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Staff and Support
The GBDS project is run by a team of University of Texas Institute for Geophysics staff and students under the supervision of John Snedden, William Galloway, and Project Manager Jon Virdell. It is supported by an international group of oil companies.
GBDS Core Research Staff: | |||
 John W. Snedden Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0452 jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology More Info |  William Galloway Professor Emeritus 512-471-0494 galloway@austin.utexas.edu Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology More Info |  Craig Fulthorpe Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0459 craig@ig.utexas.edu Interests: continental margins, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology More Info |  Jon Virdell Project Manager 512-471-0408 jvirdell@ig.utexas.edu Interests: geosoftware, data management, cartography 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 |  Michael L. Sweet Research Scientist/Program Director 281-787-7001 michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity More Info |  Annie Walker Research Engineering/Scientist Professional 315-559-6433 walkerae@ig.utexas.edu |
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 Associate 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 |  Zach Sickmann Postdoctoral Fellow sickmann@utexas.edu Interests: basin analysis, convergent margin tectonics, source-to-sink sediment dispersal, provenance analysis, sedimentology in the Anthropocene More Info |
Undergraduate Student Assistants: | |||
| Gordon Bruce | Aidan Foley | Mario Xavier Gonzalez | Nick Gossett |
| John Hudec | Jake Margoshes | Jennifer Pena | Thomas Tyng |
| Matthew Wade | |||
Technical Support Staff: | |||
 John Gerboc Sr. Software Developer/Analyst 512-471-0325 johng@ig.utexas.edu | |||
Former Staff and Graduate Students: | |||
 Patricia E. Ganey-Curry Project Manager patty@ig.utexas.edu |  Lisa M. Gahagan Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0488 lisa@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 |
 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 | ||