Dr. George Hudak
Dr. Hudak teaches Physical Geology, Lithology, Mineral Deposits, Seminar in Volcanology, Advanced Mineralogy and Spring Field Trip courses, in addition to Physical Geology Labs.
Dr. Hudak’s research interests consist of field-based, petrographic and geochemical evaluations of Precambrian submarine volcanic environments and metamorphosed hydrothermal alteration mineral assemblages associated with Neoarchean volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits (VMS) and occurrences in Minnesota, Canada, and Wisconsin. He is currently evaluating the physical volcanology, hydrothermal alteration, structural geology, and mineral potential for VMS and gold deposits in several locations throughout North America, including the Vermilion District of northeastern Minnesota, the Timmins area of northeastern Ontario, and the Sturgeon Lake region of northwestern Ontario with colleagues from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Laurentian University, the Geological Survey of Canada, the Ontario Geological Survey, and industry.
Additionally, he has consulted for numerous minerals industry companies on epithermal deposits, volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, and GIS-based ore deposit modeling. He has co-authored several papers, contributed to books on Precambrian caldera volcanism and associated submarine ore deposits, given numerous talks and poster presentations at professional conferences, and has taught short courses and led geological field trips for numerous professional organizations and mineral exploration firms. Dr. Hudak’s undergraduate research colleagues from UW Oshkosh have consistently received Best Student Research Awards from the Institute on Lake Superior Geology and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Prior to joining UW Oshkosh, Dr. Hudak completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, worked as a consultant for several mineral exploration companies, and obtained five years’ experience as a hydrogeologist for engineering and remediation consulting firms.
Dr. Hudak holds Professional Geologist Licenses in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. He received his B. A. degree from Carleton College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota (Duluth). Dr. Hudak is also the Associate Director of the Precambrian Research Center at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
e-mail: hudak@uwosh.edu
webpage: http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/hudak/