Committee and Staff Biographies - Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies - page 162

Robert M. Habiger worked for ConocoPhillips for over 28 years in various scientific and
management capacities in the disciplines of petrophysics and geophysics. While there,
he held various positions in research and development and in international exploration,
including Manager for Seismic Technology in the Houston corporate offices. He joined
Spectraseis as Chief Technology Officer in February 2007, where he is responsible for all
technical aspects of the company's research and commercial offerings in passive seismic
technology. These programs and products include both hydrocarbon reservoir fluids moni-
toring from low-frequency passive seismic and microseismic monitoring associated with
hydraulic fracturing and fluid injection/removal. Rob is the Director of the Low Frequency
Seismic Partnership, an industrial research consortium studying the application of low-
frequency passive seismic methods to hydrocarbon fluid mapping. He holds bachelor's,
master's, and Ph.D. degrees in physics.
Robin K. McGuire (NAE) is a consulting engineer specializing in earthquake engineering,
risk analysis, and decision analysis. His experience includes directing projects to determine
earthquake design requirements for new nuclear power plants in the central and eastern
United States; making recommendations to the Electric Power Research Institute and
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on seismic design requirements; consulting
for the National Committee on Property Insurance on earthquake matters and making
recommendations to the California Department of Insurance; serving as lead consultant on
probabilistic performance assessment of the Yucca Mountain site as a possible high-level
waste repository; and consulting on numerous U.S. and overseas studies of seismic and
environmental risk for utilities, insurance groups, and commercial clients. Dr. McGuire
was president of the Seismological Society of America (SSA) in 1991-1992, authored the
topic Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis in 2004, and was the Joyner Lecturer in 2009 for the
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the SSA. Dr. McGuire received his S.B.
in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.S. in structural
engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in structural engi-
neering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
James K. Mitchell (NAS/NAE) is currently University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and Consulting
Geotechnical Engineer. Prior to joining Virginia Tech in 1994, he served on the faculty
at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1958, holding the Edward G. Cahill and
John R. Cahill Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering there
at the time of his retirement in 1993. Concurrent to his tenure at UC Berkeley, he was
Chairman of Civil Engineering from 1979 to 1984. His primary research activities have
focused on experimental and analytical studies of soil behavior related to geotechnical
problems, admixture stabilization of soils, soil improvement and ground reinforcement,