Principal Geologist Dave Cook is featured in the latest issue of Pine, the alumni magazine for Northern Arizona University. Dave reflects on how a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon while he was an undergrad in Ohio sparked his curiosity for geology and led him to NAU to earn his master’s degree in Geology. There, he focused research on a remote, little-studied part of the Canyon called the Chuar Group and its 800-million-year-old rocks that show evidence of an ancient sea.
The lessons Dave learned on that project—about geology, project management, and himself—have informed and enriched his current work leading clean up of contaminated land to create affordable housing in Seattle and other cities in the Pacific Northwest, as well as volunteer efforts with Engineers Without Borders USA and NAU. Read the full article here.