Fundamental and applied research in sedimentology of Mudrock and oil / gas shales systems (Atoka, Pennsylvanian; Haynesville Bossier Fm., Kimmeridgian; Eagle Ford Fm., Cenomanian-Turonian); carbonate paleoenvironments (Miocene Java Sea area and Philippines), others (Tertiary of Gulf coast of Texas), lecturer (Geology of Mudrocks, grad level, fall 2013, 2014; Introduction to field methods and stratigraphy, upper division undergrad level, spring 2013 for the Jackson School of Geosciences; Sedimentary Rocks for the Energy Management Program, Summer 2014, for the McCombs School of Business)

Tertiary Misoa Fmt. of the Maracaibo basin (confidentiality clause involved)

from October 2006 to April 2007 at the Carbonate Sedimentology group (TG/ISS/CARB), supervised by Dr. Bruno Caline. Topic: Pluridisciplinary approach for net‐to‐gross quantification of oil bearing burrows / matrix and water / oil ratio estimation in the Interval III of the Bul Hanine Field (Arab D Fmt), Qatar (for a reappraisal study contracted by Qatar Petroleum, Qatar). Competences involved: Carbonate core sedimentology and analysis, field analogue investigation, ichnology / ichnofacies, petrophysics, sedimentary petrography, SEM microscopy • Internship at TOTAL S.A. Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Feger, Pau, France. From January to June 2006, at the Carbonate Sedimentology group (TG/ISS/CARB), supervised by Dr. Bruno Caline. Topic: Rocktyping, sedimentology, and sedimentary petrography of the Arab D Formation of the Bul Hanine Field, Qatar (for a reappraisal study contracted by Qatar Petroleum, Qatar). Competences involved: Carbonate core sedimentology, digital image analysis, petrophysics, sedimentary petrogra‐phy, SEM microscopy, sequence‐stratigraphy, well‐to‐well correlation.