Ken Wisian

About

Ken Wisian, PhD, is a geophysicist and retired U.S. Air Force Major General serving as Operating Partner at 8090 Industries, where he coordinates environmental-related research. He came to the Bureau of Economic Geology from the Center for Space Research and previously held a senior Texas state executive role covering disaster recovery, oil spill prevention and response, and coastal infrastructure and environmental protection. His research spans geothermal systems, modeling and instrumentation, autonomy/drones, applied gravity, planetary geology and space exploration, and infrastructure resiliency; he holds a PhD in Geophysics from Southern Methodist University and degrees from the US Army War College, Centenary College of Louisiana, and the University of Texas at Austin.