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Staff at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. To see staff by role visit Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Fellows, Scientific Support, Research Affiliates, and Administrative. To see staff by primary research discipline please visit: Climate, Energy, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.

    
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Jamie Austin
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0450
jamie@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: continental margin
stratigraphy, tsunamigenesic
processes on continental margins, scientific ocean drilling
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Nathan Bangs
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0424

nathan@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: faults, structural geology, tectonics, and lithospheric dynamics, climate
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Thorsten Becker
Professor

twb@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: geodynamics, seismology, fault systems
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Athma Bhandari
Research Engineer
512-471-0462

athma.bhandari@utexas.edu
Interests: fluid flow measurements in fine-grained rocks, geomechanics, petrophysics, unconventional energy resources
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Don Blankenship
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0489
blank@ig.utexas.edu
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Bhargav Boddupalli
Postdoctoral Fellow
bhargav@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: plate margins, seismic imaging, rock physics modeling, deep learning algorithms, ambient noise analysis
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David Chas Bolton
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
david.bolton@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: fault mechanics, rock deformation, ultrasonic monitoring, foreshock properties, earthquake scaling laws
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Donnie Brooks
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III
512-471-2403
donnie.brooks@beg.utexas.edu
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Dillon Buhl
Research Scientist Associate III
dillon.buhl@utexas.edu

Alejandro Cardona
Postdoctoral Fellow
alejandro.cardona@utexas.edu
Interests: flow and transport in porous media, geomechanics, methane hydrates, fractured rocks
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Ginny Catania
Professor
512-471-0403
gcatania@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: glaciology, ice dynamics, climate
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Megumi Chikamoto
Research Fellow
megumi@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Earth system modeling, global carbon cycles, climate-ecosystem linkages
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Gail Christeson
Research Affiliate
glchristeson@utexas.edu
Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology
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Sheree Courney
University Professional

sheree@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Special projects

Robert Cunningham
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
325-248-5392
robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks
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Ian W. D. Dalziel
Research Professor
512-471-0431
ian@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Earth history, tectonics, Antarctic geology
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John Damuth
Visiting Research/Scholar

damuth@uta.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, sedimentation processes, hydrocarbon exploration
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Marcy Davis
Engineering Scientist
512-471-0425
marcy@ig.utexas.edu
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Dan Duncan
Engineering Scientist
512-471-0490
dduncan@ig.utexas.edu
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Peter B. Flemings
Professor
512-475-8738
pflemings@jsg.utexas.edu
Interests: basin-scale fluid flow, methane hydrates, shale and mudstone permeability
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Cliff Frohlich
Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus
512-471-6156
cliff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquakes, tectonics
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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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Rosalind Gamble
Executive Assistant
512-471-7197
rgamble@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: General UTIG business, director calendar, room assignments, postdoc recruiting
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Andrew Gase
Postdoctoral Fellow
agase@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, subduction zone structure, and volcanic systems
Office: 3.102J
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John Gerboc
Sr. Software Developer/Analyst
512-471-0325
johng@ig.utexas.edu
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Christopher Gerekos
Postdoctoral Fellow
christopher.gerekos@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: scattering of electromagnetic waves from rough random surface, mathematical modeling of natural surfaces, computational electromagnetics, Martian and Europan radar science
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Phyllis Gesch
Senior Administrative Associate
512-471-0460
phyllis@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Travel, student support
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John A. Goff
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0476
goff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seafloor mapping, coastal processes, geostatistics
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Jamin Greenbaum
Research Fellow
512-471-0385
jamin@utexas.edu
Interests: geophysics, ice-ocean interactions, subglacial hydrological and geological controls on ice sheet stability
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Antoniette Greta Grima
Postdoctoral Fellow
agrima@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: deep slab dynamics, subduction initiation, evolution and cessation, slab-mantle interaction and surface evolution, slab fragmentation and tectonic regimes shifts, geodynamics, numerical modeling of subduction zones
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Cyril Grima
Research Associate
512-471-0377
cyril.grima@utexas.edu
Interests: planet, cryosphere, radar
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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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Shuoshuo Han
Research Associate
512-471-0415

han@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, oceanic lithosphere, marine geohazards
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Patrick Heimbach
Research Professor
512-232-7694
heimbach@utexas.edu
Interests: climate
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Benjamin Hester
Administrative Services Officer I
512-471-0413
ben@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Purchasing, facilities, and accounting oversight
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Brian Horton
Professor
512-471-1869
horton@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, basin analysis, sediment provenance
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Jesse Houghton
Senior Project Manager
jesse@ig.utexas.edu
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Benjamin Keisling
Research Associate
keisling@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: past climate, ice sheet dynamics, justice in geoscience
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Elizabeth Kelton
Procurement Specialist
512-471-0417
elizabeth@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Purchasing
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Scott Kempf
Sr. Software Engineer
512-471-0482
scottk@ig.utexas.edu
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Jessica Kolstad Kim
Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
512-471-0432
jessica@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Proposals, proposals, proposals, and NCEs
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Luc Lavier
Professor
512-471-0455
luc@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: flow and deformation of Earth's materials, tectonics of plate boundaries, computational methods for lithospheric deformation
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Lawrence Lawver
Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus
512-471-0433
lawver@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: plate tectonics, marine geophysics, polar regions
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Daphné Genevieve Lemasquerier
Postdoctoral Fellow
d.lemasquerier@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: fluid dynamics of geophysical flows, gas giants dynamics, icy worlds dynamics, zonal winds, large-scale vortices, rotating stratified flows, turbulence, wave-mean flow interactions
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Dunyu Liu
Computational Geoscientist
dliu@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquake dynamic ruptures and cycles, numerical modeling, parallel computing, fault geometric complexity, ground motion simulation
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Gabriel Lotto
University Professional
512-471-7775

gabriel@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Subduction zones, earthquake rupture, tsunamis, risk and resilience
Roles: RCN support
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Chris Lowery
Research Associate

cmlowery@utexas.edu
Interests: micropaleontology, paleoceanograpgy, stratigraphy
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Angela Marable
Sr. Program Coordinator
512-471-0326
angela@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Proposals, award negotiation, sponsored project data management
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Jamie Morrison
Project Manager
936-355-2305
jmorrison@ig.utexas.edu
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Susanne Morrison
Senior Human Resources Coordinator
susanne@ig.utexas.edu
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Yosio Nakamura
Professor Emeritus
512-471-0428
yosio@ig.utexas.edu
Interest: seismology
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Gregory Ng
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0482
ngg@ig.utexas.edu
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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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Josh O'Connell
Research Scientist Associate V
josh@ig.utexas.edu
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Yuko Okumura
Research Scientist
512-471-0383
yukoo@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate variability and change
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Constantino Panagopulos
Communication Specialist
512-574-7376
costa@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Communications, media requests
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Jud Partin
Research Scientist
512-471-6156
jpartin@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: paleoclimate, data-model comparisons, tropical climate
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Marcie Purkey Phillips
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
marciep@ig.utexas.edu

Alexey Portnov
Research Associate
alexey.portnov@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, gas hydrate, seafloor methane release, seismic interpretation, permafrost
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Terrence Quinn
Professor
512-471-0464
quinn@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change, paleoclimate, geochemistry
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Cornelia Rasmussen
Research Associate
crasmussen@utexas.edu
Interests: impact cratering, radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry, paleoecology
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Angela Reyes
Financial Analyst
512-471-8849
angelareyes@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Travel, all things accounting, financial reporting
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Tom Richter
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0385
tomr@ig.utexas.edu
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Demian Saffer
Director & Scott Petty Jr. Endowed Chair
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

512-471-6156
demian.saffer@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: active tectonics, fault/sediment mechanics, geohydrology
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Joe Sanchez
Joe Sanchez
Facilities Coordinator
512-665-6797
joe@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Inventory, receiving, vehicle fleet, fieldwork equipment, surplus, BACS, LSF warehouse
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Mrinal K. Sen
Professor and Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology
512-471-0466
mrinal@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismology, high performance computing, applied math
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Caroline Seyler
Postdoctoral Fellow
caroline.seyler@utexas.edu
Interests: fault and shear zone rheology, rock deformation, earthquake mechanics, structural petrology, subduction zones
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Srisharan Shreedharan
Postdoctoral Fellow
srisharan@utexas.edu
Interests: fault and earthquake mechanics, rock deformation, slow slip events, subduction zones
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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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Sara Sieberath
Assistant Director of Research Administration and Finance
512-471-0306

sara@ig.utexas.edu
Roles: Finance, reporting, administrative and HR oversight
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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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Krista Soderlund
Research Scientist
512-471-0449
krista@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: planetary interiors, fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics
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Paul Stoffa
Professor Emeritus
512-471-6156
pauls@ig.utexas.edu
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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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Frederick W. Taylor
Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus
512-471-0453
fred@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: neotectonics, paleoseismology, paleoclimate
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Mike Tetley
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
michael.tetley@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, plate reconstruction, paleomagnetism, geodynamics, machine learning, remote sensing
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Carla Thomas
Science/Technical Program Manager
512-475-6613
carla.thomas@utexas.edu
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Ram Tuvi
Postdoctoral Fellow

ram@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: wave theory in frequency and time domains, analytical and computational methods in electromagnetics, acoustics and seismology, imaging and inverse theory
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Harm Van Avendonk
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0429
harm@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismic tomography, marine geophysics, geophysical data analysis
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Annie Walker
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
315-559-6433
walkerae@ig.utexas.edu
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Laura M. Wallace
Research Scientist
512-471-0324
lwallace@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, crustal deformation, earthquakes
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Jingxuan Wei
Postdoctoral Fellow

jingxuan.wei@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, active-source seismology, physical oceanography, coastal processes
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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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Mark Wiederspahn
Sr. Software Developer/Analyst
512-471-0406
markw@ig.utexas.edu
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Adam Woodhouse
Postdoctoral Fellow

adam.woodhouse@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine micropaleontology, planktonic foraminifera, evolution and extinction, biogeography, Cenozoic climate
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Xiaohua (Eric) Xu
Research Associate
xiaohua.xu@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: satellite geodesy, earthquakes, remote sensing
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Kehua You
Research Associate
kehua@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: gas hydrates, hydrogeology, fluid flow and transport
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Duncan A. Young
Research Scientist
512-471-0485
duncan@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: radioglaciology, airborne geophysics and planetary geophysics
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Enze Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow

enze.zhang@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: glacier dynamics, ice-ocean interaction, remote sensing, deep learning
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Zeyu Zhao
Research Associate
zeyu@utexas.edu
Interests: exploration geophysics, seismic imaging, seismology, inverse problems, high performance computing
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