Geology.com is published by Hobart King, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Dr. King holds degrees in geology from California University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1975) and West Virginia University (M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1982). He is a licensed professional geologist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Dr. King worked as a geologist at the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (1980-1994), holding positions as coal geologist, economic geologist and ...