Dan Eakin

Dan Eakin is a Senior Research Professional in the Center for Economic Geology Resaerch at the School of Energy Resources. 

Specializing in geophysics, Eakin earned his B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Wyoming in 2009 followed by his Ph.D. in Marine Geology and Geophysics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. He went on to earn an additional M.E. degree in Data Science from Rice University in 2022.

With abilities to discern the physical aspects of the earth and evaluate them to locate minerals or fully understand a storage formation, Eakin has also cultivated a specialty in marine geophysics, conducting research on the Taiwan Integrated Geodynamics Research (TAIGER) project – a continent collision zone — as part of his doctoral program.

He brings a multitude of leadership and project management skills to SER having served at Chevron for nearly 7 years as a geoscientist, scrum master, and business analyst.

He currently serves a co-Principal Invesitgator on multiple high-profile SER projects including the HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE Project, the Class VI Site Characterization Database, and the Wyoming Technical Assistance Collaboration for Carbon Management (WYTAC-CM) Project.