Duane Chase

Biography

I have been married to my wife Petra (a neonatal nurse) for 27 years. I have one stepson, Charles Sanderson, who is currently the road manager for Hank Williams Jr. Petra and I have lived in Seattle since 1988. Before we were married, and working backwards in time, I lived in Huntsville working at Intergraph and Tuscaloosa, Alabama (work for the Geological Survey of Alabama and graduate school). I moved to Seattle in 1987 to work for a geophysical software company (Sierra Geophysics). After they were sold to Halliburton most of us from the company stayed in Seattle and threw our hats into the general tech industry. I am currently (Sept 2015) taking a break from work as a software support and test engineer. This was preceded by several other jobs in the software industry, working for geological and mapping software companies, as a geological assistant for the USGS on Mount Rainier, as a geologist for the an independent oil company, as a staff geologist for the Geological Survey of Alabama. I have enjoyed many outdoor interests, past and present. All of these have been pursued at one time or another: rock and mountain climbing, sailing, cycling and backpacking. Right now I’m pretty much just cycling and hiking.

Research Interest

Geology and Earth Science