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.
Return to Geosciences faculty page.
Send comments and questions to: jgurdak@sfsu.edu.
Last modified September 22, 2009.
