Is a consulting geologist in Morrison, Colorado, primarily involved in international consulting in structural geology related to petroleum exploration. He has worked in
exploration at American Overseas Petroleum Limited Co., Esso Production Research, Exxon, and Norwest Exploration Company. He was an AAPG Distinguished
Lecturer (1994-95), Esso Australia Distinguished Lecturer (1989), Crosby Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1987), and Schramm Chair
Professor at the University of Nebraska (1987). In the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, he is an honorary member (1996), was president (1985), edited Foreland Basins and Uplifts (1983), and received the Scientist of the Year Award (1979). Dr. Lowell also wrote the book, Structural Styles in Petroleum Exploration, published by OGCI. He holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of Nebraska and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia University.