Paul M. (Mitch) Harris, a Senior Research Consultant and Chevron Fellow with Chevron Energy Technology Company in San Ramon, California, performs carbonate research, technical service projects, consulting, and training for the various operating units of Chevron.  His career’s work has centered on facies-related, stratigraphic, and diagenetic problems that pertain to carbonate reservoirs and exploration plays in most carbonate basins worldwide.  Mitch received his B. S. and M. S. degrees from West Virginia University and Ph.D. from the University of Miami, Florida. He has published numerous papers, edited several books, and is active in AAPG and SEPM.  He has been a Distinguished Lecturer and International Distinguished Lecturer for AAPG, received the Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award for best original article published in the AAPG Bulletin in 1998, was awarded Honorary Membership from SEPM in 2002, received the Robert H. Dott, Sr. Memorial Award twice for best Memoirs published by AAPG in 2004 and again in 2006, and received the John W. Shelton Search & Discovery Award for best contribution to the AAPG Search and Discovery website in 2009.  Mitch is also an adjunct faculty at the University of Miami and Rice University.