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Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire. Previously, he was
the coordinator of the Coal-Field Hydrology Program at the Kentucky
Geological Survey, and an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky,
where he taught courses in applied hydrogeology and low-temperature
geochemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from the University of
Kentucky, Lexington. His area of expertise includes mine hydrology and
reclamation, geologic hazards, groundwater exploration, and groundwater
geochemistry. Dr. Wunsch served as a congressional science fellow, where he
advised the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Energy and
Mineral Resources. He has authored more than 40 technical publications related
to coalfield hydrology, and has served on numerous state and federal task forces
and committees, including the Kentucky Ground Water Monitoring Committee,
and an OSM task force charged with preparing a technical guidance document
to aid in the prevention of hydraulic blow-outs from underground coal mines.
He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association
of American State Geologists, the American Geophysical Union, the Geological
Society of America, Sigma Xi, and the Association of Ground Water Scientists
and Engineers. Dr. Wunsch was chosen as Outstanding Kentucky Geologist,
1999, by the Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Professional
Geologists, and by the John Webster Foster Memorial Lecturer, Illinois State
University. Dr. Wunsch is a registered professional geologist in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
NRC Staff
TAMARA L.DICKINSON, study director, is a Senior Program Officer
with the National Research Council's Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,
responsible for managing the Earth Resources activities of the Board. She has
served as program director for the Petrology and Geochemistry Program in the
Division of Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation. She has also
served as discipline scientist for the Planetary Materials and Geochemistry
Program at NASA Headquarters. As a post-doctoral fellow at the NASA
Johnson Space Center, she conducted experiments on the origin and evolution
of lunar rocks and highly reduced igneous meteorites. She holds a Ph.D. and an
M.S. in geology from the University of New Mexico and a B.A. in geology
from the University of Northern Iowa.
KAREN L.IMHOF is a senior project assistant for the Board on Earth
Sciences and Resources of the National Research Council. She previously
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