Jürgen Schieber - Resume
Education
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) in geology, 1978, University of Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. in geology, 1985, University of Oregon, Dissertation: The Relationship between Basin Evolution and Genesis of stratiform Sulfide Horizons in Mid-Proterozoic Sediments of Central Montana (Belt Supergroup), 811pp.
Academic Appointments
University of Oregon
- 1982-1984, Research Assistant, Department of Geology
- 1984-1985, Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology
- 1986, Research Associate, Department of Geology
- 2000-present, Courtesy Professor, Department of Geology
The University of Texas at Arlington
- Department of Geology
1986-2002, Assistant Professor through Full Professor
Indiana University
- Department of Geological Sciences
2002-present, Full Professor
Awards & Honors
The University of Texas at Arlington
- 2001, Distinguished Research Award
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- 2007, Best Oral Presentation at the SEPM Annual Meeting in Long Beach
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- 2008, EMD’s President’s Certificate for Excellence in Presentation, for presentation at AAPG Annual Meeting in San Antonio
Robert E. Sheriff Distinguished Lecturer
- Lecture-dinner co-sponsored by Houston Geological Society and University of Houston. November 16th, 2009.
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
- 2011, Best Oral Presentation, CSPG 2011 Convention in Calgary
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- 2014, Award of Excellence, Top 10 Poster Presentation
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- 2014-2015, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Universität Wien (Austria)
- 2016, Spring Semester, Visiting Professor
Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- International Association of Sedimentologists
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- Deutsche Geologische Vereinigung
- Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
- Deutscher Hochschulverband
- Geological Society of America
Professional Experience
Mapping and Mineral Exploration
- 1977-1979, southwest Germany and northern Italy, Mapping
- 1979, Bavaria, Mineral Exploration, Saarberg Interplan, Uranium Exploration and Mining
- 1980-1984, northern Idaho and western Montana, Mineral Exploration and Research, Anaconda Minerals Co., Base Metal Exploration
- 1982, Australia, Anaconda Minerals Co., Base Metal Exploration
Research
- 1985, northern Taiwan, Research
- 1987-1990, western Montana, northern Idaho, Research
- 1991-2013, Germany, France, Romania, England, Research
- 1990-2015, eastern US and Great Basin Region, Research
Cruises
- 2004, BASIN CRUISE, RV New Horizon. Sampling bottom sediments in Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins, D. Valentine and A. Sessions (PI's)
- 2010, CalEchoes CRUISE, RV Melville, Sampling shelf-slope-bottom sediments in Santa Barbara Basin, M. Summers (PI)
Consulting
- ExxonMobil Upstream Research Inc.; Fundamental Shale Research
- ChevronTexaco Inc.; Sealing Capacity of Shales
- The Timken Company; Microstructure of high performance ceramics
- GATAN Inc., beta testing ion milling and CL equipment
- Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., shale petrography, shale pore structure
- Chesapeake Energy Corp., shale petrography
- Wintershall AG, Germany, shale petrography
- Talisman Energy, shale petrography & sedimentology
- Pioneer Natural Resources Co., shale petrography & sedimentology
- Schlumberger/TerraTek Inc., shale petrography
- Nexen Inc., shale sedimentology
- Whiting Petroleum Inc., shale sedimentology
Research Interests
Core areas of interest are basin analysis and sedimentology, sedimentology of shales, shale diagenesis, and formation and preservation of shale porosity. Additional research areas include the nature of secular changes in shale facies, microbe-sediment interactions and microbial mats in fine grained clastics, and the sedimentary geology of Mars.