Current Education:
Geology, University of Texas, Austin

Previous Education:
MS, Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 2006
BS, Marine Science, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, May 2002

UTIG Advisor: Peter Flemings

Selected Publications:

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Germaine, J.T., (in review), Retrogressive Failures Recorded in Mass Transport Deposits in the Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research.

Sawyer, D.E., Jacoby, R., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., (in press), Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Ursa Basin, IODP Expedition 308 Site U1324 and U1322, Northern Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Shipp, R.C., and Winker, C.D., 2007, Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 91, no. 2, p. 215-234.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2007, Lateral Variations in Core, Log, and Seismic Attributes of a Mass Transport Complex in the Ursa Region, IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #19098.

Selected Awards:
Marathon Fellowship, Fall 2008
Chevron Excellence Award, Fall 2008
Grant-in-aid, AAPG, 2008/2009, Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant
Ewing-Worzel Fellowship, Summer 2008
Chevron Fellowship, 2007