Maureen E. Wilks

• 1991: New Mexico Tech , Ph.D., Geochemistry. Dissertation: The Petrology and petrogenesis of Late Archean K-rich granites in the Archean Wyoming Province, U.S.A.
• 1986: University of Saskatchewan , M.S., Geology.  Thesis: The Geology of the Steep Rock Group, N. W. Ontario: A major Archaean inconformity and Archaean stromatolites
• 1982: Oxford University , B.A., Geology

WORK EXPERIENCE

• January 1995 - present: New Mexico Bureau Geology and Mineral Resources
• 2004 – Present: Geological Librarian, Director of Geological Information Center
• 2001 -2004: Geological Librarian & Manager Publication Sales
• 1999-2001: Geological Librarian
• 1995-1999: Bibliographer
• 1994: Research  Associate and Instructor, New Mexico Tech
• 1991-1993: Postdoctoral Associate and Instructor, New Mexico Tech. Research
• 1987-1990: Teaching Assistant, New Mexico Tech
• 1986-1987: Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
• 1983-1985: Teaching Assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

• 2009 OSM (Office of Surface Mining) Gallup Mine Map Initiative.
• 2006-2007  New Mexico Geological Society grant to create web pages of the Table of Contents and routes of  all 57 NMGS Fall Field Conference Guidebooks
• 2006 OSM (Office of Surface Mining) Continuation of Mine Map Initiative.
• 2006 Honorary Member of the New Mexico Geological Society
• 2004 MSHA (Mine Safety Health Adminisstration) Mine Map Initiative Award to catalogue scan, and georeference historic coal mine maps in New Mexico
• WERC (Waste Management Environmental Research Consortium) award for study on NORM (naturally occurring radioactive materials) in the oil fields of New Mexico:  1991-1993
• Geological Society of America Research Grant (1988, 1989). Richard A. Matuzeski Graduate Scholarship (1988, 1989); American Association of Business Women Scholarship (1989); J.D. Love Wyoming Geological Society Scholarship (1989); Association for Women GEoscientists Award, Denver Chapter (1989). The Robert Wellnitz Scholarship (New Mexico Geological Scoiety, 1989).

• New Mexico Geological Society (since 1989)
• New Mexico Library Association
• New Mexico Preservation Alliance

• NMGS Publications Chair 2002-Present
• NMGS Executive Committee Member 2000-present; 2000 Treasurer; 2001 Vice President; 2002 President; 2003 & 2005 Past President
• 2001, 2004-2006 Registration Co-Chair NMGS Fall Field Conference
• 1996 General Co-Chair NMGS Spring Meeting
• 1995 REgistration Chair Spring & Fall Meetings, New Mexico Geological Society (NMGS)
  

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