Dr John Kaldi

Telephone	+61 8 8303 4291
Position	Chief Scientist CO2CRC (Chair) of Geosequest
Email	john.kaldi@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 8026
Building	Santos
Floor/Room	1 36
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Petroleum Science, Australian School of

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Biography/ Background

John Kaldi obtained his Bachelors degree (1974) and studied for his Masters degree at Queens College, City University of New York (1976). He then received a Ph.D from Cambridge University, England in 1980 for a dissertation on Permian carbonates (hydrocarbon reservoir rocks) in the North Sea. He then worked with Saskatchewan Geological Survey in Regina (1980-82), Shell Canada in Calgary (1982-87), with ARCO Oil & Gas in Texas, USA (1987-91), with ARCO Indonesia in Jakarta (1991-97), and with VICO Indonesia (1997-98). He became Director of the National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at University of Adelaide, Australia (1998-2003) and then was the inaugural Head of School of the Australian School of Petroleum, also at University of Adelaide (2003-2005). Currently, he holds the chair of Geosequestration at University of Adelaide and is the Chief Scientist for the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC).

Dr. Kaldi is a PESA and SPE member and is the immediate Past-President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Asia Pacific Region. He was the AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (2002-2003) and chairs the AAPG International Regions Committee. He received the 1997 AAPG Special Commendation Award for Significant Contribution to Petroleum Geology and the 2006 AAPG Distinguished Service Award, the only person ever to have received both awards. He was Technical Program Chairman of the recent Perth 2006 AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, and has more than 100 technical and conference publications.

Dr. Kaldi has recently retired as a South Australian State Soccer Referee and is now pursuing his sporting glories as an over-the-hill squash player!

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009

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