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James V. Taranik

Born: c. 1941

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Geologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Desert Research Institute

    University: BS Geology, Stanford University (1964)
    University: PhD Geology, Colorado School of Mines (1974)
    Administrator: Dean, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada at Reno (1982-87)
    Professor: Geophysics, University of Nevada at Reno (1982-)

    Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy Director (2000-03)
    Desert Research Institute President and CEO (1987-98)
    US Interior Department Principal Scientist, Earth Observation Systems Data Center, USGS (1975-79)
    Member of the Board of Earth Satellite (1998-2001)
    Member of the Board of Newmont Mining (1986-)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (1985)
    American Association of Petroleum Geologists
    American Astronautical Society
    American Geological Institute Foundation
    American Geophysical Union
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Explorers Club Fellow (1985)
    IEEE
    Geological Society of America Fellow (1978)
    International Academy of Astronautics 1994
    Mountain States Legal Foundation
    Society of Exploration Geophysicists


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