Dr. Morris is a structural geologist with research experience in the quantitative analysis of rock deformation. He has studied deformed rocks at large and small scales in various locations around the world. He was an assistant professor of geology at Wayne State University in Detroit and later a full professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In the course of his research Dr. Morris led several wilderness expeditions to the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard.

Consulting work for the energy industry includes experience around the world: the Arctic, French Alps, Appalachians, the Basin and Range Province and Colorado Plateau of the western United States, Balcones fault zone of Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Colombia, offshore Vietnam, offshore Turkey, and the Arabian Gulf.

He is the originator and coauthor of the 3DStress™ computer program for interactive analysis of the effects of stresses and fluid injection on faults and fractures, and which received an R&D-100 award from R&D Magazine, designating it as one of the world’s 100 most significant technical accomplishments.