Dr. Mark R. Leipnik, Ph.D

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA.

Enrolled September 1981-August 1985. Bachelor of Arts, August 1985.

Double Major: Environmental Studies and Business Economics (Chemistry Minor).

RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, Texas. Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration. Graduate student Sept 1985-May 1987. Master of Administration, May 1987.

Public Administration and Environmental Management emphasis.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA. Department of Geography.

Ph.D. in Geography Awarded: March 24, 1995. Dissertation title: "Development, Application and Evaluation of a Spatial Decision Support System for the Management of Subsurface Contamination."

EXPERIENCE

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. Department of Geography and Geology & Texas Regional Institute for Environmental Studies (TRIES). June 1996 to Present. Assistant Professor in Department of Geography and Geology responsible for teaching and research in the areas of GIS, criminal justice applications of GIS and water resources. Also, Director of the GIS activities and GIS Labs of TRIES.

U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, Regional Office Environmental Division.

Physical Scientist (GIS Specialist), Project Coordinator. October 1992-June 1996. Responsible for development of a GIS-based spatial decision support system for management of subsurface contamination for U.S. Air Force bases and for Superfund sites. Manager of an advanced GIS system using MGE, three dimensional volume models, groundwater flow and contaminant transport models and a relational database (ORACLE). Program coordinator for assessment and remediation of seven contamination sites on USBR lands. Team leader of an interdisciplinary team of geologists, biologists, archaeologists, and realty specialists performing environmental assessment and NEPA and cultural resources compliance efforts.

CITY OF BOULDER CITY, NEVADA, Public Works Department. GIS Consultant. April 1995- May 1996. Responsible for development of municipal Arc/Info based GIS covering 120,000 acres within City limits. Responsible for GIS design including functional requirement study and preparation of development plans, implementation strategy and system and peripheral configuration. Oversaw the development of geodetic control and coordinates system transformation by laying out a two centimeter accuracy GPS based surveying effort.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING LABORATORY, UCSB. GIS Project Leader, November 1991-September 1992. Lead research effort for prototype GIS to assess contamination sites on Vandenberg AFB. . Graduate Researcher, June 1988-January 1991. Conducted research for EPA Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab on environmental application of GIS.

ADDITIONAL WORK: 1986-1991. Consultant or Researcher for Monsanto, Inc, , Santa Barbara County Environmental Management Department, Balance Hydrologics, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Metcalf & Eddy, and Kaman, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. "GIS Based Analysis of Changes in Forest Composition in East Texas". With Irene Perry, Poonam Shrestha and Rob Evans. Journal of The Texas Academy of Sciences. In Press.

2. " Environmental Assessment and Remediation Applications of GIS". Intergraph Technology Conference Proceedings. September 22-25, 1996. New Orleans, Louisiana.

3. "The Water Resources Impact of Heavy Metals from the World's Largest Manganese Mine." 16th Water Resources Management Conference Proceedings. Feb. 13-14, 1996. Las Vegas.

4. "Plutonium and the Rio Grande" by William Pfaff. Book Review in December 1995 issue of EOS, Journal of the American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C.

5. Editorship, and various articles in Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Water and Waste Water Special Interest Group. 1993-1994. Published quarterly.

6. GIS & Visualization for Environmental Restoration. International Conference on the Integration of GIS and Environmental Modeling. September 1993, Breckenridge, CO.

7. GIS for Groundwater Resources Management. July 1993. Journal of Water Problems. Academy of Sciences, Moscow. In English with Russian Translation and commentary by Dr. Igor Zekster; Director Hydrogeology Branch CIS Academy of Sciences.

8. Implementation of GIS for Water Resources Planning and Management. April 1993. Special GIS Issue of ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. New York.

9. Federal Government Fights Subsurface Contamination, with GIS and Volume Modeling. April 1993. GIS World Magazine. Lakewood, CO.

10. Environmental Restoration with MGE GIS. March 1993. Microstation Manager Magazine. Santa Fe, NM.

11. Glossary of GIS Terminology. Technical Publication # 92/13 With Dr. Panmanabahad. Jan. 1992 by National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. Santa Barbara, CA.

12. GIS for Groundwater Modeling and Protection. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference/workshop on the Integration of GIS and Environmental Modeling. September 1991. Published by the NCGIA, Santa Barbara, CA.

13. GIS for Water Resources Management. Proceedings of the 37th Annual ASCE Water Resources Planning and Management Division Conference, April 1991. New Orleans, LA.

PRESENTATIONS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MEETINGS:1. Leipnik, M. R. and R. Rush. "Environmental Assessment and Restoration Applications of GIS at Defense Department Facilities". 1 hour paper presented to Federal Applications Section, Intergraph Users Group Conference, Workshop and Exposition. Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, LA. September 25, 1996. Paper in Proceedings.

2. Leipnik, M.R., I. Perry and P. Shrestha. "GIS based Analysis of Historical and Current Forest Composition in East Texas". 20 Minute paper presented in the Vegetation Section, Big Thicket Science Conference, Hilton Hotel, Beaumont, Texas. October 11, 1996. Abstract in Proceedings, invited paper submitted to special issues of the Journal of the Texas Academy of Sciences.

3. Leipnik, M.R. "Visualization of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Contamination". M. R. Leipnik. 30 minute paper presented to the Environmental Section, 52nd Annual Southwest Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, Adams-Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas. October 18, 1996. Abstract in Proceedings.

4. "GIS for Water Resources Management" 14th Annual Nevada Water Resources Conference. March 17, 1994. Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Winner: $500.00 award for best paper.

5. "A Spatial Decision Support System for Environmental Restoration" 4th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference, Dec. 5-8, 1993. Las Vegas, NV.

6. "GIS and Volume Modeling for LUFT Management" Presented at Joint EPA-U.S. Navy Leaking Underground Fuel Tank Management Conference, June 16-20 1993. Santa Maria, CA.

7. "Environmental Management with Spatial Decision Support Systems". 1st Annual Department of the Interior Hazardous Materials Management Conference. June 4-6 1993. Denver, CO.

8. "Implementation of GIS for Resources Management in the Grand Canyon" Grand Canyon Environmental Studies Conference. March 17, 1993. Flagstaff, AZ.

9. "GIS for Environmental Management" Presented to 27th Annual Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences Meeting. March 4-7, 1993. Las Vegas, NV.