KIP SOLOMON

D. Kip Solomon is a professor at the University of Utah where he currently holds the Brown Presidential Chair and is the Interim Chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics. His education includes a Ph.D. (1992) in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo, an M. S. (1985) in Geology from the University of Utah, and a B.S. (1979) in Geological Engineering from the University of Utah.  He was previously employed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in various positions ranging from Research Staff to Groundwater Group Leader.  Special appointments include: National Research Council Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste, National Research Council Committee on Conceptual Models in Fractured Unsaturated Zones, United States Representative for various Advisory Groups at the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the editorial board for the journal Ground Water.  He was also appointed as the Darcy Lectures by the National Groundwater Association and gave more than 50 lectures around the world on the use of dissolved gas tracers in groundwater.  He was the Chair of the Hydrogeology Division of GSA in 2006 and has complete numerous expert missions for the International Atomic Energy Agency.