Susan D. Hovorka

Principle Investigator with the Gulf Coast Carbon Center, Bureau of Economic Geology at Jackson School of Geoscience, The University of Texas at Austin.

Ms. Hovorka has led a team working geologic storage of CO2 since 1998, with a focus on field studies, monitoring, at the Frio Test site and Cranfield Field and EOR studies at SACROC oil field, Cranfield, Hastings and West Ranch industrial CO2 utilization projects and GoMCARB offshore characterization study. She specializes in monitoring to document retention. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center is leading efforts to develop offshore storage capacity in the US and globally. She has a long-term commitment to public and educational outreach. Ms. Hovorka has a BA from Earlham College and a PhD in Geology from The University of Texas at Austin.