Computational Biochronology. Peter R. Thompson, Plano, Texas, Telephone 972-867-5744. prthomps@flash.net http://www.flash.net/~prthomps. Specialties: sequence biostratigraphy, Mesozoic and Cenozoic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoeocology, numerical methods and data QC studies.

Dinosystems James Powell, Richmond upon Thames, England, UK; Tel: +44 181 948 6443; Fax: +44 181 940 5917 ajp@dinosystems.co.ukhttp://www.dinosystems.co.uk  Expertise: Independent biostratigraphy consultant (palynologist); specialist in Cenozoic project management; 15 years post-qualification industrial experience (BP, Millennia Ltd, Dinosystems); Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Geological  Sciences, University College London; Secretary, British  Micropalaeontological Society.

Nanno-Chron International Bill Abbott, Waxahachie, Texas, Telephone 972-935- 9066  babbott1@airmail.net  Specialties: nannofossil and diatom biostratigraphy. http://www.nanno-chron.com

Dana Griffith Arlington, Texas, Telephone  817-274-4414  sdwgriff@fastlane.net  Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy Consulting.  20 years experience.

Scanning Electron Microscopy Facility. Ignacio Pujana, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas,  Richardson TX 75083-0688 Telephone 972-883-2401. pujana@utdallas.edu The Department of Geosciences is opening this service for SEM photography to the geologic community. We have a long history in scanning electron microscopy, since 1967. Access to the equipment is open to everyone during daytime hours by appointment. http://www.utdallas.edu/~pujana/sem/default.html

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS... students and faculty and research interests

East Carolina University Dr. Stephen J. Culver, Chairman, Department of Geology, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 Telephone 252-328-6360 culvers@mail.ecu.edu Research: benthic foraminifera.

Florida International University Dr. Jose F. "Pepe" Longoria, Jr., Professor of Geology longoria@fiu.eduhttp://www.fiu.edu/~longoria  Research: Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera, Jurassic-Cretaceous calpionellids and nannoconid biostratigraphy.   Mesozoic stratigraphy of Mexico and the Gulf Coastal Plain.

University of Houston, Department of Geosciences, 312 Science and Research Bldg. 1, Main Campus, Houston, Texas 77204-5007.  http://garnet.geosc.uh.edu/

• Dr. Don Van Nieuwenhuise, dvnieuwe@mail.uh.edu  Research: Quantitative correlation methods, marine and non marine Post-Paleozoic Ostracodes, Jurassic-Recent Foraminifera, Neogene Molluscs, siliciclastic depositional systems, and reservoir characterization. Telephone 713-743-3423.  http://garnet.geosc.uh.edu/faculty/nieuwenhuise/index.html;
• Dr. Charlotte Sullivan, esulliva@mail.uh.edu, Research:  Larger foraminifera of shallow-water carbonate environments, taphonomy and carbonate sequence stratigraphy.  http://garnet.geosc.uh.edu/faculty/sullivan/index.html

Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Hilary Olson, 4412 Spicewood Springs, Bldg. 600, Austin, Texas 78759-8500 Telephone 512-471-0455 olson@utig.ig.utexas.eduhttp://www.ig.utexas.edu/staff/olson/olson.html  Research: Gulf of Mexico Intraslope Basins, Technical Alliance for Computational Stratigraphy

University of Louisiana-Monroe, Dept of Geosciences, Dr. Gary L. Stringer, Telephone 318-342-1893 gestringer@ulm.eduhttp://hurricane.net2.ulm.edu/~geos/grad/paleo.htm Research: Ostracodes, foraminifera.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept of Geosciences, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 Telephone 402-472-2663 http://www.unl.edu/geology/geohome.html

• Dr. Sherilyn C. Fritz, scf@unlinfo.unl.edu, Research: Non-marine diatom paleoecology, Quaternary paleoenvironments in arid/semi-arid regions of western North America and the central Andes.
• Dr. David M. Harwood, dharwood@unlinfo.unl.edu, Research: Cretaceous and Cenozoic marine diatom biostratigraphy, evolutionary history of diatoms, Antarctic glacial history.
• Dr. David K. Watkins, dwatkins@unlinfo.unl.edu, Research: Cretaceous and Cenozoic calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of ocean basins and the U.S. Western Interior Seaway, marine geology and paleoceanography.
• Graduate Students: 5 working with diatoms, 3 with calcareous nannofossils, 1 with silicoflagellates and ebridians.

University of Massachussetts-Amherst, Dr. Mark Leckie, Dept. of Geology and Geography, P.O. Box 35820, Amherst, Massachussetts 01003 Tel. 413-545-19485 mleckie@geo.umass.edu http://www.geo.umass.edu/faculty/leckie.html  Research: Upper Cretaceous strata from the U.S. western interior,  deep sea cores from  various locations around the world ocean (mostly Cretaceous and Cenozoic).

COMPANIES...their biostratigraphic coordinators and needs for contract work or research

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