About Us

Paleontologists/ Biostratigraphers

Art Waterman - President

• B.Sc. - St. Lawrence University
  M.A. - Indiana University
• 35 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Texaco 1974-1978
  - Paleo-Data since 1978
• Calcareous Nannofossils (Jurassic - Recent)

Albert Porter, Jr. - Vice President

• B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
• 31 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Paleo-Data since 1978
• Calcareous Nannofossils (Oligocene - Recent)

Michael Center - Officer

• B.Sc. - Monmouth College; University of SW Louisiana
• 32 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Gulf Oil 1977-1979
  - Amoco 1979-1981
  - Paleo-Data since 1978
• Calcareous Nannofossils (Cretaceous - Recent)
  Foraminifera (Jurassic - Recent)

Norman Valette - Vice President

• B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
• 28 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Paleo-Data since 1981
• Foraminifera (Eocene - Recent)

Thomas M. Reilly - Senior Paleontologist

• B.Sc. - University of New Orleans
• 32 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Crosbie Macomber 1977-1993
  - Consultant 1993-2001
  - Paleo-Data since 2001
• Calcareous Nannofossils (Paleocene - Recent)
  Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

Richard A. George - Senior Paleontologist

• B.Sc. - University of South Alabama
• 29 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Texaco 1980-1992
  - TBS 1992-2006
  - Paleo-Data since 2006
• Foraminifera (Paleocene - Recent)

Rhonda Roederer - Foram Paleontologist

• B.Sc. - University of Louisiana, Lafayette
• 20 years of petroleum industry experience
  - Bane & Shunick 1987-2006
  - Paleo-Data since 2006
• Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

Jens Schmieder - Foram Paleontologist

• Diplom (M.Sc.) - University of Tübingen, Germany
  Ph.D. - University of Nebraska
• Paleo-Data since 2008
• Foraminifera (Oligocene - Recent)

John A. Sarao, Jr. - Nanno Paleontologist

• B.Sc. - Virginia Tech
  M.Sc. - University of Nebraska
• Paleo-Data since 2009
• Calcareous Nannofossils (Jurassic - Recent)

Lab and Clerical Personnel

Donna Lacoste - Office Manager

• Paleo-Data since 1990

Jamie Gonzales - Administrative Assistant

• Paleo-Data since 2009

Renee Hudson - Lab Manager

• B.Sc. - University of Georgia
• Paleo-Data since 2006

Ray Burleson - Senior Lab Technician

• Paleo-Data since 1977

Shaka Garel - Lab Technician

• Paleo-Data since 2006

Kirk Wilson - Lab Technician

• Paleo-Data since 2006

Rick Frascona - Lab Technician

• B.A. - Tulane University
• Paleo-Data since 2007