NGWA Workshop — Groundwater Quality and Unconventional Gas Development: Is There a Connection? November 13 - 14, 2014

Danie Vermeulen started work as a mining geologist. Due to his interest in drilling and mining, he obtained an honors and masters degree as well as a doctorate in geohydrology from the University of the Free State. Since 2002 he lectures at the university and is currently a professor and the director of the Institute for Groundwater Studies at the University of the Free State. He has compiled more than 200 geohydrological reports and reviews, published more than 30 papers in peer reviewed journals and chapters in mine water related books and presented more than 40 conference papers both locally and internationally. Danie has a broad range of professional interests but specializes in mine water related issues, especially in coal mines and related industries. He presents invited public talks on mine waters and shale gas on a regular basis. Danie has visited the USA in 2011 and 2012, and Europe in 2013 to study the hydraulic fracturing process. He also visited Australia on a study tour to visit UCG and coal seam gas sites. Danie is a registered SACNASP Earth Scientist and a Fellow of the Water Institute of Southern Africa and is a member of the Ground Water Division of South Africa. Danie is also a member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, an executive council member of the International Mine Water Association as well as a council member of the Fossil Fuel Foundation, and serves on the editorial board of Water SA.