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Grant  Woodwell - University of Mary Washington. Fredericksburg, VA, US

Grant Woodwell

Professor of Earth and Environmental Science | University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA, UNITED STATES

Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at University of Mary Washington

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Biography

Grant R. Woodwell, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geology, earned both a Ph.D. (1985) and an M.Phil. (1983) in geology from Yale University. He received a B.A. (1978) in geology and geography from Columbia University. The recipient of Yale’s Ford Prize for Excellence in Mineralogy, Dr. Woodwell is an expert in the areas of nuclear waste disposal, petroleum geology, seismology, and structural geology.

Areas of Expertise (4)

Nuclear Waste Disposal

Petroleum Geology

Seismology

Earthquake

Education (3)

Yale University: Ph.D., Post-Graduate Studies

Yale University: M.Phil, Graduate Studies

Columbia University: B.A., Undergraduate Studies

Media Appearances (1)

New report offers possible cause of 2011 earthquake in Louisa County

The Free Lance-Star  print

2016-05-11

“I think that’s an interesting preliminary model,” said Grant Woodwell, a geology professor at the University of Mary Washington.

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