The University of Texas at Austin
The Jackson School of Geosciences

CURRICULUM VITAE
Paul L. Stoffa

Professor
The Institute of Geophysics (UTIG)

Shell Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
The Department of Geological Sciences (DGS)


Professional Experience:

2009 Jackson School of Geosciences Dean’s Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin
1997 - present Shell Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
1994 – 2008 Director, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
1991 - 1996 Carlton Centennial Professorship in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
1991 - 1996 Carlton Centennial Professorship in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
1988 - 1994 Associate Director, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
1983 - present Research Professor, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
1983 – 1991   Wallace E. Pratt Professor in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
7/1/85 - 6/30/86 Visiting Professor, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
1/1/83 - 8/1/83 Visiting Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany
1981 - 1983 Consultant to Gulf Research and Development Company, Pearl River, New York
1979 - 1981 Senior Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University
1978 - 1984 Adjunct Professor of Geology, Columbia University
1974 - 1979 Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University - Marine Seismology
1970 - 1974 Graduate Research Assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Society of Exploration Geophysicists
American Geophysical Union
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

OTHER AWARDS, HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

07/2007 – 06/2009 Member of Board of Governors, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI)
06/2007 – 2009 Member Representative for The University of Texas at Austin, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
09/2006 – 2008 Member of Executive Council, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
7/2007 – 2009 Member of Board of Governors, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI)
2006 Member of Midterm Review Committee TU Delft Research Centres, The Netherlands
02/2005 – 06/2007  Chairman – Board of Governors, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI)
09/2005 – 08/2006 Member of Strategic Planning Council, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
01/2004 – 02/2005 Interim President, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI
2003 Society of Brazilian Geophysicists, Foreign Geophysicist Recongnition Award
04/2003 – 01/2004 Interim President, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. (IODP-MI)
2001 - 2005 Member of Steering Committee, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
2001 - 2005  Member of Executive Committee, Geology Foundation, The University of Texas at Austin
2000 - 2003 Society of Exploration Geophysicists District 3 Representative
2000 - 2002  Chairman, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Board of Governors
2000 - 2001  Member of the Strategic Planning Group for a Visualization Lab,
The University of Texas at Austin
1999 – present Member of External Scientific Advisory Board, Netherlands Research Centre, Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
1998 - 1999 Member of Information Technology Coordinating Council, The University of Texas at Austin
1998 - 1999  Member of the High Performance Computing Oversight Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
1996 - 1998  Member of the Digital Facilities and Infrastructure Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
1996 - 1998 Member of the Digital Facilities and Infrastructure Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
1995 - 1999   Member of the Building Advisory Committee of the General Faculty, The University of Texas at Austin
1995 - 1998 Editorial Board of the Brazilian Journal of Geophysics
1994 - 2007 Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, Board of Governors
1994 – 08/2006 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Board of Governors
1994 – 2003 Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling, Executive Committee
1994 - 1997 Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Board of Directors
1992 - present  Associate Editor, Journal of Seismic Exploration
1992 - 1999

Member of the Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council

Chairman, Committee on the Arctic Research Vessel
Chairman, Report Review Committee
Committee Member, NOAA Sea Grant Reviews
Committee Member, Marine Geology & Geophysics Review

1990 - 1998  Member of the Project Team “Ocean Continent Lithosphere Boundary” of the International Lithosphere Program
1987 - 1988  Editorial Board Member for Tectonophysics
1983 - 1986 Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
1982 - 1989    Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ Committee on Geophysical Activity
1981 - 1985 Member IEEE Committee for Multidimensional Signal Processing