John Watterson

John Watterson, as a research chemist in the U.S. Geological Survey 1966–1995, published many papers and edited various books on prospecting using the surface geochemical and biogeochemical signatures of subsurface mineral deposits.John’s research on the possible use of a common spore-forming soil bacterium in mineral exploration resulted in wide commercial and academic interest and in many invitations to speak. He calls it a fun career.In retirement, John has been active in a small-town writing group in western Colorado. His poems are of the widest scope, candid and evocative. They can invite the reader under a coverslip, into a gopher hole, or into the infinite region enclosing our universe.