Lorena Moscardelli

Dr. Lorena Moscardelli serves as the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and the State Geologist of Texas. She holds the Edwin Allday Endowed Chair in Subsurface Geology at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Her leadership extends to co-chairing the executive council for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center and serving on the NCS2030 scientific advisory committee at the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Her research expertise focuses on seismic geomorphology and interpretation, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and geoscience data integration. Dr. Moscardelli is deeply committed to understanding the role of the subsurface in emerging energies while supporting ongoing oil and gas research to enhance the production and profitability of energy resources in Texas. She also encourages responsible economic development and supports education and environmental stewardship.

Dr. Moscardelli earned a degree in Geological Engineering from Central University of Venezuela and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to becoming Director, she served as Principal Investigator of the State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery (STARR) program at BEG. Her industry experience includes roles as an exploration geologist for Venezuela's national oil company and as a researcher for Equinor, where she worked on projects across the Americas and the Norwegian Continental Shelf. With over a decade at BEG, she co-founded and co-directed the Quantitative Clastic Laboratory (QCL) in 2007.

• Director, Bureau of Economic Geology
• State Geologist of Texas
• Edwin Allday Endowed Chair in Subsurface Geology
• Co-Chair, Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center Executive Council