VITA February 2014 GEORGE VENI, Ph.D. Texas Professional Geoscientist License No. 682 507 E. Chapman Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-9383 U.S.A. 210-863-5919, gveni@nckri.org Education Ph.D., Geology, concentration Karst hydrogeology, geomorphology, and geochemistry. The Pennsylvania State University; May 1994. M.Sc., Geography, concentration Karst hydrogeology and environmental geology, Western Kentucky University; July 1985. B.Sc., Geology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, December 1982. Employment 2007 - present: Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico. 1987 - present: Owner of George Veni and Associates; geologists, hydrologists, biologists and environmental management consultants. 1989-2006: Adjunct geoscience professor, Center for Cave and Karst Studies, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University. 1990-1995: geography teaching associate, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio. 1983-1987: graduate research assistant and consultant for several local, state and federal hydrogeologic projects in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Honors and Awards Fellow of the Explorer Club, October 2012. Honorary Board Director, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, June 2010. Inclusion in the Texas Legacy Project, an interview archive of the Conservation History Association of Texas with people who have shaped and continue to influence the protection of Texas natural resources. February 2006. Grant; Phylogeography of cave crickets (Ceuthophilus spp.) in central Texas: a keystone taxon for the conservation and management of federally endangered cave arthropods. Principle investigators: Steven J. Taylor, Jason D. Weckstein, Jean K. Krejca, George Veni, Kevin P. Johnson, and James R. Reddell. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, funded 2005-2007. plus one scholarship, one fellowship, one honorary membership, one book dedication, five grants, four research awards, five cartographic awards, and 16 miscellaneous awards and honors.
G. Veni, page 2 n.d. Texas Research Publications, Books, and Reports Hydrogeologic character and distribution of caves and karst in Texas: implications on troglobite distribution and diversity. In, Cave Fauna of Texas, Jean K. Krejca and James R. Reddell, eds., Memorial Museum (in review). 2014, (with Dale Pate). National parks: a refuge for hidden cave and karst resources. Dynamiques Environnmentales (in press). transport and storage of carbon and associated sediments. Acta Carsologica, 42(2-3): 203-211. 2012, (with Lewis Land). Electrical resistivity survey of Intrepid Potash injection well site: Eddy County, New Mexico. Report of Investigations 3, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 9 pp. 2012, (with Lewis Land). Electrical resistivity surveys of anthropogenic karst phenomenon, southeastern New Mexico. New Mexico Geology, 34(4): 117-125. 2012, (with Steve Johnson, Geary Schindel, Nico Hauwert, Brian Hunt, Brian Smith, and Marcus Gary). Tracing groundwater flowpaths in the vicinity of San Marcos Springs, Texas. Report No. 12-01, Edwards Aquifer Authority, 147 pp. 2011, (with Lewis Land). Electrical resistivity survey: I&W Brine Well, Eddy County, New Mexico. Report of Investigations 2, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 14 pp. 2011. National Karst Research Institutes: their roles in cave and karst management. In, Karst Management, Philip E. van Beynen, ed., Springer Science+Business Media, New York, pp. 321-347. 2010, (with Steve Johnson and Geary Schindel). Tracing groundwater flowpaths in the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, Panther Springs Creek Basin, northern Bexar County, Texas. Report No. 10-01, Edwards Aquifer Authority, 112 pp. plus 56 research papers and books published and in press, and nearly 360 speleological exploration and related reports published from 1976 to the present. Papers Presented at Conferences Transport and storage of carbon and associated sediments. Carbon and Boundaries in Karst, Karst Waters Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico (in press). 2013. Impact of climate change on human and ecological use of karst groundwater resources: a case study from the southwestern USA. NCKRI Symposium 3: Proceedings of the 20 th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Lewis Land and Mark Joop, eds. National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico, pp. 51-59.
2013. A historical review and forward view of cave and karst research in Texas. Abstracts with Program, Geological Society of America Convention, Denver, Colorado (on CD).
G. Veni, page 3 2013, (with Miljana Golubovic Deligianni and Katherina Theodorakopoulou). The relationship of karst landforms and land use, Ksiromero Region, western Greece.. 16 th International Congress of Speleology Proceedings, Michal Filippi and Pavel Bosák (eds.), Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 291-295. 2013, (with Lewis Land). Solving karst flooding in Las Cruces, Petén, Guatemala. 16 th International Congress of Speleology Proceedings, Michal Filippi and Pavel Bosák (eds.), Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 252-255. 2013. Government Canyon State Natural Area: an emerging model for karst management. NCKRI Symposium 2: 13 th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts on Karst, Lewis Land, Daniel H. Doctor, and J. Brad Stephenson, eds. National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico, pp. 433-440. transport and storage of carbon and associated sediments. Carbon and Boundaries in Karst, Karst Waters Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico. 2012, (with Lewis Land). Karst without borders: solving karst flooding problems in rural Guatemala. MayaCon 2012, National Speleological Society Convention Program, Lewisburg, West Virginia, pp. 80. plus 129 additional conference papers. Expedition, Research, Advisory, and Other Related Experience 1996 - present: Member of 5 doctoral (biology, geography, and geology) and 1 masters (environmental science) research committees (The University of Texas, Austin and San Antonio; Harokopio University, Greece). 1989 - present: 139 peer and 3 book reviews for professional publications and organizations. 1989 - present: Instructor of 27 classes in 14 courses for 12 universities/programs, and committee member for 4 doctoral dissertations and 1 master s thesis (biology, environmental science, geography, geology). 1986 - present: 198 lectures to 110 organizations; 15 video and webcast programs; featured/noted in 106 newspaper and magazine articles, 21 television news, radio, and Internet reports and programs. 1984 - present: Geologist for 16 geologic and archaeological expeditions to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean; sponsored by National Geographic Society, Explorers Club, National Speleological Society, National Science Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development, et al. 1980 - present: Conference chairman or committee member to 45 conferences; organizer of 44 field trips. 1977 - present: officer, director, committee member, or advisor to 27 local to international organizations; currently Vice President of Administration, International Union of Speleology, 2009 - present. plus current officer for one state and one international organization, committee member/advisor to multiple organizations, and geologist, coordinator, or advisor of several multidisciplinary karst research projects.
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