David LePain, State Geologist of Alaska

In March this year, David LePain will become State Geologist of Alaska, as successor to Steve Masterman. David has been a Petroleum Geologist at the Alaska survey since 2014. His specialties are applied sedimentology and stratigraphy, basin analysis, and petroleum geology. David obtained his B.S. in geology with distinction at Wayne State University in Detroit, his M.S. in geology in 1987 at Wright State University in Dayton Ohio H, and his Ph.D. in geology at University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993. David has gained much industry experience over the years, as well as early career service with the Wisconsin and Alaska state geological surveys. Welcome, David!