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Energy 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: Climate, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.

 

Research Scientists   
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Athma Bhandari
Research Engineer
512-471-0462

athma.bhandari@utexas.edu
Interests: fluid flow measurements in fine-grained rocks, geomechanics, petrophysics, unconventional energy resources
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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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William Galloway
Professor Emeritus
512-471-0494
galloway@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: depositional systems, Gulf of Mexico basin, petroleum geology
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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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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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John W. Snedden
Program Director
512-471-0452
jsnedden@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology
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Michael L. Sweet
Co-Program Director
281-787-7001
michael.sweet@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity
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Kehua You
Research Associate
kehua@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: gas hydrates, hydrogeology, fluid flow and transport
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Zeyu Zhao
Research Associate
zeyu@utexas.edu
Interests: exploration geophysics, seismic imaging, seismology, inverse problems, high performance computing
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Postdoctoral Fellows

Alejandro Cardona
Postdoctoral Fellow
alejandro.cardona@utexas.edu
Interests: flow and transport in porous media, geomechanics, methane hydrates, fractured rocks
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Ram Tuvi
Postdoctoral Fellow

ram@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: wave theory in frequency and time domains, analytical and computational methods in electromagnetics, acoustics and seismology, imaging and inverse theory
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Technical and Administrative Staff

Donnie Brooks
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III
512-471-2403
donnie.brooks@beg.utexas.edu
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Jesse Houghton
Senior Project Manager
jesse@ig.utexas.edu
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Jamie Morrison
Project Manager
936-355-2305
jmorrison@ig.utexas.edu
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Josh O'Connell
Research Scientist Associate V
josh@ig.utexas.edu
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Marcella Phillips
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
marciep@ig.utexas.edu
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Carla Thomas
Science/Technical Program Manager
512-475-6613
carla.thomas@utexas.edu
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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
Research Affiliates

Robert Cunningham
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
325-248-5392
robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks
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Steve Phillips
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
stevep@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: gas hydrates, sedimentology, geochemistry
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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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Graduate Students

Cameron deFabry
cdefabry@utexas.edu
Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion, machine learning
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Arnab Dhara
adhara@utexas.edu
Interests: reservoir characterization, inverse problems, machine learning
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Shuhua Hu
sh.hu@utexas.edu
Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion, uncertainty quantification, Bayesian inference, machine learning
Xin Liu
Xin Liu
lx2wqy@utexas.edu
Interests: seismic imaging, seismic inversion
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Landon Lockhart
landon.lockhart@utexas.edu
Interests: petrophysics, geophysics, geology
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Kevin Meazell
kmeazell@utexas.edu
Interests: seismic interpretation, basin analysis, methane hydrates
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Zachary Murphy
zmurphy@utexas.edu
Interests: methane hydrates, carbon sequestration, fluid flow, permeability, petrophysics
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Son Phan
sonpdt@gmail.com
Interests: Seismic quantitative methods for reservoir characterizations: inversion, wave propagation, rock physics modeling, anisotropy, uncertainty analysis
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Sebastian Ramiro Ramirez
sramiro@utexas.edu
Interests: mudrocks, petrophysics, geomechanics, organic geochemistry
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Addison Savage
addisonsavage@austin.utexas.edu

Abby Varona
gabrielle.varona@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology / stratigraphy, seismic / well log interpretation, methane hydrates
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Dimitri Voytan
dvoytan@utexas.edu
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Will Waltrip
will.waltrip@utexas.edu
Interests: Petroleum geology, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization
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