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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 Richard Denne and Michael Sweet. It is supported by an international group of oil companies.
GBDS Core Research Staff: | |||
 Richard A. Denne Program Director 512-471-0452 richard.denne@jsg.utexas.edu Interests: biostratigraphy, mudstones, paleoceanography, sequence stratigraphy 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 |  John W. Snedden Research Professor 512-471-0452 jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology 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 |  Jake Margoshes jake.margoshes@utexas.edu Interests: Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis, Marine Geology, and Petroleum Geology | ||
Undergraduate Student Assistants: | |||
 Jazmin Villeda Gomez jazminvilleda@utexas.edu |  Lance Kessler lancekessler19@utexas.edu |  Lucero Tunjar Cruz luluarit2004@utexas.edu Interests: tectonic plate dynamics, fault mechanics and rheology, earthquakes, accumulation of stress, induced seismicity More Info | |
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 | ||
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 | ||