David Mogk, Ph.D.

David Mogk is Professor of Geology and former Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University.

Dr. Mogk leads an initiative in the United States to promote Teaching Geoethics Across the Geoscience Curriculum http://serc.carleton.edu/geoethics/index.html, chaired the American Geosciences Institute task force on creating a new code of conduct for geoscientists, and served on the writing committees that revised the codes of conduct for the America Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America.

He is a metamorphic petrologist by training, with research interests in genesis and evolution of Archean continental crust, mid-crustal petrogenetic processes, and spectroscopy of mineral surfaces. He has worked in mineral exploration for precious, base and industrial minerals, and has also worked on environmental remediation of mine sites.

For the past 25 years he has worked to promote excellence in geoscience education. He was program officer in NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education; worked to establish the Digital Library for Earth Science Education and the National Science Digital Library; and has been co-PI of the On the Cutting Edge Program for geoscience faculty professional development.