Gail Ann Mahood is a geologist and professor emerita at Stanford University, having retired in 2019 following a 40-year career there. She is a fellow of both the Geological Society of America and the Society of Economic Geologists.
Biography
Mahood was born in 1951 in Oakland, California. She is married to fellow geologist Wes Hildreth. As of 2020, she was living in Felton, California.
Education
Mahood has received multiple degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, including a 1974 B.A., a 1976 M.A., and a 1980 Ph.D., all in geology.
Career
While at Stanford, she served in multiple administrative roles, including associate vice provost of Graduate Education and chair of the Faculty Senate. Her geologic work on lithium deposits in geologic caldera basins was covered by the Smithsonian magazine.
Awards
Some of Mahood's work was awarded as being one of the "Top Geoscience Papers from 2016" by the Geological Society of America.
Mahood has also served as an evaluator for the Crafoord Prize. She has worked with the following journals and series:
Geological Society of America Bulletin (Associate Editor: ) Proceedings in Volcanology (Founding Editor: ) Bulletin of Volcanology (Editor: )
Community involvement
Mahood is known for being active in local water authorities. She has served as both an Engineering Committee member, and as the president of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District. She has also held multiple positions for the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency, including chair, vice chair, board director, and representative. She is a member of the Friends of San Lorenzo Valley Water.
Her expertise in this field is being able to link geologic changes and phenomena to the hydrology of watersheds.
She has led webinars and community events to educate the local communities about the water resources of the San Lorenzo Valley area.