Faculty

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

Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB 4.124
jdbarnes@jsg.utexas.edu

Miriam Barquero-Molina

Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
miriam@jsg.utexas.edu

Fred C Beach

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

Thorsten Becker

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

Kenneth S Befus

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

Christopher J Bell

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

Daniel O Breecker

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

M Bayani Cardenas

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

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

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

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

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

Ian W Dalziel

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

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

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

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

Timothy A Goudge

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

Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
arhalberstadt@gmail.com

Patrick Heimbach

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

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

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

Joel P Johnson

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marek Locmelis

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
locmelis@jsg.utexas.edu

Matthew A Malkowski

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

Shujuan Mao

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 617 955 9632
smao@jsg.utexas.edu

Craig Martin

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

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

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

David Mohrig

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

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

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

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

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

Daniella M Rempe

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

Timothy B Rowe

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

Demian M Saffer

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

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

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

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

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

Chenguang Sun

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

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

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

Eric Attias

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.258
attias@ig.utexas.edu

James A Austin

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.254
+1 512 471 0450
jamie@ig.utexas.edu

Nathan L Bangs

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.216
+1 512 471 0424
nathan@ig.utexas.edu

Donald D Blankenship

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.264
+1 512 471 0489, +1 512 471 6156
blank@ig.utexas.edu

David C Bolton

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
chasbolton19@gmail.com

Yangkang Chen

Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PIC KLE
yangkang.chen@beg.utexas.edu

Jacob A Covault

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
JGB
+1 512 475 9506
jake.covault@beg.utexas.edu

Xuesong Ding

Research Assistant Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
xuesong.ding@beg.utexas.edu

Tim P Dooley

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
JGB
+1 512 471 8261
tim.dooley@beg.utexas.edu

Peter Eichhubl

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.102P
+1 512 475 8829
peter.eichhubl@beg.utexas.edu

Andras Fall

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
+1 512 471 8334
andras.fall@beg.utexas.edu

Peter P Flaig

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu

Qilong Fu

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.132M
+1 512 232 9372
qilong.fu@beg.utexas.edu

Julia F Gale

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.102K
+1 512 232 7957
julia.gale@beg.utexas.edu

John A Goff

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.252
+1 512 471 0476
goff@ig.utexas.edu

Cyril Grima

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.260
cyril.grima@utexas.edu

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

Mahdi Haddad

Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PIC KLE
+1 512 471 1110
mahdi.haddad@utexas.edu

Shuoshuo Han

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
JGB
han@ig.utexas.edu

Mahdi Heidari moghadam

Research Assistant Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.102S
+1 512 471 1382
mahdiheidari@utexas.edu

Douglas Hemingway

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.238
douglas.hemingway@utexas.edu

Peter H Hennings

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG
+1 512 471 0156
peter.hennings@beg.utexas.edu

Seyyed Abolfazl Hosseini

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG 2.102S
+1 512 471 1534
seyyed.hosseini@beg.utexas.edu

Susan D Hovorka

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG 2.140D
+1 512 471 4863
susan.hovorka@beg.utexas.edu

Guo-Chin Huang

Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG
dino.huang@beg.utexas.edu

Michael R Hudec

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
JGB
+1 512 471 1428
michael.hudec@beg.utexas.edu

Xavier Janson

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
+1 512 475 9524
xavier.janson@beg.utexas.edu

Zhe Jia

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
zhe.jia@austin.utexas.edu

Benjamin Keisling

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.214
keisling@ig.utexas.edu

Toti E Larson

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

Stephen E Laubach

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.102J
+1 512 471 1534, +1 512 471 6303
steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu

Timothy F Lawton

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
PIC KLE
tim.lawton@beg.utexas.edu

Robert G Loucks

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.112K
+1 512 471 0366, +1 512 471 1534
bob.loucks@beg.utexas.edu

Christopher Lowery

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

Tip Meckel

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG
tip.meckel@beg.utexas.edu

Lorena G Moscardelli

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
PIC KLE
+1 512 471 4971
lorena.moscardelli@beg.utexas.edu

Hailun Ni

Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PIC KLE
hailun.ni@beg.utexas.edu

Jean Nicot

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG 2.102K
+1 512 471 6246
jp.nicot@beg.utexas.edu

Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
ROC , BEG 3.102M
+1 512 471 0484, +1 512 475 9548
mariakat@austin.utexas.edu

Osareni C Ogiesoba

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
+1 512 471 6250
osareni.ogiesoba@beg.utexas.edu

Yuko M Okumura

Research Associate Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.234
+1 512 471 0383
yukoo@ig.utexas.edu

Cornel Olariu

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

Jeffrey G Paine

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG 2.102J
+1 512 471 1260, +1 512 471 1534
jeff.paine@beg.utexas.edu

Judson W Partin

Research Associate Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.220
+1 512 418 6676
jpartin@ig.utexas.edu

Sheng Peng

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.112A
sheng.peng@beg.utexas.edu

Katherine D Romanak

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG
+1 512 471 6136
katherine.romanak@beg.utexas.edu

Alexandros Savvaidis

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG 1.208A
+1 512 475 9549
alexandros.savvaidis@beg.utexas.edu

Bridget R Scanlon

Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
BEG
+1 512 471 1534, +1 512 471 8241
bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu

Katie M Smye

Research Associate Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
+1 814 506 5333
katie.smye@beg.utexas.edu

John W Snedden

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu

Krista M Soderlund

Research Associate Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.258
+1 512 471 0449
krista@ig.utexas.edu

Zoltan Sylvester

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
JGB
zoltan.sylvester@beg.utexas.edu

Danielle Touma

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
danielle.touma@utexas.edu

Estibalitz Ukar

Research Associate Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.102A
esti.ukar@beg.utexas.edu

Harm J Van Avendonk

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
+1 512 471 0429
harm@ig.utexas.edu

Laura Wallace

Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
lwallace@ig.utexas.edu

Kehua You

Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
JGB 5.336
+1 512 471 9642
kehua@ig.utexas.edu

Duncan A Young

Research Associate Professor
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 2.268
+1 512 471 0485
duncan@ig.utexas.edu

Hongliu Zeng

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG
+1 512 475 6382
hongliu.zeng@beg.utexas.edu

Tongwei Zhang

Research Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
BEG 3.128E
+1 512 232 1496
tongwei.zhang@beg.utexas.edu

Marcus Gary

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
mog@jsg.utexas.edu

Staci L Loewy

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

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 "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

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

Srinivas V Bettadpur

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

Ann Chen

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

Kathy Ellins

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

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

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

Melissa Kemp

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

Wonsuck Kim

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

Chris Kirk

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

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

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

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

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

Robert E Boyer

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

William D Carlson

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

Mark Cloos

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

Robert E Dickinson

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

William L Fisher

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

Cliff Frohlich

Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Institute for Geophysics
ROC 3.212
+1 512 471 0460, +1 512 471 6156
cliff@ig.utexas.edu

William E Galloway

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

Stephen P Grand

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

Mark A Helper

Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
JGB
+1 512 471 1009
helper@jsg.utexas.edu

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

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

Lawrence A Lawver

Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
+1 512 471 0433, +1 512 471 6156
lawver@ig.utexas.edu

Leon E Long

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

Ernest L Lundelius

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

Earle F McBride

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

Sharon Mosher

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

Yosio Nakamura

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

John M Sharp

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

Douglas Smith

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

James T Sprinkle

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

Ronald J Steel

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

Paul L Stoffa

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

Frederick W Taylor

Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Institute for Geophysics
ROC
+1 512 471 0453
fred@ig.utexas.edu

Clark R Wilson

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

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