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: Climate, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.
| Research Scientists | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |  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 |  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 |  Steve Phillips Research Associate stevep@ig.utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, sedimentology, geochemistry More Info |  Mrinal K. Sen Interim Director / Professor and Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology 512-471-0466 mrinal@ig.utexas.edu Interests: seismology, high performance computing, applied math More Info |  John W. Snedden Sr. Research Scientist 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 |  Kehua You Research Associate kehua@ig.utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, hydrogeology, fluid flow and transport More Info |  Zeyu Zhao Research Associate zeyu@utexas.edu Interests: exploration geophysics, seismic imaging, seismology More Info | |
| Postdoctoral Fellows | |||
 Debanjan Datta Postdoctoral Fellow datta@ig.utexas.edu |  Yi Fang Postdoctoral Fellow yi.fang@utexas.edu Interests: Gas hydrate, Geothermal Energy, Geomechanics, Geofluids, Induced Seismicity More Info |  Manasij Santra Postdoctoral Fellow manasij.santra@austin.utexas.edu 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 |
| Technical and Administrative Support | |||
 Patricia E. Ganey-Curry Project Manager 512-471-0408 patty@ig.utexas.edu |  Jesse Houghton Senior Project Coordinator jesse@ig.utexas.edu |  Jamie Morrison Project Manager 936-355-2305 jmorrison@ig.utexas.edu |  Josh O'Connell Research Scientist Associate IV josh@ig.utexas.edu |
 Penelope Parr Research Scientist Associate IV parr@ig.utexas.edu |  Aaron Price Research Scientist/Engineer Associate III aaron.price@utexas.edu |  Carla Thomas Science/Technical Program Manager 512-475-6613 carla.thomas@utexas.edu More Info |  Jon Virdell Project Manager 512-471-0408 jvirdell@ig.utexas.edu Interests: geosoftware, data management, cartography More Info |
| Current Students | |||
 Hala Alqatari Graduate Student hala@ig.utexas.edu Office: 2.108 |  Badr Alulaiw Graduate Student badr@ig.utexas.edu Office: 2.208 |  Fernando Apango Graduate Research Assistant fer.apango@utexas.edu Interests: Seismic interpretation, well log analysis, oil and gas More Info | Anthony Barone Graduate Student abarone@utexas.edu |
 Reetam Biswas Graduate Research Assistant reetam@ig.utexas.edu Office: 2.228 | Debanjan Datta datta@ig.utexas.edu Office: 2.228 |  Tiannong "Skyler" Dong Graduate Research Assistant dongt@utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, fluid flow and transport, thermodynamics More Info |  Baiyuan Gao Graduate Research Assistant baiyuan@ig.utexas.edu Interests: Geomechanics, Basin Modeling, Pore Pressure Prediction More Info |
Pedro Alejandro Garza alejandro@ig.utexas.edu |  Landon Lockhart Graduate Research Assistant landon.lockhart@utexas.edu Interests: petrophysics, geophysics, geology More Info |  Kevin Meazell kmeazell@utexas.edu Interests: seismic interpretation, basin analysis, methane hydrates More Info |  Dylan Meyer Graduate Research Assistant meyerdw3@gmail.com Interests: methane hydrate, thermodynamics, and fluid flow More Info |
 Sebastian Ramiro Ramirez Graduate Research Assistant sramiro@utexas.edu Interests: mudrocks, petrophysics, geomechanics, organic geochemistry More Info |  Janaki Vamaraju vjanaki@utexas.edu Interests: seismic inversion More Info |  Will Waltrip Graduate Research Assistant will.waltrip@utexas.edu Interests: Petroleum geology, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization More Info |