Dr. Kevin R. Evans

Department

Geography Geology and Planning
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Geography Geology and Planning
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

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Education

  • B.S., Geology, Missouri State University, 1986
  • M.S., Geology (Paleontology), The University of Kansas, 1989
  • Ph.D., Geology (Carbonate Sedimentology/Stratigraphy), The University of Kansas, 1997

Professional Certification

R.G., registered geology, State of Missouri, license no. 2009026258, 2009

Teaching

  • GLG 110 Principles of Geology
  • GLG 115 Life of the Past
  • GLG 314 Historical Geology
  • GLG 570/670 Stratigraphy
  • Various field trip courses

Professional experience

Geologist and Graphic Artist, Stratigraphix, LLC., Santa Cruz, California and Springfield, Missouri, 1999- 2002, 2020. Founded geologic consulting and graphic design contract work with U.S. Geological Survey and university projects. Projects include a Digital Atlas of Hydrocarbon Accumulations in and adjacent to the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA); coral reefs of Hawaii; salt-water intrusion in coastal aquifers (Los Angeles Basin, California); hazardous trace elements in petroleum source rocks (San Joaquin Valley, California); developed Cabrillo project identity for coastal studies in southern California. Core study, structure contour mapping, and structural interpretation of selected areas on the Springfield plateau. Supervisors: Drs. Brian Edwards, Mike Field, and Todd Hallihan (Aestus, LLC).

Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Energy Program, Menlo Park, California, 1997-1999.
Scientific and technical support for projects: oil and gas assessment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), 1002 Area and National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), North Slope, Alaska; thermal maturity of sedimentary rocks in Alaska; carbonate stratigraphy and field geology of Red Dog Mine area, western Brooks Range, northwest Alaska; Devonian and Carboniferous carbonate reservoirs of the Bolshoi Karatau, Kazakhstan. Supervisors: Drs. Ken Bird and Harry Cook.

Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Palo Alto and Menlo Park, California, 1994-1997. Cartographic and technical support for projects including marine biohabitats in Glacier Bay, Alaska; sediment map of the Gulf of Alaska; Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary studies, California; and participated in shipboard collection and archiving box and piston cores. Supervisor: Supervisors: Dr. Mike Marlow.

Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Kansas, 1987-1991, 1992-1994. Investigated Cambrian strata, fauna, and tectonic history of Antarctica. Duties included three ten-week field seasons in Antarctica, laboratory research, and publication of results. Supervisor: Prof. A.J. Rowell.

Summer Internships, Mobil Exploration and Producing US, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Alpine, Wyoming, and Dallas, Texas, 1991, 1993. Exploration geology, integrating well logs with field stratigraphic investigation of a carbonate gas reservoir in the western Wyoming fold-thrust belt. In second summer, explored for accumulations of hydrocarbons in Lower Cretaceous carbonate strata in the Gulf of Mexico, integrating sequence-stratigraphic concepts with petrographic studies of borehole cuttings, well logs, and seismic data. Summer Internship, 1987, Shell Western Exploration and Production Inc. (SWEPI), Houston, 1988. Performed subsurface analogue studies of two Silurian and Devonian carbonate reservoirs on the central basin platform in western Texas.

Research and professional interests

  • Meteorite impact studies
  • Syntectonic sedimentation and synsedimentary deformation
  • Carbonate depositional systems and stratigraphy
  • Coastal change and tectonism in Jamaica
  • Cultural geology
  • Geologic mapping
  • Antarctic geology

Awards and honors

  • Missouri State University Community Service Award, 2021.
  • Missouri State University Board of Governors' Public Affairs Award, 2020.
  • CNAS Service Award, 2020.
  • Missouri State University Provost’s Fellow for Public Affairs, 2018-2019; 2013-2014.
  • American Association of State Geologists (AASG), Best Publication Award, 2014.*
  • Young Astronauts Constellation Club, Outstanding Service Award, 2006-2007.
  • CNAS Research Award, 2005.
  • Shoemaker Award for Communication Product Excellence, U.S. Geological Survey, 2003.*
  • Excellence of Poster Presentation Award, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 1998.
  • Cash Award, U.S. Geological Survey, Energy Resources Program, 1998.
  • Cash Award, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Program, 1997.
  • Erasmus Haworth Award, outstanding Ph.D. student in Geology Department, The University of Kansas, 1992.
  • Promising Young Geoscientist Award, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 1991.*
  • Antarctic Service Medal of the United States, 1990.*
  • Erasmus Haworth Award, outstanding M.S. student in Geology Department, The University of Kansas, 1989.
  • W. A. Tarr Award, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, outstanding geology student, Southwest Missouri State University ,1986.

    *National awards

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