DR. JOHN A. LUCZAJ
                                                
                            
ACADEMIC DEGREES

Johns Hopkins University: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Ph.D. in Geology, May 2000; M.A. in Geology, May 1997

University of Kansas: Master of Science in Geology, December 1995 (With Honors)

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh: B.S. in Geology, May 1993, Magna Cum Laude


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Assistant Professor (August 2005 to present)

American Hydrogeology Corporation: Senior Scientist/Data Manager (2002 to 2005).

Western Michigan University: Department of Geosciences - Visiting Assistant Professor  (August 2000 to August 2002).

Towson University (Maryland): Department of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences - Visiting Assistant Professor  (August 1999 to June 2000).

United States Geological Survey - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: USGS-NAGT Summer Trainee (May 1993 to August 1993)


AFFILIATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Vice President (Elected) of the Neville Public Museum Geology Club (November 2006 to present)

President (Elected) of the Great Lakes Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) (2006-2007)

Northeast Wisconsin Karst Technical Advisory Committee (2006)


TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

OSHA HAZWOPER 40-Hour Certified


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

   - American Association of Petroleum Geologists  (1992)
   - American Geophysical Union  (1992)
   - SEPM  (1995); SEPM Great Lakes Section (2005)
   - Geological Society of America  (1997)
   - Michigan Basin Geological Society (2000)
   - Society of Economic Geologists (2001)
   - AWRA Wisconsin Section (2006)


COURSES TAUGHT AT UW GREEN BAY
Physical Geology, Geologic Field Methods, Geologic Evolution of the Earth (and lab), Geomorphic Processes, Soils & Geology of Wisconsin Field Trip, Stratigraphy & Sedimentation, Introduction to Earth Science, Quaternary Geology.

COURSES TAUGHT AT FACULTY LEVEL ELSEWHERE:
Earth Studies, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Ocean Systems, Hydrogeology, Water-Rock Interaction, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Seminar in Geochemistry of Natural Waters


RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have broad interests in many aspects of hydrogeology, geochemistry, and sedimentology/stratigraphy.  My training is in carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, hydrogeology, and aqueous geochemistry.  I have a wide range of experience using various geochemical tools to understand geologic problems, including stable and radiogenic isotopes, fluid inclusion analysis, cathodoluminescence microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. 

My research has both field and lab components, and it incorporates several disciplines, including sedimentology, geochemistry, hydrogeology, and tectonics.  Some of my research interests focus on processes of water-rock interaction and the interplay between sedimentation, hydrogeology, tectonics, climate, and thermal history of rocks, while others involve geologic applications to environmental problems.

Presently, I am continuing to explore the diagenetic history of Paleozoic rocks in the eastern Wisconsin.  Other research ideas include the study of arsenic and other metals Paleozoic rocks of eastern Wisconsin, the sedimentology of cave deposits in eastern Wisconsin, and the conodont biostratigraphy of the Maquoketa Formation.


ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE FUNDED MY RESEARCH

Kansas Geological Foundation: Competitive Grant Award to John Luczaj ($250) – 1994; Supported research on the Origin and timing of uranium-bearing diagenetic phases in the lower Krider Member of the Nolans Limestone, Hugoton embayment, southwest Kansas.

Society of Professional Well Log Analysts: Competitive Grant Award to John Luczaj ($1,500) – 1994; Supported research on the Origin and timing of uranium-bearing diagenetic phases in the lower Krider Member of the Nolans Limestone, Hugoton embayment, southwest Kansas.

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    - Hans Eugster Fund (1999); Robert Balk Fund (1997-98)
    - David Elliott Fund for Research, Stuart Mossom Fund (1996);

U.S. Department of Energy (Multiyear grant; Consulting Researcher)  DOE project number DE-AC26-00BC15122 awarded to J. R. Wood, T.J. Bornhorst, W.B. Harrison III, W. Quinlan.  Grant covered my summer salary and expenses for core, petrographic, and fluid-inclusion analyses of Devonian fractured dolomite reservoir rocks in Michigan.

United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (2000); Consulting Researcher.  Research Grant Agreement #9700419 awarded to Grant Garven (Johns Hopkins University, United States) and Haim Gvirtzman (Hebrew University, Israel).  Grant covered travel, lodging, and field work that led to a fluid-inclusion study of epigenetic dolomite and calcite in Cretaceous dolostones near the Dead Sea.

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Research Council: Grants in aid of research program. (Spring 2006 - $600).  Grant supported analysis of lead and sulfur isotopes from galena and other sulfide minerals from eastern Wisconsin.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

Luczaj, J. A., (in preparation), Epigenetic dolomitization and sulfide mineralization in Paleozoic rocks of eastern Wisconsin: Implications for fluid flow out of the Michigan Basin, U.S.A.  Journal of Sedimentary Research.

Luczaj, J. A., Millen, T., and Martin, J., (in preparation), Regional Pb-isotopic patterns from eastern Wisconsin galenas: implications for fluid flow directions and lead sources. Economic Geology.

Luczaj, J. A. and Gvirtzman, H., (in preparation), Diagenesis of the Cretaceous Nezer and Shivta Formations near the Dead Sea, Israel: A reconnaissance fluid-inclusion study of dolomite, calcite, and barite. Journal of Sedimentary Research or Israel Journal of Earth Sciences.


PUBLICATIONS

Luczaj, J. A., Harrison, W. B., III, and Williams, N. S., 2006, Fractured Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs in the Devonian Dundee Formation of the Central Michigan Basin. AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, p. 1787-1801.

Luczaj, J. A., 2006, Evidence against the Dorag (Mixing-Zone) model for dolomitization along the Wisconsin arch – A case for hydrothermal diagenesis. AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, p. 1719-1738.

Luczaj, J. A., 2006, Sulfur Isotopes from Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin. in, J. Day, J. Luczaj, and R. Anderson eds., New Perspecives and Advances in Understanding of Lower and Middle Paleozoic Epeiric Carbonate Depositional Systems of the Iowa and Illiniois Basins. Iowa Geological Survey Guidebook Series, no. 25, p. 137-142.

Evans, K.R., Mickus, K. L., Fagerlin, S., Luczaj, J., Mantei, E., Miller, J. F., Moeglin, T., Pavlowsky, R. T., and Thomson, K. C., 2003, New Dimensions of the Weaubleau Structure: A Possible Meteorite Impact Site in Southwestern Missouri. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program v. 35, no. 2, Feb. 2003.

Luczaj, J. A., 2001, A mineralized breccia pipe near Racine, Wisconsin: Evidence for post-Silurian igneous activity. in, R.D. Hagni ed., Studies on Ore Deposits, Mineral Economics, and Applied Mineralogy: With Emphasis on Mississippi Valley-type Base Metal and Carbonatite-related Ore Deposits: University of Missouri-Rolla Press, pp. 31-43.

Luczaj, J. A., 2001, Preliminary results of a fluid-inclusion study on fractured carbonate reservoirs of the Dundee Formation, Central Michigan Basin, U.S.A.  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 6, November, 2001.

Luczaj, J. A., 2001, Epigenetic dolomitization and MVT mineralization in Paleozoic rocks of Eastern Wisconsin: Implications for regional fluid flow. AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1534-1535.

Luczaj, J. A., Garven, G., and Gvirtzman, H., 2001, Preliminary results of a fluid inclusion study on Upper Cretaceous Judea Group dolomites in the Dead Sea Region, Israel. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 4, p. A-42.  

Luczaj, J. A. and Goldstein, R. H., 2000, Diagenesis of the Lower Permian Krider Member, southwest Kansas, U.S.A.: Fluid-inclusion, U-Pb, and fission-track evidence for reflux dolomitization during latest Permian time, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 762-773.

 Luczaj, J. A., 2000, Epigenetic dolomitization and sulfide mineralization in Paleozoic rocks of eastern Wisconsin: Implications for fluid flow out of the Michigan Basin, U.S.A.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 445 pages.

Luczaj, J. A., 1998, Regional and stratigraphic distribution of uranium in the Lower Permian Chase Group carbonates of southwest Kansas, The Log Analyst, v. 39, no. 4, p. 18-26.

Luczaj, J. A., 1998, Argument Supporting Explosive Igneous Activity for the Origin of 'Cryptoexplosion' Structures in the Midcontinent, United States, Geology, v. 26, p. 295-298.

Luczaj, J. A., 1998, Epigenetic dolomitization and sulfide mineralization in Paleozoic rocks of eastern Wisconsin. SEPM Research Conference on Fluid Flow in Carbonate Rocks, Program and Abstracts, Door County, WI, September 20-24, p. 18.

Goldstein, R. H., Banner, J. A., Luczaj, J. A., Ward, W. B., and Westphal, H., 1998, Importance of brine reflux in diagenesis. SEPM Research Conference on Fluid Flow in Carbonate Rocks, Door County, WI, September 20-24.

Luczaj, J. A., 1998, A mineralized breccia pipe near Racine, Wisconsin: Evidence for post-Silurian igneous activity in the northern midcontinent. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 30, no. 2, p. 57.

Luczaj, J. A., 1998, Sulfide mineralization and massive dolomitization in eastern Wisconsin: Evidence for a common origin during post-Silurian regional hydrothermal activity. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 30, no. 2, p. 57.

Luczaj, J. A., 1996, Diagenesis of the Lower Permian Krider Dolomite, southwest Kansas: Fluid-inclusion, U-Pb, and fission-track evidence for reflux dolomitization during latest Permian time. PACROFI (Pan-American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions) VI, Madison, Wisconsin, May 30 - June 1, 1996.

Luczaj, J. A., 1995, Origin and timing of uranium-bearing diagenetic phases in the lower Krider Member of the Nolans Limestone, Hugoton embayment, southwest Kansas. Master's Thesis, University of Kansas, 136 pages.

Bergmann, B. B. and Luczaj, J. A., 1995, Preliminary fluid inclusion evidence for the mechanism of dolomitization in the Lower Permian Chase Group, Hugoton embayment. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79, p. 1400.

Luczaj, J. A. and Franklin, S. T., 1992, Effects of western Cascade pyroclastic volcanics on Nehalem Forearc basin sedimentation, northwest Oregon: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Abstracts for oral presentations, p. 24-25.


ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

    Professional Awards:
   - Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Award – Eastern Section, AAPG for Best Poster, 2001

    Johns Hopkins University:
   - Best Student Paper Award (Oral), 1998 GSA-North Central Section
   - Obert Fellowship (1996 - 1997)

   University of Kansas:
   - Erasmus Haworth Graduate Honors in Geology (1995)
   - Ray P. Walters Scholarship (1995)
   - H. A. Ireland Scholarship (1994 - 1995)
   - Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Scholarship (1994)
   - SIPES Foundation Earth Science Scholarship (1994)
   - Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies Scholarship (1993-95)
   - Frederick T. Holden Scholarship (1993 - 1994)

   University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh:
   - Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (1991 - 1993)
   - NAGT-USGS Cooperative Summer Traineeship Award (1993)
   - B. E. Karges Award for Achievement in Geology (1993)
   - Best Student Paper Award in Geology (Oral), 1992 Wisconsin
          Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Annual Meeting
   - Bartlett Award; James Vedder Award (1991)
   - Freshman Scholarship in Geology (1989)