John Watterson, as a research chemist in the U.S. Geological Survey 1966-1995, published many papers and edited various books on prospecting using the surface geochemical and biogeochemical signatures of subsurface mineral deposits.John's research on the possible use of a common spore-forming soil bacterium in mineral exploration resulted in wide commercial and academic interest and in many invitations to speak. He calls it a fun career.
In retirement, John has been active in a small-town writing group in western Colorado. His poems are of the widest scope, candid and evocative. They can invite the reader under a coverslip, into a gopher hole, or into the infinite region enclosing our universe.
