usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:12:04.959261' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-lillis profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: plillis@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - energy resources - natural gas resources - oil resources - geochemistry - petroleum geology honors: [] intro_statements: - Scientist Emeritus with the Central Energy Resources Science Center name: Paul Lillis name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-7508-1699 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/central-energy-resources-science-center organization_name: Central Energy Resources Science Center personal_statement: Paul Lillis is a recently retired petroleum geochemistwith the Central Energy Resources Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Denver, Colorado. He received a B.A. in geology from San Jose State University, an M.S. in geology from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from Colorado School of Mines. He was a petroleum exploration geologist with Atlantic Richfield for eight years (1978 to 1986) in Colorado, California, and Texas, and has been with the USGS in Denver since 1987. His research focuses on the application of petroleum and source-rock geochemistry to identifying, characterizing, and mapping petroleum systems.\ professional_experience: [] title: Scientist Emeritus