INSTRUCTOR PROFILE.

Dr. Thorleifson is a University of Minnesota Professor. He holds geology degrees from the Universities of Manitoba and Colorado.

He was a Geological Survey of Canada research scientist for over a decade, and State Geologist of Minnesota for two decades. He was President of the Geological Association of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, and the Association of American State Geologists. He was a member of Canada’s National Advisory Board on Earth Sciences and the US National Geospatial Advisory Committee.

He is Chair of the International Union of Geological Sciences Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information.