Dr. Shari Kelley

Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to participate in many diverse geoscientific projects. I have been engaged in geothermal research and geologic mapping since the early stages of my career. During graduate school, I became interested in low-temperature thermochronology and I was active in that field for 25 years. More recently, I have been learning how to collect and interpret magnetotelluric (MT) and transient electromagnetic (TEM) data. These data are useful in locating brackish water and geothermal resources. Although my career has been somewhat nonlinear, it has been fun.

• B.S., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, 1979
• Ph.D., Geophysics, Southern Methodist University, 1984

• Building and maintaining New Mexico's part of the National Geothermal Database
• Promoting geothermal development in New Mexico
• Exploring for geothermal resources using thermal and electromagnetic methods
• Application of apatite fission-track thermochronology to tectonic and landscape evolution problems in the High Plains-Rio Grande rift-Rocky Mountain-Colorado Plateau region.
• Using geologic mapping to constrain the tectonic and landscape evolution of the volcanic fields and and mountain ranges across the state.

• Sigma Gamma Epsilon Tarr Award, 1979
• Roy M. Huffington Fellowship, 1982-1983
• New Mexico Geological Society Honorary Membership, 2010
• New Mexico State University Geological Sciences Alumni Hall of Fame, 2011
• Geological Society of America Fellow, 2013

• Geothermal Resources Council, Secretary-Treasurer, DFW Section, 1984-85
• President, Los Alamos Geological Society, 1998-2000.
• New Mexico Geological Society, Executive Committee, 2006-2009.
• President, New Mexico Geological Society, 2008.
• Chair, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, 2010-2012.
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy Executive Leadership Program Alumni, 2015