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The GBDS project is run by a team of University of Texas Institute for Geophysics staff and students under the supervision of John Snedden and Michael Sweet. It is supported by an international group of oil companies.

GBDS Core Research Staff:
John W. Snedden Program Director 512-471-0452 jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology More Info	Michael L. Sweet Co-Program Director 281-787-7001 michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity More Info	Tim Whiteaker Research Scientist 512-471-8844 whiteaker@utexas.edu Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management More Info	Robert Cunningham Research Affiliate/Research Fellow 325-248-5392 robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks More Info
Marcie Purkey Phillips Research Engineering/Scientist Professional marciep@ig.utexas.edu	Annie Walker Research Engineering/Scientist Professional 315-559-6433 walkerae@ig.utexas.edu	Summer Li Project Manager summer@ig.utexas.edu Interests: ArcGIS Geoscience database management, microtectonics, structural geology
Associated Research Staff:
Sean P. S. Gulick Research Professor 512-471-0483 sean@ig.utexas.edu Interests: marine geology and geophysics, plate boundaries, glacial sequences, impact processes More Info	Chris Lowery Research Assistant Professor cmlowery@utexas.edu Interests: micropaleontology, paleoceanograpgy, stratigraphy More Info	Ian Norton Sr. Research Fellow 512-471-0423 norton@ig.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins More Info
Graduate Research Assistants:
Juan Gutierrez jgutierrez@utexas.edu Interests: deepwater sedimentology, salt tectonics
Undergraduate Student Assistants:
Will "Joel" Foran joel.foran@utexas.edu	Jazmin Villeda Gomez	Jake Margoshes jake.margoshes@utexas.edu Interests: Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis, Marine Geology, and Petroleum Geology	Emily Moore
Technical Support Staff:
John Gerboc Sr. Software Developer/Analyst 512-471-0325 johng@ig.utexas.edu	Ron O'Neill Senior System Administrator 512-471-0389 ron@ig.utexas.edu	Mark Wiederspahn Senior Software Developer/Analyst 512-471-0406 markw@ig.utexas.edu
Former Staff:
Craig Fulthorpe Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0459 craig@ig.utexas.edu Interests: continental margins, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology More Info	Lisa M. Gahagan Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0488 lisa@ig.utexas.edu	William Galloway Professor Emeritus 512-471-0494 galloway@austin.utexas.edu Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology More Info	Patricia E. Ganey-Curry Project Manager patty@ig.utexas.edu
Hilary Clement Olson Research Scientist Associate 512-653-8356 olson@ig.utexas.edu Interests: stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy More Info	Penelope Parr Research Scientist Associate IV parr@ig.utexas.edu	Zach Sickmann Postdoctoral Fellow zachary.sickmann@utdallas.edu More Info
Former Students:
Fernando Apango Graduate Research Assistant fer.apango@utexas.edu Interests: Seismic interpretation, well log analysis, oil and gas More Info	Enrique Arce Graduate Research Assistant enrique@utexas.edu Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy, oil and gas More Info	Luciana de la Rocha ldelaroc@utexas.edu Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy, oil and gas More Info	Mario A Gutierrez Graduate Research Assistant m.a.gutierrez@utexas.edu Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy More Info
Will Waltrip Graduate Research Assistant will.waltrip@utexas.edu Interests: Petroleum geology, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization More Info	Jie Xu Graduate Research Assistant 512-988-6233 jiexu@utexas.edu Interests: sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, geochronology More Info