Research interests:
Alejandro's current research is focus in the investigation of the Tertiary evolution of the Venezuelan margin basins (offshore and onshore), by integrating 2D-3D seismic data, well data, and previous published studies in the region (Towards an integrated understanding of regional seismic stratigraphy, age of deformation, basin subsidence, and petroleum systems of the northern offshore margin of Venezuela). He is funded  by the Petroleum Research Fund of the Chemical Society, the Jackson School of Geosciences, the CBTH consortium and the Institute for Geophysics.

His main interests are:

1. Basin evolution along complex continental margins using subsurface data
2. Regional to reservoir petroleum geology
3. Construction of integrated databases (e.g. Venmar), based on ArcGIS and HTML files
4. Plate tectonic and paleogeographic evolution
5. Integration of academia and industry through research consortia (e.g. CBTH)
6. Visualization of regional data using Fledermaus software
7. Supervision and technical support to graduate students

UTIG supervisor: Dr. Paul Mann

Education:

Ph.D., 2003 Supervisors:   Dr. William Fisher   Dr. Paul Mann	The University of Texas at Austin	Regional Tectonics, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir properties of Eocene clastic sedimentation in the Maracaibo basin, Venezuela
Reservoir engineer, 1997	Lagoven, S.A., filial de PDVSA	Estudio integrado del campo Laguna 05, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Geophysics engineer, B.S., 1995	Universidad Central de Venezuela	Reprocesamiento e interpretación estructural de 350 km de líneas sísmicas 2D en el área de Cerro Negro, Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco

Professional Experience:

Research scientist in the Bolivar cruise, EW0404, April-June-2004	Institute for Geophysics, Hess Deep project. The University of Texas at Austin
Watch standard in the Hess Deep cruise, Summer 2003	Institute for Geophysics, Hess Deep project. The University of Texas at Austin
Research Assistant, Spring 2003	Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Research Assistant, Summer 2002	Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Experience:

Teaching assistant, 2001-2003	Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Petroleum Geology, Spring 2001 (undergraduate level) Introduction to Petroleum Workstations, Fall 2001, 2002 and 2003 (graduate level) Sequence Stratigraphy, Spring 2002 (graduate level)
Lecturer in Geophysics, 1998	Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Lecturer in Geophysics, 1999	La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo

Publications

Other links of interest
Overview of the Subsurface Petroleum Geology of Northern South America Shortcourse
Caribbean research at UTIG
Escuela de Geologia, Minas y Geofisica, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
PDVSA
Funvisis
Lexico estratigrafico de Venezuela
Sylvia Nordfjord