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John Sharp, Jr., Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1974
Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professor in Geology
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3317
E-mail: jmsharp@mail.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/faculty/sharp.htm


BIOGRAPHY

Before coming to the University of Texas at Austin in 1985, John Sharp served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate professor and department chair at the University of Missouri. In 1994, Sharp traveled to Adelaide, Australia as a visiting scientist for C.S.I.R.O. Centre for Groundwater Studies. He has received several honors throughout his career, including the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Research Conservation Award in 2004. He serves as president of the Geological Society of America, 2007-2008.
Public Affairs CONTACT
J.B. Bird
512-232-9623
jbird@jsg.utexas.edu

EXPERTISE
Water; Hyrdogeology; flow in fractured rocks; thermohaline free convection; fracture skin effects; regional flow in carbonate rocks; hydrology of arid and semi-arid zones; subsidence and coastal land loss; effects of urbanization; alluvial aquifers; hydrogeology of sedimentary basins; and hydrological processes in ore deposit formation.

 




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