2025 SPRING WEBINAR

Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabi | Research Professor

May 1, 2025

Geoscience Education and Workforce Development in Universities: Progress, Problems, and Prospects

Although major universities and colleges currently offer geoscience programs in the USA and overseas, the geoscience community, in general, and geoscience education, in particular, face pressing challenges in these changing times. Please join us for a discussion on this important topic as geoscience skillsets and workforce are critical to meet the increasing needs for energy and mineral resources, environmental sustainability, and societal resilience, and it is high time to strengthen geoscience education.

About Dr. Sorkhabi

Dr. Sorkhabi joined EGI as a Research Professor in 2003. Prior to EGI, he worked for Japan National Oil Corporation and Arizona State University. Rasoul holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in geology from India and a Ph.D. in geology from Japan. A native of Iran, he has lived most of his life in the United States, Japan, and India, and is multilingual. Rasoul is a member of AAPG, AGU, GSA, EAGE, etc. He has served as a contributing editor for GeoExPro and Earth, is a member of editorial board for Journal of Earth Systems Science, a member of AAPG History of Petroleum Geology Committee, a member of the GSA Academic & Applied Geoscience Relations Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board on Springer Publisher’s Global Energy Program.