Dr. Wilson is the owner of Rock Whisperer LLC, where she works to engage emerging professionals in energy solutions for a changing world and consults on renewable energy and climate mitigation projects. Edith is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Geological Society of London, a member of the American Geophysical Union,
Dr. Wilson is the owner of Rock Whisperer LLC, where she works to engage emerging professionals in energy solutions for a changing world and consults on renewable energy and climate mitigation projects. Edith is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Geological Society of London, a member of the American Geophysical Union, and a founding member of the Geosciences Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas. She received her BA in Geology from Dartmouth College in 1982, and her MA and PHD in Carbonate Sedimentology from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. Her career in the energy industry began in Houston where she was an international explorer, negotiator and manager with Amoco and bp. In Oklahoma, Edith worked with Phillips Petroleum on global new ventures, ConocoPhillips on leadership development, Samson Resources on domestic shale gas projects, and in 2008 co-founded TallGrass Energy. Edith has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe and Africa - where she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2004 - and is conversant in French, Italian and Portugues
Dr. Kernen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources. Her current research includes carbon capture, hydrogen storage, and DEI. She completed her PhD in Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (December 2019) with a specialty in salt-sediment intera
Dr. Kernen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources. Her current research includes carbon capture, hydrogen storage, and DEI. She completed her PhD in Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (December 2019) with a specialty in salt-sediment interaction and energy exploration. During her MSc and PhD, she was a researcher for the Salt-Sediment Interaction Research Consortium (Institute of Tectonic Studies) and the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. Rachelle has six years of professional experience working in the petroleum and mining industry including internships with Samson Resources (2011), BP Americas (2018), and Sandfire Resources (2021). She also worked in exploration as a seismic interpreter in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean with Royal Dutch Shell (2011-2015) while completing the three-year Shell Graduate Program. Rachelle is passionate about hosting the eGeos podcast and taking courses at Penn State in Renewable Energy and Sustainibility Systems.
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