Jim Hower received his BA, MS, and PhD degrees in geology from Millersville University, Ohio State, and Penn State. He has been a scientist at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) since 1978 and has been a Research Professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Earth & Environmental Research since 2016 with a research focus on a broad range of topics within coal and fly ash petrology and chemistry. As of June 30th, Jim retired from the university, but he is still active at the CAER and elsewhere. He has authored over 480 publications in more than 120 journals and books. He was the editor of International Journal of Coal Geology and Coal Combustion & Gasification Products for 10 years each. Jim has received the top awards from The Society for Organic Petrology, International Committee for Coal & Organic Petrology, and the Geological Society of America’s Energy Geology Division.
