Geoffrey Ellis

Geoffrey Ellis is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Stanford University and a Senior Advisor to the Stanford Geologic Hydrogen Consortium. He has more than 30 years of experience conducting research and exploration related to energy resources and associated environmental issues, including over 20 years as a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, where he led a project investigating the potential for naturally occurring hydrogen resources. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Energy Agency Hydrogen Technology Cooperation Programme Task 49 on Natural Hydrogen Resources and a member of the advisory board at the Chimaera Fund. He also serves on the editorial boards of the journals Petroleum Research and Energy Geoscience, as well as an associate editor of the journal Unconventional Resources. He holds a bachelor’s degree in geological sciences from Cornell University, a master’s degree in geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines, a doctorate in marine geology and geophysics from the University of Miami, and post-doctoral experience at the California Institute of Technology.