Kenneth Harold Wohletz

Background

Wohletz, Kenneth Harold was born on January 19, 1952 in Chico, California, United States. Son of Norbert Harlod and Martha Deborah (Focht) Wohletz.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974; Master of Science, Arizona State University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, 1980.

Career

Graduate research assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1974-1979; postdoctoral research assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1980-1981; visiting scientist, Consiglio Nationale della Ricerche, Pisa, Italy, 1980; postdoctoral research assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1980-1981; geology instructor, U. New Mexico, Los Alamos, 1982-1983; visiting staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1975-1980; postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1981-1983; staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1983; volcanology professor, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1991. Arizona coordinator International Kimberlite Conference, Tempe, 1977-1978. Visiting professor U. Naples Federico II, Italy, since 1992.

Achievements

• Kenneth Harold Wohletz has been listed as a noteworthy Volcanologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Volcanic Ash (Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences)

    (Pp. ix, 246; numerous black-and-white photos, stratigraph...)

Membership

Member International Association Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (organizer general assembly 1989), American Geophysical Union, Geological Society American, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, skiing.

Connections

Married Ann Grayson Barker.

Father:

Norbert Harlod Wohletz

Mother:

Martha Deborah (Focht) Wohletz

Spouse:

Ann Grayson Barker.