UTIG Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships
Each year, the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics awards Distinguished Fellowships to a small handful of exceptional postdoctoral candidates.
Distinguished fellows are supported through two endowments; the Palisades Postdoctoral Fellowship and Richard T. Buffler Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Duration: Appointments are typically two to three years.
Now hiring: UTIG Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Posted: November, 2023 | Deadline: Reviews begin Jan. 2, open until filled
Other Postdoc Jobs at UTIG
- Postdoctoral Fellow: 51 Pegasi b (external)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Planetary Oceanography)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Carbon cycle in Arctic Permafrost)
- Postdoctoral Associate (Coastal Change)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Geomechanics)
MEET OUR DISTINGUISHED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Current Fellows
![Portrait photo of Erik](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Erik-Fredrickson-768x1024.jpg)
Erik Fredrickson
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Characterizing slow slip events in the Hikurangi subduction zone from seafloor pressure geodesy
Mentors: Laura Wallace, Demian Saffer, Patrick Heimbach
Joined: 2023
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![Portrait photo of Perianne](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Perianne-Johnson-576x1024.jpg)
Perianne Johnson
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Pluto’s climate and wandering poles, evolution of icy ocean worlds
Mentor: Krista Soderlund
Joined: 2023
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![picture of alice](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Alice-Turner-768x1024.jpg)
Alice Turner
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Investigating lunar tectonics from shallow moonquakes
Mentor: Sean Gulick
Joined: 2022
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![Portrait of Enze Zhang](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Enze_profile-753x1024.jpg)
Enze Zhang
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Predicting glacier behavior with machine learning
Mentor: Ginny Catania/Daniel Trugman
Joined: 2021
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Past Fellows
![Portrait of Adam Woodhouse](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PXL_20211007_161746722.MP_-819x1024.jpg)
Adam Woodhouse
Project: Mid-Miocene climate change and evolution of the Orbulina lineage
Mentor: Chris Lowery
Appointment: 2021-2023
Currently: University of Bristol
![Portrait of Srisharan Shreedharan](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Srisharan-953x1024.jpg)
Srisharan Shreedharan
Project: Subduction zone fault mechanics and earthquake physics
Mentor: Demian Saffer/Laura Wallace/Luc Lavier
Appointment: 2021-2023
Currently: Utah State University (faculty)
![Zach Sickmann](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/zachary_sickmann_5107_thumb.jpg)
Zach Sickmann
Project: Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project/ Sand provenance
Mentor: John Snedden
Appointment: 2020-2022 (Buffler)
Currently: The University of Texas at Dallas (faculty)
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Anja Rustishauser
Project: Glaciology and remote sensing
Mentor: Don Blankenship
Appointment: 2018-2021
Currently: Geological Survey of Denmark (researcher)
![Sylvia Dee](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SDEE_headshot.jpg)
Sylvia Dee
Project: Paleoclimate modeling
Mentor: Pedro DiNezio
Appointment: 2017-2018
Currently: Rice University (faculty)
![Picture of Matt Weller](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/matt-weller.jpeg)
Matthew Weller
Project: Planetary and ice-ocean dynamics of Enceladus and Europa
Mentor: Krista Soderlund
Appointment: 2016-2018
Currently: Brown University (postdoc)
![Photo of Kaustubh Thirumalai](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/K_Thirumalai300-1.jpg)
Kaustubh Thirumalai
Project: Paleoclimate
Mentor: Terry Quinn
Appointment: 2016-2017
Currently: University of Arizona (faculty)
![Chastity Aiken](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Aiken_300.jpg)
Chastity Aiken
Project: Earthquake source seismology
Mentor: Cliff Frohlich/Jake Walter
Appointment: 2016-2018
Currently: Ifremer (researcher)
![Chris Lowery](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Chris-Lowery-portrait_crop-819x1024.jpg)
Chris Lowery
Project: Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project
Mentor: John Snedden
Appointment: 2015-2018 (Buffler)
Currently: UTIG (researcher)
![Michael Erb headshot](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/M_Erb300.jpg)
Michael Erb
Project: Paleoclimate modeling
Mentor: Charles Jackson
Appointment: 2014-2016
Currently: Northern Arizona University (assistant research professor)
![Tim Bartholomaus](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/T_Bartholomaus200.jpg)
Tim Bartholomaus
Project: Ice-ocean interactions in Greenland
Mentor: Ginny Catania
Appointment: 2014-2016
Currently: University of Idaho (faculty)
![Portrait of Jacqueline Reber](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jacqueline-Reber.jpeg)
Jacqueline Reber
Project: Fault Rheology, semi-brittle and granular media deformation, slow slip events.
Mentor: Luc Lavier
Appointment: 2013-2015
Currently: Iowa State University (faculty)
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Rodrigo Fernandez-Vasquez
Project: Glacial history of Straits of Magellan, Chile, and Sabrina Coast, East Antarctica
Mentor: Sean Gulick
Appointment: 2012-2017
Currently: University of Chile (faculty)
![Krista Soderlund headshot](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/K_Soderlund300.jpg)
Krista Soderlund
Project: Ocean dynamics of Europa
Mentor: Don Blankenship
Appointment: 2011-2013
Currently: UTIG (researcher)
![Portrait of deborah khider](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/deborah-khider.jpeg)
Deborah Khider
Project: Paleoclimate proxy calibration
Mentor: Terry Quinn/Charles Jackson
Appointment: 2011-2013
Currently: USC ISI (research scientist)
![Cyril Grima headshot](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/C_Grima300.jpg)
Cyril Grima
Project: Antarctica ice-water-bedrock interactions from radar imaging
Mentor: Don Blankenship
Appointment: 2011-2013
Currently: UTIG (researcher)
![Portrait of Britney Schmidt](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/britney-schmidt-1.jpeg)
Britney Schmidt
Project: Ice-ocean interactions on Europa
Mentor: Don Blankenship
Appointment: 2010-2013
Currently: Georgia Tech (faculty)
![portrait of patrick fulton](https://ig.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Patrick-Fulton-560x560-1.jpeg)
Patrick Fulton
Project: Coupled fluid flow and heat transport
Mentor: Peter Flemings
Appointment: 2010-2012
Currently: Cornell University (faculty)