Steve Larter
Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geology, Associate Vice-President (Research - Innovation), Fellow of the Royal Society
Contact via Susan Dooley: +1 (403) 220-7484
slarter@ucalgary.caÌý
Research Interests
-
Biogeochemistry
- New and renewable energy from petroleum reservoirs
- Carbon management
- Petroleum biodegradation as a portal into the deep biosphere
-
Novel analytical methods for the characterisation of complex geochemical fractions
-
Accelerated deployment of climate change mitigationÌýtechnologiesÌý
Background
-
2004-present: ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geology
- 2015: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Emeritus Professor of Geology
-
1989-2015: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, J B Simpson Professor of Geology
-
1987-1989: University of Oslo, Norway. Position held: Visiting Professor of Petroleum Geochemistry
-
1979-1986: Unocal Corporation, USA, Positions held: Basin Modelling Group, Research Associate, Senior Research Geochemist, Research Geochemist
-
1978: PhD Petroleum Geochemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
-
1975: MSc Organic geochemistry and organic petrology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
-
1974: BA University of Cambridge; Natural Sciences
Awards & Accolades
- 2014 Awarded Treibs Medal-Geochemical Society
- 2014: Elected Geochemical Fellow-Geochemical Society
- 2014 & 2012: Awarded CSPG Medal of Merit
- 2012: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 2009:ÌýElected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2004: Elected foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2000: Awarded The Friendship Medal of The Peoples Republic of China
- 1998: Awarded The William Smith Medal of the Geological Society