Item talk:Q47012

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:45:46.081700'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/benjamin-johnson
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Geology, West Virginia University, 2019
   - M.S. Geology, Michigan State University, 2013
   - B.S. Geology, Michigan State University, 2010
   email: bjohnson@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Spatial analysis
   - Structural geology
   - Sedimentology
   - Tectonics
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Ben Johnson is an Assessment Geologist for the USGS Central Energy Resources
     Science Center in Lakewood, CO. He is a contributor to the National and Global
     Assessment of Petroleum Resources Project (NAGA).
   name: Benjamin Johnson
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-9462-9322
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/central-energy-resources-science-center
   organization_name: Central Energy Resources Science Center
   personal_statement: "Ben\u2019s research focuses on mapping the spatial relationships\
     \ between subsurface elements (e.g., basin structures, sequence stratigraphic\
     \ packages, fluid pathways) and production trends to evaluate petroleum resources\
     \ at a regional scale. Currently, he is tasked with evaluating undiscovered\
     \ oil and gas resources in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico."
   professional_experience:
   - '2021-Present: Assessment Geologist USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center'
   - '2017-2020: Geologist, Chevron North America Exploration and Production'
   - '2017: Shipboard Sedimentologist, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP),
     Expedition 367 to the South China Sea'
   - '2012-2016: Instructor of Record, West Virginia University, Department of Petroleum
     and Natural Gas Engineering'
   title: Assessment Geologist