John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences Faculty
The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2022 spring semester.
Adrien Arnulf, Research Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Universite de Paris VII, Denis Diderot, 2011
Jay L Banner, Professor
Fred M. Bullard Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
Jaime D Barnes, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico Main Campus, 2006
Thorsten Becker, Professor
Shell Companies Foundation Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Harvard University, 2002
Christopher J Bell, Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences and Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1997
Philip C Bennett, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Syracuse University Main Campus, 1989
Daniel O Breecker, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico Main Campus, 2008
Meinhard Bayani Cardenas, Professor
J. Nalle Gregory Regents Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2006
Ginny A Catania, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004
Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2000
Julia Allison Clarke, Professor
John A. Wilson Professorship in Vertebrate Paleontology
Department of Geological Sciences and John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Yale University, 2002
Mark P Cloos, Professor
Getty Oil Company Centennial Chair in Geological Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 1981
Kerry H Cook, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, North Carolina State University, 1984
Jacob Aaron Covault, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Ian W Dalziel, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1963
Edward Alvin Duncan, Professor of Practice
Department of Geological Sciences
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
Peter Barry Flemings, Professor
Leonidas T. Barrow Centennial Chair in Mineral Resources
Department of Geological Sciences, Bureau of Economic Geology, and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Cornell University, 1990
Sergey B Fomel, Professor
Wallace E. Pratt Professorship in Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2001
James E Gardner, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Rhode Island, 1993
Marcus O Gary, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Omar Ghattas, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences
Department of Geological Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Duke University, 1988
Jennifer H Gillespie, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Timothy Andrew Goudge, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 2015
Stephen P Grand, Professor
Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1986
Sean S Gulick, Research Professor
Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Lehigh University, 2000
Paul Hearty, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
Patrick Heimbach, Professor
W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Endowment in Simulation-Based Engineering and Sciences - Endowed Chair No. 3
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, University of Hamburg, 1998
Mark A Helper, Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1985
Marc Andre Hesse, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Brian K Horton, Professor
J. Nalle Gregory Chair in Sedimentary Geology
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Arizona, 1998
Joel Peterson Johnson, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Charles Kerans, Professor
Robert K. Goldhammer Chair in Carbonate Geology
Department of Geological Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Carleton University, 1982
Richard A Ketcham, Professor
The First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Wonsuck Kim, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2007
J Richard Kyle, Professor
The Third Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Department of Geological Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Western Ontario, 1977
John C Lassiter, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1995
Luc L Lavier, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York, 1999
Jung-Fu Lin, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago, 2002
Christopher Lowery, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Massachusetts, 2015
Matthew Alan Malkowski, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2016
Rowan Clare Martindale, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Southern California, 2012
Ashley Michelle Matheny, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Ohio State U Main Campus, 2016
Tip Meckel, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
David Mohrig, Professor
Peter T. Flawn Centennial Chair in Geology
Department of Geological Sciences and John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 1994
Claudia I Mora, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Decanal Chair in the Geosciences
Department of Geological Sciences and John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
Dev Niyogi, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
PhD, North Carolina State University, 2000
Cornel Olariu, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2005
Adam Scott Papendieck, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2019
Camille Parmesan, Adjunct Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Geeta Persad, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Princeton University, 2016
Mary F Poteet, Assistant Professor of Practice
College of Natural Sciences and Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2001
Terrence M Quinn, Professor
Albert W. and Alice M. Weeks Centennial Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 1989
Daniella M Rempe, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2016
Timothy B Rowe, Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1986
Demian M Saffer, Professor
Scott Petty, Jr. Endowed Director's Chair for the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1999
Mrinal K Sen, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology
Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987
Timothy Michael Shanahan, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona, 2006
Kyle Thomas Spikes, Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Daniel Stockli, Professor
Chevron Centennial Professorship in Geology
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2000
Chenguang Sun, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 2014
Zoltan Sylvester, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2001
Dana L Thomas, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2018
Scott W Tinker, Professor
Edwin Allday Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996
Nicola Tisato, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2013
Darrel Tremaine, Lecturer
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Florida State University, 2015
Daniel Trugman, Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, University of California-San Diego, 2017
Zong-Liang Yang, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Earth System Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
PhD, Macquarie University, 1992