Stephen E. Kaczmarek

Dr. Kaczmarek is professor of geology and head of the Carbonate Petrology & Characterization Laboratory at Western Michigan University. He is a sedimentary petrologist with a research focus on carbonate diagenesis, particularly dolomitization and calcitization of carbonate sediments. His research integrates textural, mineralogical, and geochemical data acquired from a wide variety of analytical instruments.

Dr. Kaczmarek began his career as a research scientist for ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (2005-2011), where he investigated carbonate reservoirs, taught a variety of courses, and worked on exploration and production projects all over the world. In 2011, he returned to academia, and joined the faculty at Western Michigan University in 2015.

Dr. Kaczmarek has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles, serves as co-editor of the Journal of Sedimentary Research, and referees manuscripts and proposals for more than a dozen scientific journals and grant funding agencies worldwide. His research activities are supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and various industry sponsors.

Current Grants

• Diagenetic study of the Smackover Fm in Arkansas and Texas., ExxonMobil Global Services Company ($221,837) 
• Collaborative research: experimentally evaluating the relationship between cation ordering and oxygen and clumped isotope fractionation in dolomite, U.S. National Science Foundation (EAR-GG-2120193), PI ($294,939).

Courses

• Physical Geology (GEOS 1300)
• Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (GEOS 4350)
• Advanced Earth Materials (GEOS 5100)
• Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems (GEOS 6460)
• Carbonate Petrology (GEOS 6650)

For a complete list of publications, please visit: Google Scholar and ResearchGate