Austin Conklin

Austin Conklin is a Geographic Information System Specialist at Chatham County since August 2021, with prior experience as a Server Team Lead at Governors Club and as an Environmental Geologist at Wood. Conklin's background includes significant roles in environmental geology, demonstrated through extensive work with Duke Energy on soil and groundwater assessments, producing detailed boring logs, and conducting subsurface tests. Earlier experience includes serving as a Lead Wellsite Geologist at Selman and Associates, where responsibilities encompassed collecting and analyzing wellbore gas samples and training new staff. Academically, Conklin holds a Master's degree in Geographic Information Science and Cartography from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.