Derek Sawyer Telephone: 512-475-9533 email: dsawyer Graduate student seeking a PhD Resume Research Topic: Failure and Post-Failure Evolution of Submarine Landslides

Education:

Geology

University of Texas, Austin

Previous Education:

MS, Geosciences		Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 2006
BS, Marine Science		Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, May 2002

UTIG Advisor: Peter Flemings

Selected Publications:

Sawyer, D.E., Jacoby, R., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., In Press, Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Ursa Basin, IODP Expedition 308 Site U1324 and U1322, Northern Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., (in prep), Seismic Facies, Physical Properties and Depositional Processes of Mass Transport Deposits in the Shallow Subsurface of the Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Basin Research.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Shipp, R.C., and Winker, C.D., 2007, Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 91, no. 2, p. 215-234.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2007, Lateral Variations in Core, Log, and Seismic Attributes of a Mass Transport Complex in the Ursa Region, IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #19098.

Selected Awards:

Grant-in-aid, AAPG, 2008/2009

Ewing-Worzel Fellowship, Summer 2008

Chevron Fellowship, 2007