Summary
Nicole (Hart) Wagoner holds a B.S. in Environmental Geoscience/Geological Sciences with a concentration in geophysics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. She has several years of multidisciplinary technical experience in geologic research and applied geology in the energy industry through roles at Devon Energy, ConocoPhillips, and Premier Oilfield Group. Her professional and academic projects span diverse geologic settings, including the Great Basin, western Pyrenees, Permian Basin, Denver-Julesburg Basin, Eagle Ford, STACK/SCOOP, Powder River Basin, Bakken, Marcellus, Gulf of Mexico, and Kuwait.
Nicole is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the ҹɫÊÓƵ with the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, advised by Dr. James Faulds. Her dissertation, part of the U.S. Department of Energy–funded INnovative Geothermal Exploration through Novel Investigations Of Undiscovered Systems (INGENIOUS) project, focuses on developing multi-scaled play fairway workflows to improve geothermal resource potential assessments across the Great Basin region.
In addition to her research, Nicole holds active volunteer roles with Geothermal Rising, the Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society (NPGS), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the Nevada Resource Geoscientists (NRG).
Research interests
- Geothermal energy
- Subsurface characterization
- Geochemistry
- Tectonostratigraphy
- Rift basins
- Geochronology/Thermochronology
- Structural geology
- Sedimentology
- Basin analysis
Education
- B.S. Environmental Geoscience/Geological Sciences with a concentration in Geophysics, Michigan State University, 2012
- M.S. Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2015