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Climate Staff and Students

 

The staff listed below work primarily in this field of study, but they often contribute to work across UTIG. Likewise, staff whose primary discipline is another focus within UTIG often contribute to work in this field and may not be listed below. Other areas of research include: Energy, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.

 

Researchers and Staff   
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Patrick Heimbach
Research Professor
512-232-7694
heimbach@utexas.edu
Interests: climate
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Yuko Okumura
Research Associate
512-471-0383
yukoo@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate variability and change
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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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Terrence Quinn
Professor
512-471-0464
quinn@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change, paleoclimate, geochemistry
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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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Research Affiliates
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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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Pedro DiNezio
Research Affiliate
512-471-0411

pdn@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: dynamics, prediction, impacts
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Graduate Students
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Rob Domeyko
rdomeyko@utexas.edu
Interests: paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, carbon cycle, orbital cyclicity
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