NATASHA SARKARI BECKER - Earth and Environmental Sciences

NATASHA SARKARI BECKER - Earth and Environmental Sciences CURRICULUM VITAE: THOMAS PATRICK BECKER Houston, Texas tpbecker@gmail.com INTERESTS: TECTONICS, THERMOCHRONOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, PROVENANCE ANALYSIS, CLAY MINERALOGY, LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION EDUCATION 2005 Ph.D. Geological Sciences University of Kentucky Lexington, KY Dissertation: “Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of the late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogen developed from isotopic sedimentary provenance proxies from the Appalachian foreland basin.” 2002 M.S. Earth and Environmental Sciences Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Thesis: “Constraints of central Appalachian long-term exhumation utilizing U-Th/He dating of apatite.” 1998 B.S. Geological Sciences Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Project: “The provenance of Late Pennsylvanian/Early Permian sediments in the Appalachian basin as determined by K/Ar dating of white mica.” 1997 Summer Field Camp Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS 2009 Wyoming Professional Geologist License (PG 3689) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2005-Present Senior Exploration Geologist ExxonMobil Corporation, Houston, TX 2005 ExxonMobil Exploration Company-Offshore Angola, Block 15 & 17 2005-2006 ExxonMobil Production Company-Special Studies, Santa Ynez Unit, CA 2006-2007 ExxonMobil Upstream Research-Hydrocarbon Systems Analysis 2007-present ExxonMobil Production Company-LaBarge Field, Wyoming Summer 2004 Intern ExxonMobil U.S. Production Company, Houston, TX 2001-2005 Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY THOMAS PATRICK BECKER EMPLOYMENT HISTORY,continued 2000-2001 Project Geologist Shield Environmental Associates, Lexington, KY 1998-2000 Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Summer 1999 Intern Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, PA Summer 1998 Intern-Eastern Mineral Resources Team United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA Summer 1996 Field Assistant in central Idaho Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Summer 1995 Field Assistant in central Idaho Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH/LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Coordinated Skill Area Forum for Geoscience New Hires at ExxonMobil (2005-2006) Assistant Instructor for ExxonMobil Field Trips in Bighorn Basin, WY (Spring & Fall 2007) Safety Program Leader for 200+ employees at ExxonMobil U.S. Production Company (2008) ExxonMobil Production Company Consultant to University of Arizona’s Convergent Orogenic Systems Analysis project (2007-present) ExxonMobil Production Company Consultant to University of Wyoming for CO2 sequestration project (2008-present) Coordinator and Instructor for ExxonMobil Contractional Tectonics and Sedimentation Field Course, WY/UT (2009) and Field Trips to the Teton Range, WY (2008, 2009) Reviewer for Geology (2009) PUBLICATIONS Refereed Publications: Thomas, W.A. and Becker, T.P., 2007, Crustal recycling in the Appalachian foreland, in Hatcher, R.D., Jr., Carlson, M.P., McBride, J.H., Catalan, J.R.M. (Eds.), 4-D Framework of Continental Crust: Geological Society of America Memoir 200, p. 33-40. Becker, T.P., Rowe, H.D., Skema, V., Denison, R.E., and Thomas, W.A., 2007, Late Paleozoic lacustrine limestones from the northern Appalachian basin: Passive recorders of Alleghanian exhumational history: Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 29, p.15-24. Becker, T.P., Thomas, W.A., Gehrels, G.E., 2006, Linking late Paleozoic sedimentary provenance in The Appalachian basin to the history of Alleghanian deformation: American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 777-798. THOMAS PATRICK BECKER PUBLICATIONS, continued Becker, T.P., Thomas, W.A.,Samson, S.D., and Gehrels, G.E., 2005, Detrital zircon evidence of Laurentian crustal dominance of the Alleghanian orogen in eastern North America: Sedimentary Geology, v. 182, p. 59-86. O’Hara, K. and Becker, T.P., 2004, Tectonic assembly of the Brevard-Chauga belt, South Carolina: Petrological evidence from Appalachian Site Investigation Core Hole 2 (ADCOH-2): Journal of Geodynamics, v. 37, p. 565-581. Thomas, W.A., Becker, T.P., Samson, S.D., and Hamilton, M.A., 2004, Detrital zircon evidence of a recycled orogenic foreland provenance for Alleghanian clastic wedge sandstones: Journal of Geology, v. 112, p. 23-37. Abstracts: Feeley, M.H., Parry, M.J., Becker, T.P., Feldman, H.R., and Boothe, D.L. (submitted) Improving Fold and Thrust Belt Imaging, Wyoming Thrust Belt, Wyoming-A Case Study: 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar. Becker, T.P., McGroder, M.F., Rudolph, K., Hauge, T.A., and Fan, M. (submitted) Paleogene influence of the Moxa arch on the architecture of the composite Darby-Hogsback- Prospect (DHP) thrust sheet near La Barge, WY, USA: 2010 AAPG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Martina, F., Astini, R.A., Becker, T.P., and Thomas, W.A., 2005, The northern boundary of the Precordillera terrane, in Pankhurst, R.J., and Veiga, G.D., eds., Gondwana 12: Geological and Biological Heritage of Gondwana, Abstracts, Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Cordoba, Argentina, p. 246. Becker, T.P., Thomas, W.A., Gehrels, G.H., and Aronson, J.L., 2004, Crustal constituency of the Alleghanian orogen as reflected by radiometric sedimentary provenance proxies: Geological Society of America-Abstracts with Programs, v. 36 (5), p. 535. Becker, T.P., Thomas, W.A., Samson, S.D., and Gehrels, G.E., 2003, Characterization of the Late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogen by detrital zircons from the synorogenic clastic wedge: Geological Society of America-Abstracts with Programs, v. 35 (6), p. 389. Becker, T.P., Thomas, W.A., Samson, S.D., and Hamilton, M.A., 2003, Detrital zircon evidence of proximal sources for the Alleghanian clastic wedge in eastern Tennessee: Geological Society of America-Abstracts with Programs, v. 35(1), p. 57. Pazzaglia, F.J., Zeitler, P.K., Idleman, B.D., Ault, A.L., Becker, T.P., Roden-Tice, M., 2002, Continental divide evolution determined from U-Th/He thermochronology: Late stage deformation in the Appalachians: Geological Society of America-Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, n.6. Becker, T.P., Zeitler, P.K., Pazzaglia, F.J., Idleman, B., and Ault, A., 2001, The importance of lithology in the interpretation of apatite U-Th/He ages: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 82 (47). p. C-1062. THOMAS PATRICK BECKER PUBLICATIONS, continued Becker, T.P., Pazzaglia, F.J., Zeitler, P.K., and Idleman, B.D., 1999, Late-stage exhumation of the central and northern Appalachians utilizing U-Th/He dating of apatite: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 80, n. 46, p. 1171. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Geological Society of America (1997) American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2002) American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003) Houston Geological Society (2005) Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (2009) AWARDS AND HONORS 2002-2003 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Dept. of Geological Sciences--University of Kentucky 2002-2003 Graduate Student Research Grant Geological Society of America 2002-2003 Dissertation Enhancement Award The Graduate School—University of Kentucky 1998-1999 Kravis Fellowship Lehigh University 1997-1998 Carl F. Wittke Award for Undergraduate Research Geological Society of America (N-Central Section) 1997 NAGT-USGS Award for Excellent Performance in Field Camp Southern Illinois University at Carbondale EXTRACURRICULAR__________________________________________________________________________________ Completed 2006 Houston Marathon in 3:29:51 Completed 2008 Austin Marathon in 3:11:31 Play in Sugarland Ice Rink Novice Hockey League (2008-present)