Dr. James R. Garrison, Jr.
- B.S. University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
- Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Dr. Garrison is a Research Scientist at the Coastal Geology Laboratory at Texas A&M University at Galveston. He has spent his career as a field geologist, educator and research scientist in both academic institutions and the energy industry. His primary research focus is the sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, ecology and ichnology of modern and ancient coastal depositional systems. He is currently serving on the Research Committee of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, as Chairman of the Corpus Christi Geological Society Field Trip Committee, member of the Corpus Christi Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee, and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Bentham Open Paleontology Journal and the Bentham Open Geology Journal. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Geological Society of America (GSA), the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and the Corpus Christi Geological Society.