Sharp Assumes Presidency of Geological Society of America

June 19, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas—John W. (Jack) Sharp, the Carlton Professor of Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences, assumed the presidency of the Geological Society of America (GSA) following a one-year term as president-elect.

GSA is one of the major geological societies in the world, with a mission of advancing the geosciences, enhancing the professional growth of its members, and promoting the geosciences in the service of humankind. Sharp is the fourth member of the geology faculty at The University of Texas at Austin to serve as president of the Geological Society of America, following John Maxwell (1973), Peter Flawn (1978), and Sharon Mosher (2001).

Sharp's hydrogeological research covers 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, and alluvial aquifers. Sharp has long-term interests in the hydrogeology of sedimentary basins and hydrological processes in ore deposit formation.

For more information about the Jackson School, contact J.B. Bird at jbird@jsg.utexas.edu, 512-232-9623.