David Deming

David Deming is professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He graduated from Indiana University in 1983 with a BS degree in geology, and received a Ph.D in geophysics from the University of Utah in 1988. Prior to his arrival at the University of Oklahoma in 1992, Deming held a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the US Geological Survey in California. From 1992 through 2005, Dr. Deming was an assistant and associate professor in the School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma, and served on the OU Faculty Senate from 1998 through 2001. Deming is the author of more than forty peer-reviewed research papers, a textbook on hydrogeology, and the series "Science and Technology in World History." He is an associate editor for the academic journals Petroleum Geoscience and Ground Water. In 2006, Dr. Deming testified before the US Senate on global warming, and is frequently interviewed by the media on issues related to energy and climate.