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Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics 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. To see staff by other primary discipline please visit: Climate, Energy, and Polar and Planetary.

 

Research Scientists   
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Adrien Arnulf
Research Associate
512-471-0376
aarnulf@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismic imaging, mid-ocean ridges, convergent margins
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Jamie Austin
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0450
jamie@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: continental margin
stratigraphy, tsunamigenesic
processes on continental margins, scientific ocean drilling
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Nathan Bangs
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0424

nathan@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: faults, structural geology, tectonics, and lithospheric dynamics, climate
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Thorsten Becker
Professor

twb@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: geodynamics, seismology, fault systems
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Gail Christeson
Sr. Research Scientist/Associate Director
512-471-0463
gail@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology
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Ian W. D. Dalziel
Research Professor
512-471-0431
ian@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Earth history, tectonics, Antarctic geology
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John Damuth
Visiting Research/Scholar

damuth@uta.edu
Interests:
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Cliff Frohlich
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0460
cliff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquakes, tectonics
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Craig Fulthorpe
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0459
craig@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: continental margins, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology
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John A. Goff
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0476
goff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seafloor mapping, coastal processes, geostatistics
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Sean P. S. Gulick
Research Professor
512-471-0483
sean@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, plate boundaries, glacial sequences, impact processes
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Shuoshuo Han
Research Associate
512-471-0415

han@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, oceanic lithosphere, marine geohazards”
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Nicholas W. Hayman
Research Scientist
512-471-7721
hayman@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, structural geology, tectonics
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Brian Horton
Professor
512-471-1869
horton@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, basin analysis, sediment provenance
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Luc Lavier
Associate 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
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Lawrence Lawver
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0433
lawver@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: plate tectonics, marine geophysics, polar regions
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Laura M. Wallace
Research Scientist
512-471-0324
lwallace@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, crustal deformation, earthquakes
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Postdoctoral Fellows
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Cornelia Rasmussen
Postdoctoral Fellow
crasmussen@utexas.edu
Interests: impact cratering, radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry, paleoecology
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Robert Porritt
Postdoctoral Fellow
rporritt@ig.utexas.edu
Interests:seismology, tectonics, subduction, cratons
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Technical and Administrative Support
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Marcy Davis
Engineering Scientist
512-471-0425
marcy@ig.utexas.edu
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Dan Duncan
Engineering Scientist
512-471-0490
dduncan@ig.utexas.edu
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Lisa M. Gahagan
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0488
lisa@ig.utexas.edu
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Thomas Hess
Research Scientist Associate V
512-232-5934
thomas_hess@mail.utexas.edu
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Gabriel Lotto
Senior Events Program Coordinator
512-471-7775

gabriel@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Subduction zones, earthquake rupture, tsunamis, risk and resilience
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Steffen Saustrup
Research Scientist Associate V
512-471-0442
steffen@ig.utexas.edu
Current Students
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James Biemiller
Graduate Research Assistant
james.biemiller@utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, geodesy, geodynamic modeling
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Amanda Z. Calle
azcallep@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, tectonics, basin architecture
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Andrew Gase

Office: 3.102 J
agase@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, tectonics, and crustal structure
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Brooklyn Gose
brooklyn@ig.utexas.edu
Office: 3.108
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Jennifer Harding
Graduate Research Assistant
jharding@utexas.edu
Interests: seismology, tectonics, marine geophysics
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Lily J. Jackson
Graduate Research Assistant
lilyjackson@utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, sedimentology, geochronology
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Dominik Kardell
Graduate Research Assistant
dkardell@utexas.edu
Interests:marine geophysics, tectonics, seismology
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Shawn Lee
shawn@ig.utexas.edu
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Naoma McCall
naoma@ig.utexas.edu
Office: 3.104
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Kelly Olsen
Graduate Research Assistant
kolsen@utexas.edu
Interests: seismology, convergent margins, tectonics, marine geophysics
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Catherine Ross
Office: 3.104
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Brandon Shuck
Graduate Research Assistant
brandon.shuck@utexas.edu
Interests: Marine geophysics, seismology, tectonics
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John M. Swartz
Graduate Research Assistant
jmarshallswartz@utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, sedimentary dynamics, coastal change
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Xinyue (Dennis) Tong
dennist@ig.utexas.edu
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Gabriel Tagliaro
Graduate Student
gtagliaro@utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology, seismic stratigraphy, sedimentary geology
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Wanying Wang
Graduate Research Assistant
wanying@utexas.edu
Office: 2.116J

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