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John D. Kiefer
Title: Assistant State Geologist
Address:
Kentucky Geological Survey
226B Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0107

Phone: 859.257.5500, ext. 145

Fax: 859.257.1147

E-mail: kiefer@uky.edu

Joined KGS in July 1979

Education

  • 1961, B.S., Geology, St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind.
  • 1965, M.S., Engineering Geology, University of Illinois at Champaign, Champaign, Ill.
  • 1970, Ph.D., Engineering Geology, University of Illinois at Champaign, Champaign, Ill.

Responsibilities:

Assist the director in the administration of KGS activities; supervise the geologic hazards program, the Well Sample and Core Library, laboratory services, and the Henderson field office.

Professional Organizations:

  • Geological Society of America
  • Engineering Geology Division, GSA
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists
  • Society for Sedimentary Geology
  • Seismological Society of America
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • National Society of Professional Engineers
  • Kentucky society of Professional Engineers
  • Association of Engineering Geologists
  • Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists
  • Society of Sigma Xi

Professional Interests:

Engineering geology, geologic hazards, environmental geology, seismology, hydrogeology, geology and public policy.

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