Jason Gurdak Assistant Professor of Geology, Department of Geosciences

Jason J. Gurdak, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines

M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

B.S., Geology (Highest Honors), Bates College

 

Professional Experience

2009 - Present: Assistant Professor of Geology, Department of Geosciences, SFSU

2009: Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

2007: Instructor, Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

1999 - 2009: Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

1999: Hydrogeology Consultant, Jehn Water Consulting, Denver, CO

 

Professional Society Membership

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Geological Society of America (GSA)

National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

 

Honors and Awards

2008 1st Place Award, Best Analytical Presentation, 2008 USGS National GIS Workshop - “GIS for Tomorrow’s Challenges”, Denver, CO, May 15, 2008: Gurdak, J.J., Qi, S.L., and Geisler, M.L., 2008, Quantifying error propagation and prediction uncertainty for raster processing using Raster Error Propagation Tool (REPTool).

 

2007 USGS, Leading From Any Chair Award

 

2007 3rd Place Award: Best Analytical Presentation Map at the ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, June 18-22:  Qi, S.L., and Gurdak, J.J., 2007, Use of GIS in modeling ground-water vulnerability. 2007, 2006 U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS Performance Award.                                                           

 

2006 Colorado School of Mines, Graduate Student Association, Travel Grant                 

 

2005 U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS, Sustained Superior Performance Award.

 

2005 – Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Student Travel Grant.

 

2004, 2003, 2001 U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS STAR Award.                  

 

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