Résumé
Education
B.Sc.
Chemistry, University of Manchester, England
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester, England
Employment
CD&W Inc., 1998-present
Consultant/Author/Lecturer on energy and environmental issues.
Western Research Institute, 1984-1998.
1990-1998. Chief Executive Officer.
1984-1990. Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President.
Exxon Research and Engineering Company 1980-1984.
Alberta Research Council 1967-1980.
University of Manchester.
Research Fellow in Chemistry, 1965-1967.
Summary
of Qualifications
More
than thirty eight years of experience in areas associated with (1) the
properties and recovery of reservoir fluids, (2) refining conventional
petroleum, heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, (3) the properties of fuels
and synthetic fuels, (4) natural gas, (5) coal, and (6) oil shale.
Taught more than sixty courses and has more than four hundred publications,
reports, and presentations.
Editor and Founding Editor, Petroleum Science and Technology.
Editor, Energy Sources. Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental
Effects.
Editor, Energy Sources. Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy.
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah.
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Visiting Professor, University of
Trinidad and Tobago.
Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark),
University of Petroleum (Beijing, China), University of Regina (Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada), and University of Akron (Akron, Ohio, USA).
Author of more than twenty-five books and bibliographies related to
fossil fuel processing and environmental issues.
Awards
Diploma of Honor, National Petroleum Engineering Society. 1995. Awarded for
Outstanding Contributions to the Petroleum Industry.
Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 1996. Awarded for Outstanding
Work in the Area of Petroleum Science in 1996.
Specialist Invitation Program Speakers Award, NEDO (New Energy Development
Organization, Government of Japan). 1987 and 1996. Awarded for Contributions
to Coal Research.
Doctor of Sciences, Scientific Research Geological Exploration Institute
(VNIGRI), St. Petersburg, Russia. 1997. Awarded for Exceptional Work
in Petroleum Science.
Einstein Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2001. Awarded in recognition
of Outstanding Contributions and Service in the Field of Geologic Sciences.
Gold Medal - Scientists Without Frontiers, Russian Academy of Sciences.
2005. Awarded in recognition of Continuous Encouragement of Scientists
to Work Together Across International Borders.
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