Kevin Bohacs

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Kevin Bohacs FGSA FGS FRGS recently retired as Senior Research Scientist from ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company where he led the application of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology to mudstones from lacustrine to deep-marine environments on Earth and Mars. He now operates KMBohacs GEOconsulting LLC. His primary focus is to integrate field work, subsurface investigation, and laboratory analyses to inform business decisions. He works closely with exploration groups in evaluating hydrocarbon and aquifer systems, teaches field schools in sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, basin analysis, and field safety leadership, and conducts field work for research and exploration.

He earned a B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology from University of Connecticut and Sc.D. in Experimental Sedimentology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (where he built and operated the world’s largest flume).

He has written more than 100 scientific contributions on the stratigraphy and sedimentology of mudstones, hydrocarbon source and reservoir rocks, and continental depositional systems (lakes, fluvial-floodplain systems, paleosols, coals, and paleoichnology). Dr. Bohacs is the co-author and editor of books on sequence stratigraphy, lacustrine hydrocarbon reservoirs, and field safety. He has received many best paper citations and awards (most recently, AAPG Honorary Member) and served as distinguished lecturer for several societies nationally and internationally.