Dr. G. Michael Grammer is a Professor and holds the Chesapeake Energy Endowed Chair of Petroleum Geology at Oklahoma State University. Mike received his PhD in 1991 from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and has over 25 years of industry-related experience in carbonate reservoirs, sequence stratigraphy and carbonate reservoir characterization. His current research interests involve the various aspects of high resolution sequence stratigraphy and its application to carbonate reservoir characterization, 3-D modeling and petrophysical characterization. He has been an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (2002-2003) and has led several AAPG field courses, including AAPG’s modern carbonate course in the Bahamas which he co-led for 14 years. He has published extensively on carbonate reservoir characterization issues, including as lead editor of AAPG Memoir 80 “Integration of Outcrop and Modern Analogs in Reservoir Modeling” which won AAPG’s Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award for best special publication in 2006. Mike’s industry-related experience includes senior research positions with Texaco and ChevronTexaco where he functioned as an internal consultant and instructor on carbonate reservoir characterization issues in various parts of the world, most notably with super-giant fields in Kazakhstan. He has consulted, presented short courses and led field trips for AAPG, Nautilus, and Petroskills, as well as numerous domestic and international petroleum companies.
At Oklahoma State University, Dr. Grammer routinely teaches GEOL 3034 (Sedimentology/Stratigraphy), GEOL 5363 (Carbonate Depositional Systems) and GEOL 6363 (Advanced Carbonates/Carbonate Reservoirs). He has also taught Historical Geology and Sequence Stratigraphy at OSU as well. His research group averages about 7-9 students with a mix of M.S. and Ph.D. students, combined with undergraduates and post-docs. In addition to the technical fundamentals of carbonate systems, Dr. Grammer works extensively with his students to develop their written and oral communication skills. Dr. Grammer’s students have presented over 100 papers at conferences (AAPG/ACE, AAPG URTEC, SEPM Special Conferences and Regional AAPG meetings) over the last 10 years.
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