Welcome to Quantitative Sedimentology Laboratories
In 2005 I accepted the position as Robert E. Sheriff Professor of Sequence Stratigraphy at the University of Houston. This is part of an initiative to enhance petroleum geoscience research and teaching at UH where we already have a center of excellence in exploration geophysics. I am using my experience and contacts in industry to maintain and build a research program focussed on areas of interest to exploration and production of hydrocarbons.
We are presently experiencing a protracted "Boom" in the oil industry but there is a shortage of highly trained students that can fill employers needs. After many years of downsizing and decimation of corporate research labs it is universities who will have to maintain excellence in petroleum-related geoscience research and training. Through sponsorship of our research programs, we will be in a position to provide the next generation of petroleum geologists required to satisfy the intense hiring needs during this upswing in profitability.
Mission
Our mission is to turn out high quality, competitive professionals, with excellent problem solving skills and demonstration of solid communication abilities through presentations at professional society meetings and peer reviewed papers.
The QSL research program is founded on the fundamentals of sedimentology, fieldwork, facies analysis, and sequence stratigraphy at both production and exploration (regional) scale. I am also working on research that investigates the relationship between stratigraphy and structure as a paired process-response.
Much of our work is sponsored by industry and is directly applicable to production and exploration problems. In addition to the applied focus, I believe that it is essential that research projects have fundamental scientific value and we place a high emphasis on producing results that are publishable in the top peer-reviewed publications.
Becoming a Member
The Research prospectus provides an overview of consortium research and deliverables. Formal contracts are generated through our Office of Contracts and Grants.
Research Prospectus
Contact Information
Janok P. Bhattacharya
Professor / Robert Sheriff Professor of Sequence Stratigraphy
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Houston
3003 SERC
Houston, Texas 77204
713-893-1290
jpbhattacharya@uh.edu
Suzanne Stroud
Sr. Research Administrator
Office of Contracts and Grants
Division of Research
University of Houston
330F E. Cullen
Houston, Texas 77004
713-743-9626
sstroud@uh.edu
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