John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences Faculty
The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2026 spring semester.
Daniel S Alessi, Professor
Getty Oil Company Centennial Chair in Geological Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2009
Eric Attias, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Southampton, 2017
Wade Lee Aubin, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
James A Austin Jr, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Andrey Bakulin, Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, St Petersburg State University, 1996
Nathan L Bangs, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Columbia University (New York), 1991
Jay L Banner, Professor
Fred M. Bullard Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
Jaime D Barnes, Professor
The First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 2006
Miriam Barquero-Molina, Associate Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Fred C Beach, Professor of Practice
Department of Business, Government and Society, Department of Finance, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, and Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Thorsten Becker, Professor
Shell Companies Foundation Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, Shell Companies Foundation Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Harvard University, 2002
Kenneth S Befus, Associate Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Christopher J Bell, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1997
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Research Associate Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, West Virginia University, 2016
Donald D Blankenship, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
David Chas Bolton, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Pennsylvania State University Park, 2021
Lisa Diane Boucher, Associate Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, The Ohio State University Main Campus, 1995
Daniel O Breecker, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 2008
Alex Bump, Research Associate Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Arizona, 2001
Seth Busetti, Research Associate Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2009
Meinhard Bayani Cardenas, Professor
J. Nalle Gregory Regents Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2006
Ginny A Catania, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004
Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2000
Naim Aissa Celini, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 2020
Yangkang Chen, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Julia Allison Clarke, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Geobiology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Yale University, 2002
Kerry H Cook, Professor
John E. "Brick" Elliott Centennial Endowed Professorship in Geological Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, North Carolina State University, 1984
Jacob Aaron Covault, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Ian W Dalziel, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1963
Jani Das, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, 2019
Hassan Dashtian, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Southern California, 2018
Xuesong Ding, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Sydney, 2019
Tim Paul Dooley, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of London, 1994
Peter Eichhubl, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1997
Brent Elliott, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Helsinki, 2001
Andras Fall, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Virginia State University, 2008
Dapeng Feng, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Pennsylvania State University Park, 2023
Peter P Flaig, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010
Peter Barry Flemings, Professor
Leonidas T. Barrow Centennial Chair in Mineral Resources
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Bureau of Economic Geology, and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Cornell University, 1990
Sergey B Fomel, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Stanford University, 2001
Qilong Fu, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Regina, 2005
James E Gardner, Professor
The Third Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Rhode Island, 1993
Marcus O Gary, Research Associate Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
John A Goff, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
Timothy Andrew Goudge, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 2015
Cyril Grima, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Grenoble, 2012
Sean S Gulick, Research Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Lehigh University, 2000
Mahdi Haddad, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
Anna Ruth Weston Halberstadt, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022
Shuoshuo Han, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Columbia University (New York), 2015
Patrick Heimbach, Professor
W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Endowment in Simulation-Based Engineering and Sciences - Endowed Chair No. 3
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, University of Hamburg, 1998
Mark A Helper, Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1985
Douglas Hemingway, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2015
Marc Andre Hesse, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Tony Hollenback, Assistant Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Delaware, 2024
Brian K Horton, Professor
J. Nalle Gregory Chair in Sedimentary Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Arizona, 1998
Susan D Hovorka, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1990
Guo-Chin Huang, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2007
Michael R Hudec, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Wyoming, 1990
Xavier Janson, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Miami, 2002
Zhe Jia, Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
PhD, California Institute of Technology, 2022
Joel Peterson Johnson, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Benjamin Keisling, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020
Richard A Ketcham, Professor
Chevron Centennial Professorship in Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Ben Kligman, Assistant Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2023
Tingwei Ko, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
J Richard Kyle, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Western Ontario, 1977
Toti E Larson, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 2003
John C Lassiter, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1995
Luc L Lavier, Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute for Geophysics, and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Columbia University (New York), 1999
Wonhyun Lee, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Texas A & M University, 2018
Fa Li, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Wuhan University, 2021
Jung-Fu Lin, Professor
Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professorship in Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago, 2002
Marek Locmelis, Associate Professor
Alexander Deussen Professorship of Energy Resources
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Macquarie University, 2011
Robert G Loucks, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
Christopher Lowery, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015
Matthew Alan Malkowski, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2016
Shujuan Mao, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021
Craig Martin, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
Rowan Clare Martindale, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Southern California, 2012
Ashley Michelle Matheny, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, The Ohio State University Main Campus, 2016
Tip Meckel, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Abouzar Mirzaei Paiaman, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Sharif University of Technology, 2014
Ashraf Mohamed Rateb Mohamed, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, National Cheng Kung University, 2017
David Mohrig, Professor
Peter T. Flawn Centennial Chair in Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 1994
Claudia I Mora, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Decanal Chair in the Geosciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
Lorena G Moscardelli, Professor
Edwin Allday Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Hailun Ni, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2020
Jean P Nicot, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
Dev Niyogi, Professor
William Stamps Farish Chair in Geology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Fariborz Maseeh Department Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, North Carolina State University, 2000
Osareni Christopher Ogiesoba, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, McGill University, 2008
Yuko M Okumura, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005
Cornel Olariu, Research Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2005
Jeffrey G Paine, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1991
Emmanouil Parastatidis, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2019
Camille Parmesan, Adjunct Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Judson Wiley Partin, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
Sheng Peng, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Arizona, 2004
Geeta Persad, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, Princeton University, 2016
Mary F Poteet, Associate Professor of Practice
College of Natural Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2001
Michael Prior, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Cornelia Rasmussen, Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of Utah, 2018
Daniella M Rempe, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2016
Benjamin E Rendall, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Katherine D Romanak, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Malcolm Ross, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Rice University, 1995
Leopoldo Matias Ruiz Maraggi, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Demian M Saffer, Professor
Scott Petty, Jr. Endowed Director's Chair for the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute for Geophysics
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1999
Alexandros Savvaidis, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1998
Bridget R Scanlon, Research Professor
William L. Fisher Endowed Chair in Geological Sciences
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Kentucky, 1985
Nur Schuba, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Rice University, 2019
Mrinal K Sen, Professor
Morgan J. Davis Centennial Chair in Geosciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute for Geophysics, and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987
Timothy Michael Shanahan, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Arizona, 2006
Christine Simurda, Assistant Professor of Practice (12 month)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, 2019
Katie M Smye, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2012
Krista M Soderlund, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2011
Kyle Thomas Spikes, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2008
Daniel Stockli, Professor
John F. and Carolyn C. Bookout Endowed Chair in Structural Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Decanal Chair in the Geosciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2000
Chenguang Sun, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Brown University, 2014
Xun Sun, Research Assistant Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, China University of Geosciences, 2014
Zoltan Sylvester, Research Professor
Bureau of Economic Geology and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2001
James Oliver Thompson, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, 2020
Justin C Thompson, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Nicola Tisato, Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2013
Danielle Touma, Research Assistant Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Stanford University, 2019
Estibalitz Ukar, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Harm J Van Avendonk, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of California-San Diego, 1998
Laura Wallace, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2001
Kenneth W Wisian, Lecturer
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD, Southern Methodist University, 1999
Zong-Liang Yang, Professor
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Earth System Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science
PhD, Macquarie University, 1992
Kehua You, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Texas A & M University, 2013
Duncan A Young, Research Associate Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Southern Methodist University, 2003
Michael Howard Young, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
PhD, University of Arizona, 1995
Hongliu Zeng, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Tongwei Zhang, Research Professor
John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999