Robert G. Loucks and Robert M. Reed
Biography
Robert Loucks is a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology. He received his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1967 and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. His general research interests include carbonate and siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems, diagenesis, and reservoir characterization. His latest research includes a regional investigation of the Austin Chalk producing trend. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers. He has twice received the Wallace E. Pratt Award for best AAPG Bulletin paper and twice received the A. I. Levorsen Award for best paper at GCSSEPM and WTGS. He was also awarded the Karst Waters Institute 2014 KWI Karst Award and the AAPG Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award.