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Erdem Idiz is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences. He has a post-doctoral background in Organic Geochemistry from the Institute Francais du Petrole in Paris and has worked as a research scientist at Royal Dutch Shell R&D in the Netherlands for 28 years, focusing on technical and technology management roles before retiring in 2015. Since then, he has been serving as a Visiting Professor at Oxford University in the Earth Sciences department, engaging in collaborative research, supervising PhD students, and teaching specialized mini-courses while helping to lead field trips. He held the position of Editor-in-Chief for the journal Organic Geochemistry from 2015 to 2021 and was the Chair of the Organic Geochemistry Division and a board member of the Geochemical Society from 2018 to 2023. He has been involved in organizing conferences, primarily the EAOG, GRC, AAPG, and ACS, and has chaired sessions and meetings, notably the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry. He is dedicated to outreach and mentoring programs aimed at raising awareness of Earth Sciences among minority students and offers career advice based on his extensive experience in both industry and academia.
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