Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Ruarri Day-Stirrat, State Geologist of Oregon

On April 1, 2022, Dr. Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat was appointed State Geologist of Oregon, after several months in which Sarah Lewis was acting in this capacity. Ruarri received degrees in geology from Cardiff and Newcastle University in the UK. He was with the Bureau of Economic Geology in Texas from 2006 until 2011, and was then with Shell Research in Houston. Dr. Day-Stirrat has expertise in clay minerals, rock properties, mineralogy, and diagenesis. Welcome, Ruarri!