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| Born | Gail Ann Mahood June 27, 1951 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Geologist |
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| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD) |
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| Institutions | Stanford University |
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Gail Ann Mahood (born June 27,1951) is a geologist and professor emerita at Stanford University,having retired in 2019 following a 40-year career there. [1] [2] She is a fellow of both the Geological Society of America and the Society of Economic Geologists. [3]
Gail Ann Mahood [4] was born on June 27,1951,in Oakland,California. She graduated from Redwood High School [5] and entered the University of California,Berkeley,in 1969,but dropped out after her first year. After working as a secretary for a year and a half,she continued her education at the College of Marin before reentering UC Berkeley,from which she received multiple degrees in geology:a B.A. in 1974,an M.A. in 1976,and a Ph.D. in 1980. Her doctorate was advised by Ian Carmichael. [6] [7]
Mahood met Wes Hildreth as a fellow advisee of Ian Carmichael at UC Berkeley. [8] The two were married in 1982. [6] [9] As of 2020,she was living in Felton,California. [10] [11]
While at Stanford,she served in multiple administrative roles,including associate vice provost of Graduate Education and chair of the Faculty Senate. [12] [13] Her geologic work on lithium deposits in geologic caldera basins was covered by the Smithsonian magazine. [14]
Mahood is known for being active in local water authorities. [15] [16] [17] [18] She has served as both an Engineering Committee member, [19] and as the president of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District. [20] [21] [22] She has also held multiple positions for the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency,including chair, [23] vice chair, [24] board director, [25] and representative. [26] She is a member of the Friends of San Lorenzo Valley Water. [27]
Her expertise in this field is being able to link geologic changes and phenomena to the hydrology of watersheds. [28] [29]
She has led webinars and community events to educate the local communities about the water resources of the San Lorenzo Valley area. [30] [31]
Some of Mahood's work was awarded as being one of the "Top Geoscience Papers from 2016" by the Geological Society of America. [32]
Mahood has also served as an evaluator for the Crafoord Prize. [33] She has worked with the following journals and series:
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