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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, Michael Sweet and Project Manager Jon Virdell. It is supported by an international group of oil companies.

    

GBDS Core Research Staff:

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John W. Snedden
Program Director
512-471-0452
jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology
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Tim Whiteaker
Research Scientist
512-471-8844
whiteaker@utexas.edu
Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management
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Robert Cunningham
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
325-248-5392
robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks
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Michael L. Sweet
Co-Program Director
281-787-7001
michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity
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Annie Walker
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
315-559-6433
walkerae@ig.utexas.edu

Associated Research Staff:

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Sean P. S. Gulick
Research Professor
512-471-0483
sean@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, plate boundaries, glacial sequences, impact processes
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Chris Lowery
Research Associate

cmlowery@utexas.edu
Interests: micropaleontology, paleoceanograpgy, stratigraphy
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Ian Norton
Sr. Research Fellow
512-471-0423
norton@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins
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Zach Sickmann
Postdoctoral Fellow
sickmann@utexas.edu
Interests: basin analysis, convergent margin tectonics, source-to-sink sediment dispersal, provenance analysis, sedimentology in the Anthropocene
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Undergraduate Student Assistants:

Gordon BruceAidan FoleyMario Xavier GonzalezNick Gossett
John HudecJake MargoshesJennifer PenaThomas Tyng
Matthew Wade

Technical Support Staff:

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John Gerboc
Sr. Software Developer/Analyst
512-471-0325
johng@ig.utexas.edu

Former Staff and Graduate Students:

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Craig Fulthorpe
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0459
craig@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: continental margins, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology
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Lisa M. Gahagan
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0488
lisa@ig.utexas.edu
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William Galloway
Professor Emeritus
512-471-0494
galloway@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology
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Patricia E. Ganey-Curry
Project Manager
patty@ig.utexas.edu
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Hilary Clement Olson
Research Scientist Associate
512-653-8356
olson@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy
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Penelope Parr
Research Scientist Associate IV
parr@ig.utexas.edu
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Fernando Apango
Graduate Research Assistant
fer.apango@utexas.edu
Interests: Seismic interpretation, well log analysis, oil and gas
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Enrique Arce
Graduate Research Assistant
enrique@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy, oil and gas
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Luciana de la Rocha
ldelaroc@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy, oil and gas
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Mario A Gutierrez
Graduate Research Assistant
m.a.gutierrez@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy
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Will Waltrip
Graduate Research Assistant
will.waltrip@utexas.edu
Interests: Petroleum geology, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization
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Jie Xu
Graduate Research Assistant
512-988-6233
jiexu@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, geochronology
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