turplu area, Balikesir, Turkey. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Athens, GA. Abstract with programs.
13. Schroeder, Paul A., R. Scott Harris, Michael F. Roden, Steven M. Holland, and Mack Duncan 2002 X-ray diffraction evidence for shocked quartz in Atlantic Coastal Plain deposits, Warren County, Georgia, U.S.A. GSA Abstracts with Programs, abstract #38959 Denver CO.  
14. Schroeder, Paul A.,  R.J. Pruett, and J. Yuan 2001 Lateral variations in mineral properties with middle Georgia Kaolin deposits. 12th International Clay Conference, A.P.I.E.A., Biaha Blanca, Argentina. Abstract with Program.
15. Schroeder, Paul A. and Le Golvan J.J. 2001 The fate of ilmenite in residual temperate to sub-tropical weathering profiles. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Madison, WI. Abstract with programs.
16. Schroeder, Paul A. and Melear, N. D. 2001 Carbon in gibbsite: Its use for understanding long term CO2 efflux in residual soils Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Madison, WI. Abstract with programs.
17. Schroeder, Paul A., Melear, Nathan D., Bierman, Paul R., Caffee, Mark W., Kashgarian, Michaele. 2000 Evidence for the recrystallization of secondary soil minerals and implications for estimates of paleo-atmospheric conditions. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #50472: GSA, Reno NV.
18. Schroeder, Paul A., Nathan D. Melear and Robert J. Pruett 2000 Non-anatase TiO2 in a middle Georgia kaolin deposit: A Raman spectroscopic perspective. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Chicago, IL. Abstract with program.
19. Schroeder, Paul A. and N.D. Melear 1999 Inclusion of carbon into pedogenic gibbsite. European Clay Groups Meeting. Krakow, Poland. Abstract with programs p. 130-131.
20. Schroeder, Paul A. 1999 Long-term soil respiration rates. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #51470: GSA Denver Colorado.
21. Schroeder, Paul A. and Jason Shiflet 1999 The distribution of Ti-bearing minerals in east Georgia kaolin. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Southeastern Section Athens, GA
22. Schroeder, Paul A. and Melear, Nathan D. 1998 Indicators of multi-generational mineral assemblages in the granitic-regolith at Panola Mt. research watershed, Georgia: II, stable carbon isotopic evidence. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #50229 GSA Toronto, Canada.
23. Schroeder, Paul A., Nathan D. Melear, Larry T. West and Dixie A. Hamilton. 1998 Mineral assemblages derived from the weathering of a meta-gabbro in the Georgia Piedmont. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Cleveland, OH. Abstract with programs.
24. Schroeder, Paul A., Douglas E. Crowe and Nathan D.Melear. 1997 Stable carbon isotope signatures preserved in authigenic minerals from a forested granitic-regolith: Panola Mt., Georgia. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #13321 GSA Salt Lake City, Utah.
25. Schroeder, Paul A. and Pruett, R.J. 1997 Effects of secondary iron phases on kaolinite ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectra. International Clay Conference, A.P.I.E.A., Ottawa, Canada. Abstract with programs.
26. Schroeder, P.A., David B. Wenner and Sandra Whitney. 1996 Honors geology field programs: A mechanism for increasing geology major enrollment. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #50072, Denver, Colorado.
27. Schroeder, P.A., Melear, N.D., Leigh, D., West, L.T., and Kormanik, T.L. 1995 Residual versus polygenetic soil/saprolite weathering profiles on granites in the Georgia Piedmont. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 27 (6). GSA, New Orleans, Louisiana.
28. Schroeder, P.A. and Pruett, R. 1995 Iron ordering in kaolinites: New insights from ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al NMR spectroscopy. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. Abstract with programs.
29. Schroeder, P.A. 1994 Mineral and textural evidence for the extent of Cenozoic Coastal Plain onlap to the Georgia Piedmont. Geological Society of America Annual meeting, Seattle, WA. Abstract with programs.
30. Schroeder, P.A. 1994 The Sparta, Georgia saprolite revisited: Mineralogical trends and implications for Cenozoic weathering rates. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Saskatoon, Canada. Abstract with programs.
31. Schroeder, P.A. 1993 Displaying mineral structures with the molecular modeling program SYBYL. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, San Diego, CA. Abstract with programs, p. 112.
32. Schroeder, P.A. 1993 ²⁷Al NMR evidence for the segregation of octahedral Al and Fe sites in mixed-layer illite/smectites. Invited paper to the International Clay Conference, Adelaide, Australia, Abstract with programs p-164.
33. Schroeder, P.A. 1992 Application of far infrared spectroscopy to the study of clay minerals. Invited paper to the Clay Geosciences Symposium, International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan. Abstract with programs.
34. Schroeder, P.A. 1992 Far IR, ²⁷Al NMR and chemical evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of octahedral Fe and Al in mixed-layer illite/smectites. The Goldschmidt Conference, The annual meeting of the Geochemical Society. Reston, VA. Abstract with programs.
35. Schroeder, P.A. and E. D. Ingall 1991 The Influence of burial diagenesis on the nitrogen content of illite/smectite in shales. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Abstracts with programs p. A222.
36. Schroeder, P.A. 1991 Far infrared spectroscopy of mixed-layer illite/smectite. Clay Minerals Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX Abstracts with programs.
37. Schroeder, P.A. 1989 Phyllosilicate sample mounting for far infra-red absorption spectroscopy. (abs.), 9th International Clay Conference, Strasbourg, France, p. 343
38. Schroeder, P.A. 1988 Far infra-red spectroscopy of potassium interlayered pyhllosilicates. (abs.) Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Grand Rapids, MI., p. 88.
39. Schroeder, P.A. 1982 Authigenic iron minerals of the continental slope off the eastern United States, (abs.), 11th International Congress on Sedimentology (IAS), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
40. Schroeder, P.A. 1978 Baseline studies of the physical oceanography of Cobscook Bay, Maine. (abs.), New England Estuary Research Society.

Abstracts: (co-authored)

1. Austin, Jason C., Schroeder, Paul A. , and Dowd, John F.  2008 Exploring the Sensitivity of Paleo-PCO2 Models Based on δ13C of Pedogenic Gibbsite to
   Changing Soil Variables with Depth Using Numerical Methods. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper No. #149128, Houston, TX.
2. Austin, Jason C., Schroeder, Paul A. , and Cox, Julia 2007 Radiogenic Carbon In Goethite From The Upper Ordovician Neda Formation: Implications For Re-Crystallization, The Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Sante Fe, NM. Abstract with programs.
3. Austin, Jason C., Schroeder, Paul A., and Dowd, John F.  2006  Aluminum substitution in goethite from the late Ordovician Neda Formation: implications for environment of formation and post-burial weathering. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper No. 221-12, Philadelphia, PA.
4. Crowe, Douglas, Jordan, Thomas, Baker, M. Scott, and Schroeder, Paul,  2006  Mapping the distribution of alteration minerals in an active geothermal setting using satellite-based spectral reflectance: an example from the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, far east Russia. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper No. 234-5, Philadelphia, PA.
5. Wagner, I.  M. Hodges, K. Lee, D. Crowe, P. Schroeder, C. Romanek and J. Wiegel. The Intraspecific differences of Clostridium uzonii isolates obtained from the different thermal fields in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Russia. Intern. Conference Thermophiles 2005. Gold Coast, Australia, Sept. 2005 Abstr. 145
6. Kyle, Jennifer and Schroeder, Paul A., and Kenneth Livi, 2005 Evidence of microbial framboidal pyrite formation in a terrestrial hot spring. Geological Society of America Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, No. 7, p. 205.
7. Stracher, Glenn, B. Pone, J.D., Annegarn, H.J., McCormack, J., Blake, D.R., and Schroeder, P.A.  2005 Gas vent mineralogy and geochemistry: The burning Culm Banks of South Africa. Geological Society of America Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, No. 7, p. 453.
8. Kyle, Jennifer and Schroeder, Paul A.  2004 Sinter mineralogy of terrestrial hot spring vent, Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Richland, WA. Abstract with programs.
9. Kyle, Jennifer, Schroeder, Paul A.,  Crowe, Douglas, and Romanek, Christopher. 2004 Evidence for biomineralization and preservation of microorganisms in siliceous sinter deposits from the Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia.  Abstract No: 76327 GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 5.
10. Stacher, Glenn B.,  Prakash, Anupma, Schroeder, Paul A., and McCormak, John, 2004 New mineral occurrences from the Wuda coalfield fires of inner Mongolia.  Abstract No: 73402 GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 5.
11. Romanek, Christopher S., Crowe, Douglas, Kyle, Jennifer, and  Schroeder, Paul A., 2004  Chemical and stable isotopic composition of microbial mats from hot springs of Uzon caldera, Kamchatka. Abstract No: 75001 GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 36, No. 5.
12. Kyle, Jennifer; Neal, Andrew l.; Romanek Christopher S., and  Schroeder, Paul A.,  2003 Does microbial activity confer structure (biosignatures) to siliceous hot-spring deposits? International Thermophile meetings, Exeter, UK. Abstract with programs.
13. Ö. Isik Ece and Schroeder, Paul A. 2003 Acid-sulfate alteration and genesis of alunıte-halloysite deposit at Turplu mine, Balikesır, Turkey. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Athens, GA. Abstract with programs.
14. R. Scott Harris, Mack S. Duncan, Steven M. Holland, Michael F. Roden, Paul A. Schroeder 2003 Evidence of impact-generated deposition on the Late Eocene shores of Georgia. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Athens, GA. Abstract with programs.
15. Stracher, Glenn B. Taylor, Tammy P., Baughman, Dick, Schroeder, Paul A., Fleisher, Christopher and McCormack, John. 2003 Coal Fire Condensates: Collection Procedure, P-T Stability Diagrams, Environmental Pollution. AAAS Annual Meeting, Feb. 2003, Denver, CO.
16. Harris, R.S., Duncan, M.S., Holland, S. M., Roden, M. F., and Schroeder, P. A. 2002 Probable shocked quartz as evidence for an Upper Eocene impact horizon in coastal plain strata, Warren County, Georgia, USA  GSA Abstracts with Programs, abstract #41931 Denver CO.
17. Melear, Nathan D., Schroeder Paul A., and Robert J. Pruett 2000 X-ray diffraction mineralogy of minor phases in crude kaolin clays from Georgia, USA. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Chicago, IL. Abstract with program.
18. Ams, D., D. Cornell, J.R. Huffman, C.M. Jones, Y.J. Lee, M.R. Miller, B.J. Muller, P.A. Maurice, N. Melear, P.A. Schroeder, and R. Pruett, 2000 Comparison of the surface chemical characteristics of natural kaolinites as a foundation for understanding microbially mediated kaolinite dissolution. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Chicago, IL. Abstract with program.
19. Bierman, Paul R., Clapp, Erik M., Caffee, Marc and Schroeder, Paul A. 1999 Understanding earth surface processes with 10-Be (and a little 26-Al). The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract # 51432: GSA Denver Colorado.
20. Melear, N.D. and Schroeder, Paul A. 1999 Clay Mineral and crystal properties of goethite and hematite from three residual weathering profiles of the Georgia Piedmont, USA. European Clay Groups Meeting. Krakow, Poland. Abstract with programs p. 111.
21. Melear, Nathan D. and Schroeder, Paul A. 1998 Indicators of multi-generational mineral assemblages in the granitic-regolith at Panola Mt. research watershed, Georgia: I, Crystal chemical evidence. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #11958 GSA Toronto, Canada.
22. Melear, Nathan D. and Schroeder, Paul A., 1998 Crystal chemistry of goethites from deep weathering profiles developed on granitic rocks of the Georgia Piedmont. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Cleveland, OH. Abstract with programs.
23. Shiflet, Jason E. and Schroeder, Paul A., 1998 Ti-bearing phases in an east Georgia kaolin. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Cleveland, OH. Abstract with programs.
24. Mclain, A. A., and Schroeder, P. A. 1996 Fixed-Nitrogen in clay minerals of an offshore Texas, Brazo Block Gulf of Mexico well. The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstract #50300 Denver, Colorado.
25. Pruett, R. and Schroeder, P.A. 1995 Well and poorly ordered kaolinites from Georgia, USA. Clay Minerals Society Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. Abstract with programs.
26. Ingall, E., J.C. Duchamp., P. Schroeder and K.W. Zilm 1992 ³¹P NMR characterization of organic phosphorus in marine organic matter. Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Denver, CO. Abstract with programs.
27. Dahl, H.M., and Schroeder P.A. 1984 Mud Mounds - indicators of upward transport of fine-grained sediments, offshore Louisiana. SEPM Research Conference "Origin transport and deposition of fine-grain sediments", Convener D.S. Goresline, San Jose, CA.
28. Dahl, H.M., C.A. Callender and Schroeder P.A. 1983 Geologic factors influencing reservoir performance at Texaco's Salem Tertiary Recovery Project, Marion Co., Illinois., (abs.) AAPG Bull., v 67(3), p 445-446

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Book Reviews:

1. Chemical Equilibria and Kinetics in Soils. (1994) Pp. 268. Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. in Economic Geology, v.90. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
2. Soil Microscopy and Micromorphology. (1995) by E.A. FitzPatrick. pp. 304. John Wiley and Sons, in Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.A65, p. 588. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
3. X-ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals. (1989) by Duane M. Moore and Robert C. Reynolds, Jr. pp. 332. Oxford University Press Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. in Economic Geology, v. 84(8). p. 2321-2322. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
4. Clay Minerals for the Petroleum Geologists and Engineers. (1988) by D. Peaver and E. Eslinger. SEPM Short Course Notes No. 22, Pp. 343, Tulsa, OK 74159. in Economic Geology, v.84(2), p. 464-465. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
5. Diagenesis (Geoscience Canada Reprint Series; 4). (1990) Edited by Ian A. McIlreath and David W. Morrow. Pp. 338. Geological Association of Canada, Runge Press Ltd. Ottawa, Canada. in Economic Geology, Vol.86(4). Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
6. Introduction to the Petrology of Soils and Chemical Weathering. (1991) by Daniel B. Nahon. Pp. 313. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York in Economic Geology, Vol. 87. p. 1372. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.
7. Prediction of Reservoir Quality Through Chemical Modeling. (1990) edited by I.D. Meshri and P.J. Ortoleva. AAPG Memoir 49, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pp.175. in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 55, p. 2705. Review written by P.A. Schroeder.

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Creative contributions other than formal publications:

1. 2008 Organizer and advocate for joint meeting of the Geological Society of America and Soil Science Society of America - Topical Session Number , " Soil Respiration on Human and Geologic time scales", Houston, TX.
2. 2007 Organizer and advocate for Clay Minerals Society theme session "Clays in Extreme Environments", Santa Fe, NM.
3. 2005 Co-convener of theme session "Clays and Geology" International Clay Conference. Convened in Tokyo, Japan.
4. 2005 Organizer and advocate for Clay Minerals Society Theme session – “Clay minerals as biominerals”. Convened in Burlington, VT.
5. 2004 Organizer and advocate for Geological Society of America - Topical Session Number 46, "Biomineralization in Terrestrial Hot Springs: The Preservation of Thermophiles in Past and Present Day Systems " convened in Denver, CO.
6. 2003 General Chair for Joint meeting of The Clay Minerals Society and the Mineralogical Society of America. Convened in Athens, GA.
7. 2001 Organizer and advocate for Geological Society of America - Topical Session Number 110, "Paleosols, Soils and the Composition of Ancient Atmospheres " convened in Reno, NV.
8. "Ask a Clay Scientist" Web site of the Clay Minerals Society. This is a public outreach resource to help people better understand the role of clays in our world. The URL is http://cms.lanl.gov/askclay.htm and has been chosen as a Key Resource in the Geosciences by Links2Go.
9. 1996 Litterville - an environmental geology scenario for the urban waste problem. An interactive computer-based exercise designed for introductory environmental geology classes. Created using Authorware^® by P.A. Schroeder and B.C. Carter. ^©1996. Created under contract with Times-Mirror Corporation, New York.
10. 1996 Guest expert speaker on Radio News magazine: Maritime Noon Host: Costas Halavrezos CBC Radio. Producer: Janet Irwin Production Location: Halifax, Kaolin Clay special. Airtime: April 10, 1996. Tape available upon request.

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Grants and Contracts Received

1. 2005-2006 National Science Foundation - SGER: A test for modern carbon in Paleozoic paleosols. PI EAR-0501690 - $20,149
2. 2003 - 2004 National Science Foundation - International Division Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) "Hydrothermal alteration and genesis of halloysite deposits along the active southern segments of north Anatolian Fault Zone, NW Turkey". PI INT-0138023 $5,400.
3. 2003-2007 National Science Foundation MCB - Microbial Observatories: "Collaborative Research: Kamchatka Geothermal Microbial Observatory. Co-Scientist.  MCB-MO-0238407. $741,947
4. 2002-2003 National Science Foundation EAR-BE: Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles -  "Geomicrobiological Interactions and Carbon Flow in Extreme Thermal Springs: Kamchatka, Russia". Incubation Grant:  Co-PI, EAR-BE-0221905. $30,000.
5. 2002 - 2004 - National Science Foundation - International Division "Hydrothermal alteration and genesis of halloysite deposits along the active southern segments of north Anatolian Fault Zone, NW Turkey". PI  INT-0138023 $27,000.
6. 2000-2002- National Science Foundation - EAR/IF and University of Georgia Research Foundation "Upgrading of the X-ray diffraction and FTIR facilities for mineralogical research". PI EAR-99911501 $82,784.
7. 2000-2001 University of Georgia Research Foundation - Between grants support for data acquisition and technical support. $12,000.
8. 1996-2000 - National Science Foundation "A modern test of the assumptions used for determining paleo-atmospheric carbon dioxide from goethite-bound carbon. PI EAR-9628035 $87,776.
9. 1998-2000 English China Clay International. Discriminating short- and long-range iron ordering in kaolinite using vibrational spectroscopy. Contract: $88,792 .
10. 1996-1998J.M. Huber Corporations. Studies of impurity phases associated with East-Georgia kaolin deposits. Contract: $29,628.
11. 1997 University of Georgia Research Foundation Equipment Research Grant. Isotope facility vacuum upgrade. $4000
12. 1996 University of Georgia Research Foundation Faculty Research Grant. "Understanding Kaolinite Crystal-Chemistry through application of ²⁹Si NMR Spectroscopy." $3,000.
13. 1995 - English China Clay International, Inc. Collaborative agreement to study effects of Fe on ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al MAS NMR signal of kaolinites. ECCI paid for $8000 of analytical and NMR services.
14. 1995 - W.C. Brown Publishers, Boston MA. "Development of an interactive multimedia program to supplement introductory non-science major Environmental Geology laboratory sections." $5,000.
15. 1995/97 - Petroleum Research Fund " Study of nitrogen in clays during burial diagenesis." PI ACS-PRF 29072-G2, $20,000.
16. 1994 University of Georgia Instructional Technology Grant. Geoscience Learning Center phase II. $99,995.
17. 1994 University of Georgia Instructional Improvement Grants for "Computer video output devices and overhead projection system". $4000.
18. 1993 University of Georgia Instructional Technology Grant. Geoscience Learning Center. $27,500.
19. 1993 - Equipment award, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer dedicated to the study of clay minerals from Schlumberger-Doll Research. Estimated value $60,000.
20. 1987-90 - Texaco Exploration and Production Research unrestricted grant-in-aid for the study "Characterization and kinetics of 2:1 clay mineral transformations during burial diagenesis". $82,080.
21. 1987 - Geological Society of America Research Grant,(#3870-87). $1000.
22. 1977 - National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Program, (#SMI76-83524).

Other recognition and outstanding achievements:

1. 2007 -  Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Clay Scientist Award, Clay Minerals Society
2. 2004 - Distinguished Scholar - National Society of Collegiate Scholars
3. 2000 - Lothar L. Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor - University of Georgia
4. 1992 - Philip M. Orville Prize for outstanding dissertation at Yale University.
5. 1990 - William E. Ford Prize for excellence in mineralogy, Yale University.

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Supervision of student research:

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision

• Dr. Nathan Melear, Ph. D. 1998, Mineral transformations and soil genesis at Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia.
• Mr. Jason Austin, Ph.D. candidate  (ABD)

M.S. Thesis Supervision

• Mr. Jae-Gon Kim, M.S. 1994, FTIR, XRD, SEM and chemical study of biotite weathering from the Sparta Granite, GA.
• Mr. Buford Boyd Pollet, M.S. 1995, M.I.B. 1993, Application of the Rietveld method for the determination of mineral abundances in East-Central Georgia kaolin deposits.
• Ms. Angela McLain, M.S., 1997, Fixed-nitrogen in clay mineral of an offshore Texas, Brazos Block Well.
• Mr. Jason Shiflet, M.S., 1999, Impurities in East Georgia kaolin deposits.
• Mr. John LeGolvan, MS., 2001, The fate of ilmenite and magnetite in the weathering profile.
• Ms. Jennifer Kyle, M.S., 2005 Biomineralization of hotsprings in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia.

B.S. Project Supervision

• Ms Maggie Hodges - Isolation of novel anerobic, thermophic bacteria from Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia
• Mr. Matt Hastings - X-ray diffraction study of coal fire vapor deposits, Centralia, Pennsylvania
• Mr. Michael Smilley - Genesis of alunite in the Turplu halloysite mine, NW Turkey
• Ms. Jennifer Kyle - Bio/litho facies of sinter from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Ms. Alison Mote - X-ray diffraction of unknown gem materials
• Ms. Nancy Chapman - Isotopic analysis of pedogenic gibbsite.
• Ms. Terri Blandenberg - A mid- and near-IR spectral atlas of gem quality minerals.
• Mr. Ian Stubbs - Factors causing physical differences in three kaolin samples
• Mr. Chris Young. Stable sulfur isotopes of pyritized Ophiomorpha in Tertiary East Georgian kaolin deposits.
• Mr. Richard Irby. Comparative clay mineralogy of Ordovician K-bentonites from North Georgia

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Editorship or editorial board member:

Associate Editor,  American Mineralogist. 2007-2009
Series Editor, Clay Minerals Society Workshop Lectures.  2000 – 2007
Associate Editor, Geology, 1995 - 1997.
Abstractor, Mineralogical Abstracts, 1994 - 1997.
Reviewer: Critically reviewed manuscripts for the journals listed below.

• American Journal of Science
• American Mineralogist
• Analytica Chimica Acta
• Applied Clay Minerals
• Astrobiology Journal
• Canadian Mineralogist
• Chemical Geology
• Economic Geology
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Clays and Clay Minerals
• Clay Minerals
• Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Journal of Geological Education
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Journal of Soil Science of Society of America
• Marine Geology
• Mathematical Geology
• Nature
• Preceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

4. Public services.

Societal Services

• 2008 Workshop organizer for Clay Minerals Society annual workshop lecture series "Clays of Yellowstone National Park", Billings, MT.
• 2007 Organizer and advocate for Clay Minerals Society theme session "Clays in Extreme Environments", Santa Fe, NM.
• 2006 NSF Research Coordination Network workshop, “Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park”, Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman MT.
• 2005 Organizer and advocate for Clay Minerals Society theme session "Clay minerals as biominerals", Convened in Burlington VT.
• 2004 Organizer and advocate for Geological Society of America - Topical Session Number 46, "Biomineralization in Terrestrial Hot Springs: The Preservation of Thermophiles in Past and Present Day Systems " convened in Denver, CO.
• 2003 General Chair for 40^thannual meeting of the Clay Minerals Society and the Mineralogical Society of America, held in Athens, GA.
• 2000 Geological Society of America Theme Session "Paleosols, Soils and Composition of Ancient Atmospheres". Annual Meeting in Reno, NV.
• 1998 to Present - Clay Minerals Society Special Publications Editor
• 1997 to 1998 - Clay Minerals Society Bailey Award (Chair)
• 1995 to 1998 - Clay Minerals Society (Council Member, *Elected position).
• 1995 to 1998 - Clay Minerals Society Nominations Committee (Chair 1996)
• 1994 - Georgia Alliance of Geochemists (Organizer and Convener of Annual Meeting)
• 1993 to Present - Clay Minerals Society Education Committee (Member).
• 1992 to 1995 - Mineralogical Society of America Tellers Committee - (Chair).
• 1991 Petroleum Geology Section, Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. (Session Chair)
• 1988 Seismic verification of nuclear tests Symposium, Yale University. (Conference Chair).

Community Services

• 2006 to present "Hot times in volcanoes, minerals and life of Kamchatka Russia" to various local schools.
• 2000 to present "Ask a Clay Scientist" resource for the Clay Minerals Society web site.
• 1998 to present - Franklin College Outreach Program "Georgia Minerals"
• 1994 to present - Georgia State Science Fair Judge.
• 1995 to present - Initiated and judged special Geosciences Award at State Science Fair.
• 1994 - Public tours of Geology of State Botanical Gardens
• Guest Geology presentation at Athens-Clarke 4^th Street School and Oconee Primary School.
• 1992 to Present - X-ray diffraction identification of unknown materials for Georgia citizens and businesses.
• 1995 to Present - Started Athens-Area Parents of Hearing Impaired Children Support Group.

5. Other services.

University- and College-wide committees:

• 2005 to 2008 - University Review Committee (Promotion and Tenure)
• 2000 to 2001 - Program Review Team for Geography Department
• 1993 to Present - Member of Electron Microscopy Review Committee.
• 1992 to 1996 - Member of Campus-wide Information Technology Forum.
• 1996 to 1996 - Member of Molecular Graphics Lab advisory Committee
• 1992 to 1996 - Franklin College Computer Committee.

Department-wide committees:

• 2004 to 2006 – Graduate Coordinator
• 2004, 6, 7 Wheeler-Watts Award Committee
• 2002, 3, 4, 7, 8 - Graduate Admissions Committee
• 1999 to 2004 - Undergraduate Advisor
• 1992 to 2000 - Computer Committee.
• 1992 to Present - Curator of Mineralogy collection (1800 specimens).
• 1992 to Present - Oversee Departmental X-ray diffraction and FTIR facilities.
• 2001 to 2002 - Program Review Team for Geology Department
• 1996-1999 Liaison for Georgia Center Program.
• 1996 - Member of Semester Conversion committee for physical geology curriculum.
• 1993 to 1995 Building Computer Network Liaison.
• 1992 to 1993 Department of Geology GLY115/116 Committee.
• 1992 - Member of Search Committee for position in hydrogeology.