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 Engineer 512-471-0462 athma.bhandari@utexas.edu Interests: fluid flow measurements in fine-grained rocks, geomechanics, petrophysics, unconventional energy resources More Info |  Alejandro Cardona Research Associate alejandro.cardona@utexas.edu Interests: flow and transport in porous media, geomechanics, methane hydrates, fractured rocks 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 |  William Galloway Professor Emeritus 512-471-0494 galloway@austin.utexas.edu Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology More Info |
 Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou Research Scientist mariakat@mail.utexas.edu Interests: geomechanics, salt tectonics, pore pressure, stress state, numerical modeling, subduction zones 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 |  Mrinal K. Sen 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 Program Director 512-471-0452 jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology More Info |
 Michael L. Sweet Co-Program Director 281-787-7001 michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity 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, inverse problems, high performance computing More Info | |
Postdoctoral Fellows | |||
 Tanner Mills Postdoctoral Fellow tanner.mills@utexas.edu Interests: sediment mechanics, fluid flow, geochemistry, geomicrobiology, sedimentology. | |||
Technical and Administrative Staff | |||
 Donnie Brooks Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III 512-471-2403 donnie.brooks@austin.utexas.edu |  Jesse Houghton Senior Project Manager jesse@ig.utexas.edu |  Summer Li Project Manager summer@ig.utexas.edu Interests: ArcGIS Geoscience database management, microtectonics, structural geology |  Josh O'Connell Research Scientist Associate V josh@ig.utexas.edu More Info |
 Fran Pena Senior Administrative Program Coordinator, Flemings Research Group 512-475-7585 franp@austin.utexas.edu Roles: Administration support, travel coordination, event management |  Marcella Phillips Research Engineering/Scientist Professional marciep@ig.utexas.edu |  Carla Thomas Science/Technical Program Manager 512-475-6613 carla.thomas@utexas.edu More Info |  Annie Walker Research Engineering/Scientist Professional 315-559-6433 walkerae@ig.utexas.edu |
Research Affiliates | |||
 Robert Cunningham Research Affiliate/Research Fellow 325-248-5392 robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks More Info |  Steve Phillips Research Affiliate/Research Fellow stevep@ig.utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, sedimentology, geochemistry More Info |  Tim Whiteaker Research Scientist 512-471-8844 whiteaker@utexas.edu Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management More Info | |
Graduate Students | |||
 Cameron deFabry cdefabry@utexas.edu Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion, machine learning |  Arnab Dhara adhara@utexas.edu Interests: reservoir characterization, inverse problems, machine learning |  Shuhua Hu sh.hu@utexas.edu Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion, uncertainty quantification, Bayesian inference, machine learning |  Xin Liu lx2wqy@utexas.edu Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion More Info |
 Landon Lockhart landon.lockhart@utexas.edu Interests: petrophysics, geophysics, geology More Info |  Kevin Meazell kmeazell@utexas.edu Interests: seismic interpretation, basin analysis, methane hydrates More Info |  Zachary Murphy zmurphy@utexas.edu Interests: methane hydrates, carbon sequestration, fluid flow, permeability, petrophysics More Info |  Son Phan sonpdt@gmail.com Interests: Seismic quantitative methods for reservoir characterizations: inversion, wave propagation, rock physics modeling, anisotropy, uncertainty analysis |
 Sebastian Ramiro Ramirez sramiro@utexas.edu Interests: mudrocks, petrophysics, geomechanics, organic geochemistry More Info |  Addison Savage addisonsavage@austin.utexas.edu |  Dimitri Voytan dvoytan@utexas.edu Interests: physics-constrained machine learning, inverse problems |  Will Waltrip will.waltrip@utexas.edu Interests: Petroleum geology, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization More Info |