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William E. Glassley has more than 35 years experience in the analysis, modeling, and evaluation
of geological processes that drive geothermal systems. He has been involved in research projects
that consider thermal budgets and geochemical processes of low temperature systems in the Faroe
Islands, the North Island of New Zealand, and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, as well
as high temperature systems in northern Norway, Greenland, Sri Lanka, and the Adirondacks in
New York. He has authored and co-authored over 90 scholarly and technical reports and publica-
tions. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the California Geothermal Energy Collaborative at
The University of California–Davis, Energy Institute, and holds an Emeritus Research position at
the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has held research, teaching, and management positions at
the University of Washington, Middlebury College, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
He has been a member of scientific review panels for the National Science Foundation, the European
Commission, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and research councils for several nations.
He has been a reviewer for international scientific journals, and his research has been featured in
several popular scientific magazines. Dr. Glassley earned his BA at the University of California–
San Diego, and his MSc and PhD from the University of Washington. He was awarded a G. Unger
Vetlesen Foundation Fellowship for postdoctoral research at the University of Oslo.

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