Gregory Lumpkin

Gregory R. Lumpkin is a scientific consultant and research fellow at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), where he spent most of his career until his recent retirement. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Lumpkin attended Virginia Tech where he received his BS (1976) and MS (1978) degrees in geological sciences, focusing on crystallography and mineralogy. Previously, he was a researcher at the University of California Berkeley (1978-1983) and moved on to the University of New Mexico where he obtained his Ph.D. in earth sciences in 1989 under Rod Ewing’s guidance.