Faculty



Daniel S Alessi

Daniel S Alessi

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
alessi@utexas.edu
Jay L Banner

Jay L Banner

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 471 5016, +1 512 471 6854
banner@jsg.utexas.edu
Jaime D Barnes

Jaime D Barnes

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.124
jdbarnes@jsg.utexas.edu
Miriam  Barquero-Molina

Miriam Barquero-Molina

Associate Professor of Practice and Field Camp Director
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
miriam@jsg.utexas.edu
Fred C Beach

Fred C Beach

Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB , GSB
fbeach@energy.utexas.edu
Thorsten  Becker

Thorsten Becker

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 2.116D, POB , JGB 4.220A
twb@ig.utexas.edu
Kenneth S Befus

Kenneth S Befus

Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
kenny.befus@utexas.edu
Christopher J Bell

Christopher J Bell

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 3.316F
+1 512 471 7301
cjbell@jsg.utexas.edu
Daniel O Breecker

Daniel O Breecker

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.206A
breecker@jsg.utexas.edu
M Bayani Cardenas

M Bayani Cardenas

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.160
+1 512 471 6897
cardenas@jsg.utexas.edu
Ginny Catania

Ginny Catania

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 2.212, EPS 3.128
+1 512 471 0403
gcatania@ig.utexas.edu
Elizabeth J Catlos

Elizabeth J Catlos

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 3.320B
+1 512 471 4762
ejcatlos@jsg.utexas.edu
Julia A Clarke

Julia A Clarke

Professor and Jackson Chair in Geobiology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 3.216DA
julia_clarke@jsg.utexas.edu
Kerry H Cook

Kerry H Cook

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.220FA
+1 512 232 7931
kc@jsg.utexas.edu
Ian W Dalziel

Ian W Dalziel

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 3.102D, ROC
+1 512 471 0431, +1 512 471 6156
ian@ig.utexas.edu
Peter B Flemings

Peter B Flemings

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.318
+1 512 475 8738, +1 512 475 9520
pflemings@jsg.utexas.edu
Sergey Fomel

Sergey Fomel

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
POB , PIC KLE, JGB 4.216F
+1 512 475 9573
sergey.fomel@beg.utexas.edu
James E Gardner

James E Gardner

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.108
+1 512 471 0953
gardner@jsg.utexas.edu
Timothy A Goudge

Timothy A Goudge

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.134
+1 512 471 4770
tgoudge@jsg.utexas.edu
Sean S Gulick

Sean S Gulick

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 3.248
+1 512 471 0483
sean@ig.utexas.edu
Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt

Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC , JGB
arhalberstadt@gmail.com
Patrick  Heimbach

Patrick Heimbach

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC , POB 4.232
+1 512 232 7694
heimbach@utexas.edu
Marc A Hesse

Marc A Hesse

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
POB , JGB 4.216G
+1 512 471 0768
mhesse@jsg.utexas.edu
Brian K Horton

Brian K Horton

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 2.116G, JGB
+1 512 471 1869
horton@jsg.utexas.edu
Joel P Johnson

Joel P Johnson

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.136
+1 512 232 5288
joelj@jsg.utexas.edu
Charles  Kerans

Charles Kerans

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PIC KLE, JGB 6.106
+1 512 471 3519, +1 512 471 4282
ckerans@jsg.utexas.edu
Richard A Ketcham

Richard A Ketcham

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 3.316EA
+1 512 471 0260, +1 512 471 6942
ketcham@jsg.utexas.edu
John C Lassiter

John C Lassiter

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.138A
+1 512 471 4002
lassiter1@jsg.utexas.edu
Luc L Lavier

Luc L Lavier

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC , POB , JGB 4.216A
+1 512 471 0455
luc@jsg.utexas.edu
Jung-Fu  Lin

Jung-Fu Lin

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.140
+1 512 471 8054
afu@jsg.utexas.edu
Marek  Locmelis

Marek Locmelis

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PIC KLE, JGB
locmelis@jsg.utexas.edu
Matthew A Malkowski

Matthew A Malkowski

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.128
+1 512 471 5172
malkowski@jsg.utexas.edu
Shujuan  Mao

Shujuan Mao

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
smao@jsg.utexas.edu
Craig  Martin

Craig Martin

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
craig.martin@jsg.utexas.edu
Rowan C Martindale

Rowan C Martindale

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 3.216A
+1 512 475 6439
martindale@jsg.utexas.edu
Ashley M Matheny

Ashley M Matheny

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.162
ashley.matheny@jsg.utexas.edu
David  Mohrig

David Mohrig

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 3.166
+1 512 471 2282
mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
Claudia I Mora

Claudia I Mora

Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
JGB 6.218, JGB
+1 505 629 8381, +1 512 232 0884
claudia.mora@jsg.utexas.edu
Dev  Niyogi

Dev Niyogi

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
WPR , POB , JGB 5.204
dev.niyogi@jsg.utexas.edu
Cornel  Olariu

Cornel Olariu

Research Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 6.136
+1 512 471 1519
cornelo@jsg.utexas.edu
Geeta  Persad

Geeta Persad

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC , JGB 5.220C
+1 512 471 5983
geeta.persad@jsg.utexas.edu
Mary F Poteet

Mary F Poteet

Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 2.112D
+1 512 471 5209
mpoteet@jsg.utexas.edu
Daniella M Rempe

Daniella M Rempe

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS 2.202
+1 512 471 5290
rempe@jsg.utexas.edu
Demian M Saffer

Demian M Saffer

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC , JGB 5.312
demian@ig.utexas.edu
Mrinal K Sen

Mrinal K Sen

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ROC 2.218, POB , JGB 4.220E
+1 512 471 0466, +1 512 471 2610
mrinal@utexas.edu
Timothy M Shanahan

Timothy M Shanahan

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.202
+1 512 232 7051
tshanahan@jsg.utexas.edu
Kyle T Spikes

Kyle T Spikes

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.220D
+1 512 471 7674
kyle.spikes@jsg.utexas.edu
Danny  Stockli

Danny Stockli

Department Chair
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.224, JGB
+1 512 475 6037
stockli@jsg.utexas.edu
Chenguang  Sun

Chenguang Sun

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 232 1941
csun@jsg.utexas.edu
Zoltan  Sylvester

Zoltan Sylvester

Research Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
zoltan.sylvester@beg.utexas.edu
Nicola  Tisato

Nicola Tisato

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.216BA
+1 512 232 7149
nicola.tisato@jsg.utexas.edu
Zong-Liang  Yang

Zong-Liang Yang

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
POB , JGB 5.220DA
+1 512 471 3824
liang@jsg.utexas.edu

Toti E Larson

Toti E Larson

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
+1 512 471 1856
toti.larson@beg.utexas.edu
Staci L Loewy

Staci L Loewy

Radiogenic Isotope Geochemist
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 6.104B
+1 512 471 6873
sloewy@jsg.utexas.edu
Christopher  Lowery

Christopher Lowery

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.250
cmlowery@utexas.edu
Nathaniel R Miller

Nathaniel R Miller

Laser Ablation and ICP-MS Lab Manager
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 471 0120, +1 512 471 4810
nrmiller@jsg.utexas.edu
Edward

Edward "Ned" K Vizy

Research Scientist Associate V/ Lecturer
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 5.220G
+1 512 585 1937
ned@jsg.utexas.edu
Kenneth W Wisian

Kenneth W Wisian

Program Director
Bureau of Economic Geology
WPR , PIC KLE, BEL
+1 512 471 2003
kenneth.wisian@utexas.edu

Srinivas V Bettadpur

Srinivas V Bettadpur

Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
WPR
+1 512 471 7587
srinivas@csr.utexas.edu
Ann  Chen

Ann Chen

Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
POB , ASE 3.214
jingyi.ann.chen@utexas.edu
Kathy Ellins

Kathy Ellins

2024 9/1-8/31/25 Other University Affiliate
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
kellins@utexas.edu
Claudio  Faccenna

Claudio Faccenna

2024 9/1-8/31/25 Other University Affiliate
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+3 932 905 71016
claudio.faccenna@jsg.utexas.edu
Paul  Hearty

Paul Hearty

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 471 3434
paul.hearty@jsg.utexas.edu
Melissa  Kemp

Melissa Kemp

Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology
PAT 102
+1 512 232 2075
mkemp@austin.utexas.edu
Wonsuck  Kim

Wonsuck Kim

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPS
+1 512 471 4203
delta@jsg.utexas.edu
Chris Kirk

Chris Kirk

Professor
Department of Anthropology
WCP 5.154
+1 512 471 0056
eckirk@austin.utexas.edu
Jon E Olson

Jon E Olson

Professor
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
CPE 2.502
+1 512 471 3161, +1 512 471 7375
jolson@austin.utexas.edu
Michael  Pyrcz

Michael Pyrcz

Professor
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
CPE
+1 512 471 3252
mpyrcz@austin.utexas.edu
Carlos  Torres-Verdin

Carlos Torres-Verdin

Professor
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
POB , GLT 4.244
+1 512 471 3161, +1 512 471 4216
cverdin@austin.utexas.edu

Philip C Bennett

Philip C Bennett

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesJackson School of Geosciences
pbennett@jsg.utexas.edu
Robert E Boyer

Robert E Boyer

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
reboyer@utexas.edu
William D Carlson

William D Carlson

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
wcarlson@jsg.utexas.edu
Mark Cloos

Mark Cloos

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesJackson School of Geosciences
cloos@jsg.utexas.edu
Robert E Dickinson

Robert E Dickinson

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
robted@jsg.utexas.edu
William L Fisher

William L Fisher

Professor and Leonidas T. Barrow Centennial Chair Emeritus in Mineral Resources
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
wfisher@jsg.utexas.edu
William E Galloway

William E Galloway

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
gallowayrb@sbcglobal.net
Stephen P Grand

Stephen P Grand

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
steveg@jsg.utexas.edu
Mark A Helper

Mark A Helper

Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Emerita
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 471 1009
helper@jsg.utexas.edu
J. Richard Kyle

J. Richard Kyle

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesJackson School of Geosciences
JGB 3.316DA
+1 512 471 4351
rkyle@jsg.utexas.edu
Lynton S Land

Lynton S Land

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
lynton.land@austin.utexas.edu
Leon E Long

Leon E Long

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
leonlong@jsg.utexas.edu
Ernest L Lundelius

Ernest L Lundelius

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
erniel@utexas.edu
Earle F McBride

Earle F McBride

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
efmcbride@jsg.utexas.edu
Sharon  Mosher

Sharon Mosher

Dean Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
smosher@jsg.utexas.edu
Yosio  Nakamura

Yosio Nakamura

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
yosio@ig.utexas.edu
Timothy B Rowe

Timothy B Rowe

Academic Center Affiliate - Retired
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
rowe@utexas.edu
John M Sharp

John M Sharp

Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professor Emeritus in Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
jmsharp@jsg.utexas.edu
Douglas  Smith

Douglas Smith

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
doug@jsg.utexas.edu
James T Sprinkle

James T Sprinkle

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
echino@jsg.utexas.edu
Ronald J Steel

Ronald J Steel

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
rsteel@jsg.utexas.edu
Paul L Stoffa

Paul L Stoffa

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
stoffa@ig.utexas.edu
Clark R Wilson

Clark R Wilson

Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
WPR , JGB
+1 512 471 5008
crwilson@jsg.utexas.edu