RESEARCH INTEREST

Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry; Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology, Computer modeling of geological systems using different computer programs.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Geology. 1996 Virginia Tech.

• University Doctor. Geology 1984, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

• M.S. Geology 1978, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

• Professor 2002 August -present

• Associate Professor 1997 August -2002 August

• Chemistry and geology instructor 1996 August -1997 August

• Adjunct Associate Professor 1995-1996 August

• Graduate Teaching Assistant 1991-1995

• Visiting Scholar 1990-1991

• Associate Professor 1984-1990

• Assistant Professor 1983-1984

• Assistant Professor 1978-1983

AFFILIATIONS

• American Association of American Petroleum Geologists

• Australian-Hungarian Professional Society

• Friends of Mineralogy

• Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

• Science Society of Hungary

• Geological Society of Hungary

ELECTED OFFICES HELD

• Youth Secretary of the Hungarian Geological Society 1980-1990

• President of the Youth Committee of the Hungarian Geological Society 1980-1990

• Member of the Presidental Committee of the Hungarian Science Society 1980-1990

• Secretary of the Hungarian-Australian Professional Society 1989-1992

• Secretary of the Southeast Chapter of Friends of Mineralogy 1998

• Member of the Board of Directors Friends of Mineralogy 2009

AWARDS

• Hungarian US Joint Foundation, research grant 1991 to 1993

• Szecheny Istvan Scholarship Foundation, half year scholarship, 1990

• National Science Foundation, research grant 1990 to 1993 N co P.I. Fred Read

• Good Teacher Award, Technical University, Budapest 1984

• Youth Geologist award, Geological Society of Hungary 1984

LANGUAGES

• Fluent: Hungarian, English

• Reading-writing: Russian

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Dodony, I., Balog, A., 1984, Mineralogical study on vaterite and other related minerals of thermal water origin: Annales Univ. Sci. Bud. Rol. Eotv. Sec. Geol. v. 24, p. 63-71.

• Kertesz, P., Balog, A., 1988: Provenance and petrographical problems of the building stone materials of Hungarian Renaissance architecture: Periodica Polytechnica, Civil Engineering v. 32, p.169-19

• Marek, I., Balog, A., 1988, Qualification of mass composition characteristics of rocks: Periodica Polytechnica, Civil Engineering v. 32, p. 193-199.

• Balog, A., Haas, J., 1990, Sedimentological features and diagenesis of the Dachstein Limestone of the Nagyszal Mt. at Vac (Hungary); Foldtani Kozlony, Bull. of the Hungarian Geol. Soc. v.120, p.11-18.

• Juhasz, E., Korpas, L., Balog, A., 1995, 200-million years of karst history, Dachstein Limestone, Hungary: Sedimentology, Vol. 422. No. 3. P. 473-489.

• Balog, A., Haas, J. Read, J.F., 1997, Shallow marine record of orbitally forced cyclicity in a Late Triassic carbonate platform, Hungary: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol.67. No. 4. P. 661-675

• Haas, J., Balog. A., 1998, Facies Characteristics of the Lofer cycles in the Upper Triassic platform carbonates of the Transdanubian Range: Acta Geologica Hungarica, in press

• Rimstidt J.D., Balog. A., Webb, J., 1998, Distribution of trace elements between carbonate minerals and aqueous solutions; Geochimica at Cosmochimica Acta Vol. 62. No. 11. P. 1851-1863.