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.
 Adrien Arnulf Research Associate 512-471-0376 aarnulf@ig.utexas.edu Interests: seismic imaging, mid-ocean ridges, convergent margins More Info |  Jamie Austin Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0450 jamie@ig.utexas.edu Interests: continental margin stratigraphy, tsunamigenesic processes on continental margins, scientific ocean drilling More Info |  Nathan Bangs Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0424 nathan@ig.utexas.edu Interests: faults, structural geology, tectonics, and lithospheric dynamics, climate More Info |  Thorsten Becker Professor twb@ig.utexas.edu Interests: geodynamics, seismology, fault systems More Info |
 Athma Bhandari Research Associate 512-471-0462 athma.bhandari@utexas.edu Interests: fluid flow measurements in fine-grained rocks, geomechanics, petrophysics, unconventional energy resources More Info |  Don Blankenship Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0489 blank@ig.utexas.edu More Info |  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 More Info |  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 More Info |  Ginny Catania Professor 512-471-0403 gcatania@ig.utexas.edu Interests: glaciology, ice dynamics, climate More Info |  Megumi Chikamoto Research Fellow megumi@ig.utexas.edu Interests: Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Earth system modeling, global carbon cycles, climate-ecosystem linkages More Info |  Gail Christeson Sr. Research Scientist/Associate Director 512-471-0463 gail@ig.utexas.edu Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology More Info |
 John Erich Christian Postdoctoral Fellow johnerich.christian@austin.utexas.edu Interests: ice dynamics, numerical and analytical glacier modeling, climate variability More Info |  Robert Cunningham Research Affiliate/Research Fellow 325-248-5392 robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks More Info |  Ian W. D. Dalziel Research Professor 512-471-0431 ian@ig.utexas.edu Interests: Earth history, tectonics, Antarctic geology More Info |  John Damuth Visiting Research/Scholar damuth@uta.edu Interests: marine geology and geophysics, sedimentation processes, hydrocarbon exploration More Info |
 Marcy Davis Engineering Scientist 512-471-0425 marcy@ig.utexas.edu |  Dan Duncan Engineering Scientist 512-471-0490 dduncan@ig.utexas.edu |  Yi Fang Research Associate yi.fang@utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrate, geothermal energy, geomechanics, geofluids, induced seismicity More Info |  Peter B. Flemings Professor 512-475-8738 pflemings@jsg.utexas.edu Interests: basin-scale fluid flow, methane hydrates, shale and mudstone permeability More Info |
 Doug Foster Sr. Research Scientist djfoster@ig.utexas.edu Interests: seismic wave propagation, inverse problems and applied geophysics More Info |  Cliff Frohlich Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus 512-471-0460 cliff@ig.utexas.edu Interests: earthquakes, tectonics More Info |  Craig Fulthorpe Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0459 craig@ig.utexas.edu Interests: continental margins, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology More Info |  William Galloway Professor Emeritus 512-471-0494 galloway@austin.utexas.edu Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology More Info |
Rosalind Gamble Executive Assistant 512-471-7197 rgamble@ig.utexas.edu |  Patricia E. Ganey-Curry Project Manager 512-471-0408 patty@ig.utexas.edu |  Felicia Garcia-Hildenbrand Senior Research Program Coordinator 512-475-7225 felicia.garcia-hildenbrand@austin.utexas.edu |  John Gerboc Sr. Software Developer/Analyst 512-471-0325 johng@ig.utexas.edu |
 John A. Goff Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0476 goff@ig.utexas.edu Interests: seafloor mapping, coastal processes, geostatistics More Info |  Jamin Greenbaum Research Fellow 512-471-0385 jamin@utexas.edu Interests: geophysics, ice-ocean interactions, subglacial hydrological and geological controls on ice sheet stability More Info |  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 More Info |  Cyril Grima Research Associate 512-471-0377 cgrima@ig.utexas.edu Interests: planet, cryosphere, radar More Info |
 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 |  Shuoshuo Han Research Associate 512-471-0415 han@ig.utexas.edu Interests: subduction zones, oceanic lithosphere, marine geohazards More Info |  Patrick Heimbach Research Professor 512-232-7694 heimbach@utexas.edu Interests: climate More Info |  Thomas Hess Research Scientist Associate V 512-232-5934 thomas_hess@mail.utexas.edu |
 Benjamin Hester Manager of Research Administration and Finance 512-471-0413 ben@ig.utexas.edu |  Brian Horton Professor 512-471-1869 horton@ig.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, basin analysis, sediment provenance More Info |  Jesse Houghton Senior Project Manager jesse@ig.utexas.edu |  Charles Jackson Research Scientist 512-471-0401 charles@ig.utexas.edu Interests: climate change, uncertainty quantification, sea level More Info |
 Elizabeth Kelton Senior Administrative Associate 512-471-0417 elizabeth.kelton@austin.utexas.edu |  Scott Kempf Sr. Software Engineer 512-471-0482 scottk@ig.utexas.edu | Jessica Kolstad Kim Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist 512-471-0432 jessica@ig.utexas.edu |  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 More Info |
 Lawrence Lawver Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus 512-471-0433 lawver@ig.utexas.edu Interests: plate tectonics, marine geophysics, polar regions More Info |  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 More Info |  Gabriel Lotto University Professional (Part-Time) 512-471-7775 gabriel@ig.utexas.edu Interests: subduction zones, earthquake rupture, tsunamis, risk and resilience More Info |  Chris Lowery Research Associate cmlowery@utexas.edu Interests: micropaleontology, paleoceanograpgy, stratigraphy More Info |
 Angela Marable Sr. Program Coordinator 512-471-0326 angela@ig.utexas.edu |  Pankaj Mishra Postdoctoral Fellow pkmishra@utexas.edu Interests: computational geoscience, computational and applied mathematics, high-performance scientific computing More Info |  Jamie Morrison Project Manager 936-355-2305 jmorrison@ig.utexas.edu |  Susanne Morrison Senior Human Resources Coordinator susanne@ig.utexas.edu |
 Yosio Nakamura Professor Emeritus 512-471-0428 yosio@ig.utexas.edu Interest: seismology More Info |  Gregory Ng Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0482 ngg@ig.utexas.edu More Info |  Ian Norton Sr. Research Fellow 512-471-0423 norton@ig.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins More Info |  Josh O'Connell Research Scientist Associate V josh@ig.utexas.edu More Info |
 Yuko Okumura Research Scientist 512-471-0383 yukoo@ig.utexas.edu Interests: climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate variability and change More Info |  Constantino Panagopulos Communications Specialist 512-574-7376 costa@ig.utexas.edu |  Jud Partin Research Scientist 512-471-6156 jpartin@ig.utexas.edu Interests: paleoclimate, data-model comparisons, tropical climate More Info |  Alexey Portnov Research Associate alexey.portnov@austin.utexas.edu Interests: marine geology and geophysics, gas hydrate, seafloor methane release, seismic interpretation, permafrost More Info |
 Aaron Price Research Scientist/Engineer Associate III aaron.price@utexas.edu |  Terrence Quinn Professor 512-471-0464 quinn@ig.utexas.edu Interests: climate change, paleoclimate, geochemistry More Info |  Cornelia Rasmussen Research Associate crasmussen@utexas.edu Interests: impact cratering, radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry, paleoecology More Info |  Angela Reyes Senior Administrative Associate 512-471-8849 angelareyes@ig.utexas.edu |
 Tom Richter Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0385 tomr@ig.utexas.edu |  Erik Robinson Purchasing and Facilities Manager 512-471-0499 erik@ig.utexas.edu |  Anja Rutishauser Postdoctoral Fellow anja.rutishauser@utexas.edu Interests: glaciology, geophysics applied to glaciological processes, ice-penetrating radar |  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 More Info |
 Manasij Santra Postdoctoral Fellow manasij.santra@austin.utexas.edu More Info |  Steffen Saustrup Research Scientist Associate V 512-471-0442 steffen@ig.utexas.edu |  Kirk Scanlan Postdoctoral Fellow kirk.scanlan@utexas.edu Interests: planetary radar sounding, radioglaciology, engineering geophysics More Info |  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 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 |  Sara Sieberath Assistant Director for Research Administration and Finance 512-471-0306 sara@ig.utexas.edu |  John W. Snedden Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0452 jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology More Info |  Arianne Snyder Administrative Assistant arianne.snyder@utexas.edu |
 Krista Soderlund Research Scientist 512-471-0449 krista@ig.utexas.edu Interests: planetary interiors, fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics More Info |  Paul Stoffa Professor Emeritus 512-471-6156 pauls@ig.utexas.edu More Info |  Mike Sweet Research Engineering/Scientist Professional michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu |  Frederick W. Taylor Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus 512-471-0453 fred@ig.utexas.edu Interests: neotectonics, paleoseismology, paleoclimate More Info |
 Carla Thomas Science/Technical Program Manager 512-475-6613 carla.thomas@utexas.edu More Info |  Daniel Trugman Assistant Professor dtrugman@jsg.utexas.edu Interests: earthquake science, ground motion prediction, forensic seismology, nuclear monitoring More Info |  Ram Tuvi Postdoctoral Fellow ram@ig.utexas.edu |  Harm Van Avendonk Sr. Research Scientist 512-471-0429 harm@ig.utexas.edu Interests: seismic tomography, marine geophysics, geophysical data analysis More Info |
 Jon Virdell Project Manager 512-471-0408 jvirdell@ig.utexas.edu Interests: geosoftware, data management, cartography More Info | Annie Walker Research Engineering/Scientist Professional 315-559-6433 walkerae@ig.utexas.edu |  Laura M. Wallace Research Scientist 512-471-0324 lwallace@ig.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, crustal deformation, earthquakes More Info |  Tim Whiteaker Research Scientist 512-471-8844 whiteaker@utexas.edu Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management More Info |
 Mark Wiederspahn Sr. Software Developer/Analyst 512-471-0406 markw@ig.utexas.edu |  Kehua You Research Associate kehua@ig.utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, hydrogeology, fluid flow and transport More Info |  Duncan A. Young Research Scientist 512-471-0485 duncan@ig.utexas.edu Interests: radioglaciology, airborne geophysics and planetary geophysics More Info |  Zeyu Zhao Research Associate zeyu@utexas.edu Interests: exploration geophysics, seismic imaging, seismology More Info |