Dr. Scott W. Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology. His interests are in petroleum geology, multidisciplinary reservoir characterization, carbonate sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, 3-D reservoir modeling, and resource assessment. He is also interested in oil, natural gas, coal, and environmental research, energy and environmental policy, and technologies for the evolving energy economy. Most recently he has been involved in research management and efficient organization and operation of professional societies. Dr. Tinker's technical background is in carbonate depositional systems, sequence stratigraphy, and 3-D reservoir modeling.