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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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Adrien Arnulf
Research Associate
512-471-0376
aarnulf@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismic imaging, mid-ocean ridges, convergent margins
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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 Associate
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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Silvia Brizzi
Postdoctoral Fellow
brizzi.silvia@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: subduction dynamics and seismotectonics, megathrust seismicity, mountain building and interactions between surface processes, tectonics and mantle dynamics
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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
Sr. Research Scientist/Associate Director
512-471-0463
gail@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology
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John Erich Christian
Postdoctoral Fellow
johnerich.christian@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: ice dynamics, numerical and analytical glacier modeling, climate variability
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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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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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Yi Fang
Research Associate
yi.fang@utexas.edu
Interests: gas hydrate, geothermal energy, geomechanics, geofluids, induced seismicity
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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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Doug Foster
Sr. Research Scientist
djfoster@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismic wave propagation, inverse problems and applied geophysics
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Cliff Frohlich
Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus
512-471-0460
cliff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquakes, tectonics
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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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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
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Patricia E. Ganey-Curry
Project Manager
512-471-0408
patty@ig.utexas.edu
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Felicia Garcia-Hildenbrand
Senior Research Program Coordinator
512-475-7225
felicia.garcia-hildenbrand@austin.utexas.edu
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John Gerboc
Sr. Software Developer/Analyst
512-471-0325
johng@ig.utexas.edu
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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
cgrima@ig.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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Thomas Hess
Research Scientist Associate V
512-232-5934
thomas_hess@mail.utexas.edu
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Benjamin Hester
Manager of Research Administration and Finance
512-471-0413
ben@ig.utexas.edu
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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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Charles Jackson
Research Scientist
512-471-0401
charles@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change, uncertainty quantification, sea level
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Elizabeth Kelton
Senior Administrative Associate
512-471-0417
elizabeth.kelton@austin.utexas.edu
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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
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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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Dunyu Liu
Computational Geoscientist
dunyu.liu@austin.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 (Part-Time)
512-471-7775

gabriel@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, earthquake rupture, tsunamis, risk and resilience
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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
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Pankaj Mishra
Postdoctoral Fellow
pkmishra@utexas.edu
Interests: computational geoscience, computational and applied mathematics, high-performance scientific computing
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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
Communications Specialist
512-574-7376
costa@ig.utexas.edu
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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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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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Aaron Price
Research Scientist/Engineer Associate III
aaron.price@utexas.edu
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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
Senior Administrative Associate
512-471-8849
angelareyes@ig.utexas.edu
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Tom Richter
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0385
tomr@ig.utexas.edu
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Erik Robinson
Purchasing and Facilities Manager
512-471-0499
erik@ig.utexas.edu
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Anja Rutishauser
Postdoctoral Fellow
anja.rutishauser@utexas.edu
Interests: glaciology, geophysics applied to glaciological processes, ice-penetrating radar
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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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Manasij Santra
Postdoctoral Fellow
manasij.santra@austin.utexas.edu
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Steffen Saustrup
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0442
steffen@ig.utexas.edu
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Kirk Scanlan
Postdoctoral Fellow
kirk.scanlan@utexas.edu
Interests: planetary radar sounding, radioglaciology, engineering geophysics
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Mrinal K. Sen
Professor and Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology/Associate Director
512-471-0466
mrinal@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismology, high performance computing, applied math
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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 for Research Administration and Finance
512-471-0306

sara@ig.utexas.edu
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John W. Snedden
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0452
jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology
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Arianne Snyder
Administrative Assistant
arianne.snyder@utexas.edu
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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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Mike Sweet
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu
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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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Carla Thomas
Science/Technical Program Manager
512-475-6613
carla.thomas@utexas.edu
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Daniel Trugman
Assistant Professor
dtrugman@jsg.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquake science, ground motion prediction, forensic seismology, nuclear monitoring
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Ram Tuvi
Postdoctoral Fellow

ram@ig.utexas.edu
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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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Jon Virdell
Project Manager
512-471-0408
jvirdell@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: geosoftware, data management, cartography
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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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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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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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Zeyu Zhao
Research Associate
zeyu@utexas.edu
Interests: exploration geophysics, seismic imaging, seismology
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