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John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences Faculty

The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2020 spring semester.

Jay L Banner, Professor
Fred M. Bullard Professorship in Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986

Jaime D Barnes, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico Main Campus, 2006

Thorsten Becker, Professor
Shell Companies Foundation Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
Geological Sciences
PhD, Harvard University, 2002

Christopher J Bell, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1997

Philip C Bennett, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Syracuse University Main Campus, 1989

Daniel O Breecker, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico Main Campus, 2008

Meinhard Bayani Cardenas, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2006

Ginny A Catania, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004

Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2000

Gail L Christeson, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993

Julia Allison Clarke, Professor
John A. Wilson Professorship in Vertebrate Paleontology
Geological Sciences
PhD, Yale University, 2002

Mark P Cloos, Professor
Getty Oil Company Centennial Chair in Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 1981

Kerry H Cook, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, North Carolina State University, 1984

Ian W Dalziel, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1963

Edward Alvin Duncan, Professor of Practice
Geological Sciences
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1987

Claudio Faccenna, Professor
John F. and Carolyn C. Bookout Endowed Chair in Structural Geology
Geological Sciences
PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, 1993

Peter Barry Flemings, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Energy and Mineral Resources
Geological Sciences
PhD, Cornell University, 1990

Sergey B Fomel, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2001

Rong Fu, Adjunct Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York, 1991

James E Gardner, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Rhode Island, 1993

Marcus O Gary, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2009

Omar Ghattas, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, Duke University, 1988

Jennifer H Gillespie, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Timothy Andrew Goudge, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 2015

Stephen P Grand, Professor
Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics
Geological Sciences
PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1986

Paul Hearty, Adjunct Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987

Patrick Heimbach, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Hamburg, 1998

Mark A Helper, Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1985

Marc Andre Hesse, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008

Brian K Horton, Professor
Alexander Deussen Professorship of Energy Resources
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona, 1998

Charles S Jackson, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago, 1998

Joel Peterson Johnson, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Charles Kerans, Professor
Robert K. Goldhammer Chair in Carbonate Geology, Wilton E. Scott Centennial Professorship
Geological Sciences
PhD, Carleton University, 1982

Richard A Ketcham, Professor
The First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995

Wonsuck Kim, Adjunct Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2007

J Richard Kyle, Professor
The Third Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Western Ontario, 1977

John C Lassiter, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1995

Stephen E Laubach, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986

Luc L Lavier, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York, 1999

Jung-Fu Lin, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago, 2002

Staci L Loewy, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2002

Barbara J Mahler, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1997

Rowan Clare Martindale, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Southern California, 2012

Ashley Michelle Matheny, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Ohio State U Main Campus, 2016

Nathaniel Ross Miller, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 1995

David Mohrig, Professor
John E. Brick Elliott Centennial Endowed Professorship in Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 1994

Claudia I Mora, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988

Sharon Mosher, Professor
William Stamps Farish Chair in Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Decanal Chair in the Geosciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

Dev Niyogi, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, North Carolina State University, 2000

Cornel Olariu, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2005

Adam Scott Papendieck, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2019

Camille Parmesan, Adjunct Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995

Judson Wiley Partin, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008

Geeta Persad, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Princeton University, 2016

Mary F Poteet, Assistant Professor of Practice
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2001

Terrence M Quinn, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 1989

Daniella M Rempe, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2016

Timothy B Rowe, Professor
J. Nalle Gregory Regents Professorship in Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1986

Demian M Saffer, Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1999

Mrinal K Sen, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987

Timothy Michael Shanahan, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona, 2006

Kyle Thomas Spikes, Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008

Ronald J Steel, Professor
Morgan J. Davis Centennial Chair in Petroleum Geology
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Glasgow, 1972

Daniel Stockli, Professor
Chevron Centennial Professorship in Geology
Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2000

Scott W Tinker, Professor
Edwin Allday Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996

Nicola Tisato, Assistant Professor
Geological Sciences
PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2013

Darrel Tremaine, Lecturer
Geological Sciences
PhD, Florida State University, 2015

Clark R Wilson, Professor
Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professorship in Geophysics
Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-San Diego, 1975

Zong-Liang Yang, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Earth System Sciences
Geological Sciences
PhD, Macquarie University, 1992