I am a research geophysicist/entrepreneur, specializing in gravity & electromagnetics (EM) applied to exploration & to studying the foundations of gravity physics. I have developed many scientific instruments for applications in physics, geophysics, biophysics, national defense, & exploration & I am responsible for creating many technical firsts. I set the world’s record in 1999 for the highest resolution force measurement ever made by measuring earth's gravity field to 1 part in a billion. That record stood for 18 years. I have worked extensively in industry, government, & academia. I am an inveterate entrepreneur with extensive, well-honed business leadership, finance, sales, marketing, & mentoring experience. I either started or purchased 9 successful companies in my career, including LaCoste & Romberg, the world’s oldest, & foremost leader in gravity instrumentation; Exploration Instruments LLC, the largest & best known geophysical instrument rental company in North America; EDCON, a world-wide geophysical exploration services company; & Ander Laboratory, an R&D lab in petroleum geophysics that I started with a “Game Changer” grant from Royal Dutch Shell. My customers included Shell Oil, EXXON, Saudi Aramco, Arco, Conoco, Chevron, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Rio Tinto, BHP, Newmont Mining Co., & many others. In Government, I worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for 15 years on a wide range of geophysical projects with DOE, DOD, AEC, Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, NOAA, USGS, USAID, World Bank, etc. I organized & led the International Non-Newtonian Gravity Program to search for a Fifth Force. In Academia, worked at UC-LANL Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics (IGPP), at Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, at UC Berkeley, at UT Dallas, at Texas A&M, & at the U of New Mexico. Studied earth's tectonics, particularly rift structures & basin & range, electrical & thermal states of crust & upper mantle, & propagation of EM fields in earth, from toe-kicking death to core. In 1982, I co-founded award-winning "Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience" School for IGPP. Today, SAGE is the most prestigious geophysical field school in the U.S. I am best known for my geophysical research studies & for developing state-of-the-art gravity sensors. I explored for geothermal energy, oil & gas, minerals, ground water, lost airplanes, buried structures/installations, hidden tunnels, caves, buried utilities, waste, unexploded ordnance, archeological sites, etc. I authored over 100 publications & am a Fellow of the Explorers Club.
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Founder And CeoAnder Geophysical LlcSanta Fe, Nm, Us
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Founder & Chairman Of The BoardExploration Instruments Llc Jun 1996 - PresentAustin, Tx, UsExploration Instruments (EXI), with offices in Austin TX and Harrisburg PA, is the largest and best-known geophysical equipment rental company in North America. EXI rents a wide variety of instruments, including: gravimeters, magnetometers, electromagnetic depth sounders, ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity, radiometric, seismic, environmental, hydrological, marine sub-bottom profilers, vibration and noise mapping, utility mapping, GPS, LIDAR, surveying instruments used in land, marine, airborne, and borehole applications, and test instruments for non destructive testing. Our customers include many of the largest civil and environment engineering firms, geophysicists, hydrologists, archaeologists, and others involved in geotechnical investigations. Some examples of applications include groundwater mapping, environmental clean-up, UXO detection, non-destructive testing, concrete imaging, bridge inspection, soils analysis, and oil, gas and mineral exploration. I started this company in my garage in Santa Fe, NM. Visit our EXI LinkedIn page by clicking on our logo and visit our web site at exiusa.com. -
Founder & CeoAnder Geophysical Jan 2001 - Mar 2019Ander Geophysical provides R&D and exploration geophysical consulting services to a select group of clients. Ander Geophysical also serves as a platform for many of Dr. Ander’s commercial geophysical research activities.
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Founder & CeoAnder Laboratory, Inc. Jun 2001 - Nov 2008Ander Laboratory (Austin TX) is committed to the advancement of gravimetry through applications research and instrument development. Ander Lab developed Intellectual Property for the oil Industry. I was the recipient of a prestigious Shell Oil GameChanger research grant, which helped launch Ander Lab. Ander Lab developed, analyzed, and evaluated three-dimensional gravity modeling and inversion methodologies; Designed breakthrough concepts and applications of subsurface gravimetry applied to “smart wells” and “smart fields” in petroleum exploration and production, including gravity array technology - holds the original patent on gravity arrays, gravity measurement while drilling, and gravity geosteering; Created new exploration applications for borehole gravity; Performed feasibility studies of embedded gravity sensors applied to time-lapse petroleum production monitoring; Designed a revolutionary new MEMS gravity sensor that overcomes most of the drawbacks of conventional exploration gravity sensors (stability, size, weight, speed, cost, etc.). Worked closely with several major oil companies to develop smart production monitoring technologies, including Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Arco, etc.
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Director, Texas ChapterThe Explorers Club 2006 - 2008New York, New York, UsI have been a Fellow of the Explorers Club since 1987. -
Member, Gravity & Magnetics CommitteeSociety Of Exploration Geophysists 1996 - 2008Member, Gravity & Magnetics Committee of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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Member Of The Board Of Advisors And Business ConsultantZebra Imaging Inc. 2002 - 2005Zebra Imaging revolutionized digital holography for the display of three-dimensional data by offering an auto-stereoscopic, full-parallax display for three-dimensional digital imagery. Zebra holograms are high-quality, full-color holographic images of unlimited size with no color distortions from any angle. The images appear to be floating in midair out from or above the panel by up to several feet. The holograms are scaleable to any size and to any resolution. I introduced Zebra Imaging to the Petroleum Industry.
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Workshop ChairmanSeg Oct 2002 - Oct 2002Houston, Tx, UsChairman, “Noise in Gravity Data”, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Gravity & Magnetic Workshop, Society of Exploration Geophysics 72nd Annual International Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct. 6-11, 2002. -
Ceo & Chairman Of The BoardLacoste & Romberg Llc Jun 1998 - Jun 2000Founded in 1939 in Austin Texas, L&R holds a unique position, with tremendous brand name recognition, throughout the globe as the oldest and largest manufacturer and researcher of high precision gravimeters. Gravimeters are among the highest precision instruments in the world. I purchased L&R in 1998 with a business plan to leverage its existing core competency to launch new breakthrough technologies. I developed the Graviton EG-Meter - also known as the Aliod Meter, a state-of-the-art software driven gravimeter that sets today’s standard in gravimetry; Developed the Air/Sea Gravity System II, the first new commercial marine gravity meter in over 25 years; Developed the Deep Porosity-Density Logging tool; Increased the overall L&R gravity sensor resolution by nearly an order of magnitude; Increased production capacity 35% to 300%, depending on product line, by integrating increased efficiencies with new software and hardware technologies; Created a new Logging Service Division. In 1999, while testing a new gravity meter, I set the world’s record for the highest resolution measurement ever made by measuring the earth's gravity field to roughly 1 part in a billion. That record stood for 18 years. The funny thing is that I didn't even know that I had set it until after it was broken by Kip Thorne, when he established a huge interferometer to see gravitational waves for the first time and won a Nobel Prize for his work. I sold L&R in 2000.
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Founder And Chairman Of The BoardBoo World Inc. 1998 - 2000BOO World (Austin TX) developed an internet asian market that owned two web sites, BestOfOrient.com and BestOfKarate.com. BestOfOrient.com was an oriental shopping mall – “Shop the Orient on the net”. BOO World owned every store on the mall including: BestofKarate.com - a Martial Arts Supply Store, a Chinese Art Carvings Gallery, a Cloisonne’ Art Gallery, a Fine China Pottery Gallery, a Japanese Art Gallery specializing in the great masters of Collectable Japanese Wood Block Art, a very popular Oriental Book Store, and a Japanese Kimono Store that was also very popular. BestOfKarate.com had one of the largest catalogs of martial arts supplies on the Internet at that time and was popular. I founded this company in 1998 and sold off each of the internet stores in 2000, just prior to the crash of the internet bubble.
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ConsultantWard & Associates 1996 - 1998I helped develop and implement a gold mining exploration scenario for three sites of owned mining rights covering 2,600 square miles in rugged terrain in the Andes Mountains of southern Columbia.
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Vice President & Member Of The Board Of DirectorsEdcon - Exploration Data Consultants Inc. Nov 1993 - Feb 1996Crown Mines, ZaEDCON, was a world-wide geophysical exploration company specializing in gravity and magnetics. I purchased a significant ownership position in EDCON in 1993 and I sold my interest in 1996. I was involved in international business development and marketing; and directed gravity sensor research and development.The EDCON logo is the wrong logo. It was place here by LinkedIn and I can't remove it. -
Engineering ConsultantOxford Instruments 1996 - 1996Reviewed engineering design of the Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer that was being built for the European Space Agency. This instrument was later used in commercial airborne gravity surveys by ArkEx.
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Staff MemberLos Alamos National Laboratory Jun 1978 - Nov 1993Los Alamos, Nm, UsProject Manager &/or principal investigator on a wide range of geophysical projects both classified & unclassified. Led geophysical exploration studies in 21 separate Geothermal Resource Areas in the US, Caribbean, & Central America; Extensive geophysical study of the crust & upper mantle beneath the central Rio Grande rift, adjacent Great Plains, Basin & Range, & Colorado Plateau as well as several other major continental rift zones; Organized & led the International Non-Newtonian Gravity Project to search for a Fifth Force of nature in experiments carried out in the Greenland ice cap and in the Pacific Ocean. This high profile program, received substantial international attention in the scientific & popular press & carried the Explorers Club Flag on its Greenland expedition. It was the first time that gravity data was ever taken using GPS & the first time that ground penetrating radar data was ever processed using seismic data processing techniques (both methods are standard today); Developed & applied 2-D & 3-D Gravity Ideal Body Analysis codes, a very valuable tool that I used to search for new anti-gravity-like forces; Performed geophysical studies for the Environmental Restoration Program & for ground water studies; Developed planetary scale tests of gravitational red shift & either drift; Helped pioneer the use of SQUID magnetometers in geophysics; Developed the first full-tensor audio-magnetotelluric system; Developed a remote reference tenser magnetotelluric system; Built three 50 kW D.C. resistivity systems; Developed the most powerful ground penetration radar system ever built, for use on the moon; Developed an Ice Penetrating Thermal Geophysical Probe; Member of the LANL Working Group for the Continental Scientific Drilling Program; Member of the LANL Operational Unit Environmental Team; Held a DOE Q Clearance & worked on numerous other classified programs/projects; Supported 16 graduate students & one post-doc. See description of projects below. -
Staff MemberLos Alamos National Laboratory Jun 1978 - Sep 1993Los Alamos, Nm, Us -
Co-Founder And Faculty Member Of SageLos Alamos National Laboratory 1982 - 1984Los Alamos, Nm, UsSAGE, Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience, is an award winning geophysical field program that was initially sponsored by the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the University of California at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It is one of the top geophysical field schools in America today. While a research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, I co-founded this program in 1982 with Shawn Biehler (UC, Riverside) and Robert Reiker (Los Alamos National Lab). I taught electromagnetic geophysics during the first three summers (1982, 83, & 84). -
Founder & PresidentTor Geophysical, Inc. 1990 - 1993While at LANL, I started TOR Geophysical, Inc. in 1990. It was my first company and it launched my career as an entrepreneur. This was a part-time activity while I continued to work at Los Alamos National Lab. I directed a team of part-time scientists and engineers (all from LANL) to design a new density logging technology for petroleum E&P. I sold the company in 1993.
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Adjunct ProfessorUniversity Of Texas At Dallas 1986 - 1992Richardson, Texas, UsWhile at LANL, I was an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Lithospheric Studies. I was Involved in a wide range of studies related to gravity exploration. -
Visiting Research AssociateScripps Institution Of Oceanography 1985 - 1992La Jolla, Ca, UsThis was a joint appointment while I was at LANL. I conducted ocean experiments in the North Pacific to measure the Newtonian gravitational constant on a 200 m to 5 km scale length. These experiments, which consisted of six voyages and included two oceanographic vessels, a US Navy submarine, and the US Navy deep-sea submersible Sea Cliff. I helped pioneer several instrument advances in marine gravimetry and in high precision marine positioning. -
Geophysical AdvisorInstituto Nacional De Electrificacion De Guatemala 1986 - 1988While at LANL, I was an advisor for exploration and development of geothermal energy in Guatemala
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Geophysical AdvisorEmpresa National De Energia Electica De Honduras 1985 - 1987While at LANL, I was an advisor for geothermal exploration to Honduras. Performed geophysical exploration of six geothermal sites, including Platanares and San Ignacio, and performed a regional gravity study of Honduras.
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Associate Editor For "Geophysics"Society Of Exploration Geophysicists 1985 - 1987While at LANL, I was the associate editor for Potential Field Methods for the journal "Geophysics" at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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Geophysical AdvisorGovernment Of St. Lucia 1983 - 1985While at LANL, I was a Geophysical Advisor for geothermal energy to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. I performed geophysical exploration of the Qualibou Caldera for geothermal energy.
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Adjunct ProfessorUniversity Of New Mexico, Geology Department 1983 - 1984Albuquerque, Nm, UsWhile at LANL, I was an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico for a year. I was involved in regional tectonic and gravity research with the faculty and students. -
Valles Caldera Workshop Co-ChairmanU.S. Department Of Energy Oct 1982 - Oct 1982Washington, Dc, UsCo-Chairman, Geophysics Working Group, Valles Caldera Workshop, Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, held at Los Alamos National Laboratory, October 5-7, 1982. -
Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Exploration Workshop Co-ChairmanU.S. Department Of Energy Jun 1982 - Jun 1982Washington, Dc, UsCo-Chairman, Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Exploration Workshop, Department of Energy, Division of Geothermal Energy, held at Los Alamos National Laboratory, June 21-23, 1982. -
Adjunct ProfessorTexas A&M University, Geophysics Department 1981 - 1982College Station, Tx, UsWhile at LANL, I was an adjunct professor at Texas A&M. I was a thesis advisor and guided magnetotelluric studies of the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona. -
Squid Application To Geophysics Workshop CommitteemanU.S. Department Of Energy May 1979 - May 1979Washington, Dc, UsCommitteeman, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Applications to Geophysics Workshop, Office of Naval Research and Department of Energy, held at Los Alamos National Laboratory, May 14-16, 1979. -
Us Department Of Energy Observer At Workshop On Modeling Electrical And Electromagnetic MethodsU.S. Department Of Energy May 1978 - May 1978Washington, Dc, UsU.S. Department of Energy Observer, Workshop on Modeling of Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods, Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, held at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, May 17-19, 1978. -
Engineering Geoscience Group, Visiting Research StudentUniversity Of California At Berkeley 1977 - 1978Berkeley, Ca, UsI was a Visiting Research Student in the Engineering Geoscience Group. I analyzed magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande rift, New Mexico and developed magnetotelluric data processing techniques and software. I was a member of the research team that first applied SQUID magnetometers to measurements of the earth’s magnetic field. While there, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL), which was operated by the University of California at Berkeley, approached me with a job offer at LASL in New Mexico and I took it. Several years after arriving at LASL, they changed their name to LANL. -
Geology Department, Graduate Research AssistantUniversity Of New Mexico 1975 - 1978Albuquerque, Nm, UsResearch Assistant. Involved in Geophysical investigations for geothermal energy in New Mexico. -
Physics Department, Graduate Teaching AssistantUniversity Of New Mexico 1972 - 1975Albuquerque, Nm, UsGraduate Teaching Assistant. Taught undergraduate physics and observational astronomy laboratory. -
Physics Department, Graduate Student ResearcherUniversity Of New Mexico 1972 - 1975Albuquerque, Nm, UsI designed, constructed, and tested a multiple wire proportional chamber winding machine for use in elementary particle experiments at the Mason Physics Facility Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (which is now LANL); and taught undergraduate physics and astronomy laboratories. -
Insurance SalesPrudential Financial 1973 - 1975Newark, New Jersey, UsI sold life and health insurance for extra income while going to graduate school. -
Financial Planner & Insurance SalesmanTravelers 1971 - 1972New York, Ny, UsI sold annuities and life and health insurance to earn enough money to return to graduate school. -
TeacherDuval County Public Schools 1971 - 1971Jacksonville, Florida, UsButler Junior High School Teacher. Taught 7th and 8th grade science. -
Physics Department, Graduate Teaching AssistantUniversity Of New Mexico 1970 - 1970Albuquerque, Nm, UsTaught general physics laboratory until I was drafted into the U.S. Army. -
Physics Department, Independent ResearchJacksonville University 1968 - 1970Designed, constructed, and tested a paramagnetic resonance spin spectrometer.
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Electronics TechnicianMadigan Electronics Corporation 1967 - 1969Summer Job: Repaired old vacuum tube styled military aircraft radios and LORAN sets that were war damaged in the Vietnam conflict.
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Electronics TechnicianIndustrial Transformer Corporation (Itc) 1963 - 1966Summer Job: I performed prototype transformer and filter testing.
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Ice Cream SalesmanDairy Queen 1962 - 1962Bloomington, Minnesota, UsFirst Summer Job. Sold Ice Cream bars while walking up and down the Seaside Heights Beach all day long.
Mark E. Ander Education Details
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The University Of New MexicoGeophysics & Geology -
The University Of California At BerkeleyExploration And Engineering Geophysics -
The University Of New MexicoPhysics -
Jacksonville UniversityPhysics & Mathematics -
Abington Heights High SchoolHigh School -
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Computer Experience
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