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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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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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Ian W. D. Dalziel
Research Professor
512-471-0431
ian@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Earth history, tectonics, Antarctic geology
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Cliff Frohlich
Sr. Research Scientist Emeritus
512-471-6156
cliff@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquakes, tectonics
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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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Brian Horton
Professor
512-471-1869
horton@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, basin analysis, sediment provenance
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Luc Lavier
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 Emeritus
512-471-0433
lawver@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: plate tectonics, marine geophysics, polar regions
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Chris Lowery
Research Associate

cmlowery@utexas.edu
Interests: micropaleontology, paleoceanograpgy, stratigraphy
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Cornelia Rasmussen
Research Associate
crasmussen@utexas.edu
Interests: impact cratering, radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry, paleoecology
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Demian Saffer
Director & Scott Petty Jr. Endowed Chair
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

512-471-6156
demian.saffer@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: active tectonics, fault/sediment mechanics, geohydrology
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Daniel Trugman
Assistant Professor
dtrugman@jsg.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquake science, ground motion prediction, forensic seismology, nuclear monitoring
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Harm Van Avendonk
Sr. Research Scientist
512-471-0429
harm@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: seismic tomography, marine geophysics, geophysical data analysis
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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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Xiaohua (Eric) Xu
Research Associate
xiaohua.xu@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: satellite geodesy, earthquakes, remote sensing
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Postdoctoral Fellows

Bhargav Boddupalli
Postdoctoral Fellow
bhargav@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: plate margins, seismic imaging, rock physics modeling, deep learning algorithms, ambient noise analysis
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David Chas Bolton
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
david.bolton@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: fault mechanics, rock deformation, ultrasonic monitoring, foreshock properties, earthquake scaling laws
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Andrew Gase
Postdoctoral Fellow
agase@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, subduction zone structure, and volcanic systems
Office: 3.102J
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Antoniette Greta Grima
Postdoctoral Fellow
agrima@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: deep slab dynamics, subduction initiation, evolution and cessation, slab-mantle interaction and surface evolution, slab fragmentation and tectonic regimes shifts, geodynamics, numerical modeling of subduction zones
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Caroline Seyler
Postdoctoral Fellow
caroline.seyler@utexas.edu
Interests: fault and shear zone rheology, rock deformation, earthquake mechanics, structural petrology, subduction zones
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Zach Sickmann
Postdoctoral Fellow
sickmann@utexas.edu
Interests: basin analysis, convergent margin tectonics, source-to-sink sediment dispersal, provenance analysis, sedimentology in the Anthropocene
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Srisharan Shreedharan
Postdoctoral Fellow
srisharan@utexas.edu
Interests: fault and earthquake mechanics, rock deformation, slow slip events, subduction zones
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Jingxuan Wei
Postdoctoral Fellow

jingxuan.wei@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, active-source seismology, physical oceanography, coastal processes
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Adam Woodhouse
Postdoctoral Fellow

adam.woodhouse@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine micropaleontology, planktonic foraminifera, evolution and extinction, biogeography, Cenozoic climate
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Technical and Administrative Staff
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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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Kiana Fithian
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
kfithian@utexas.edu
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Gabriel Lotto
University Professional
512-471-7775

gabriel@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Subduction zones, earthquake rupture, tsunamis, risk and resilience
Roles: RCN support
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Research Affiliates
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Gail Christeson
Research Affiliate
glchristeson@utexas.edu
Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology
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John Damuth
Visiting Research/Scholar

damuth@uta.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, sedimentation processes, hydrocarbon exploration
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Nicholas W. Hayman
Research Affiliate
512-471-7721

hayman@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, structural geology, tectonics
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Ian Norton
Sr. Research Fellow
512-471-0423
norton@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins
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Mike Tetley
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
michael.tetley@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, plate reconstruction, paleomagnetism, geodynamics, machine learning, remote sensing
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Current Students
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Charles Babendreier
babendreiercharles@utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, submarine mass-wasting events, coastal geohazards, marine geophysics
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Claudia Banks
cbanks@utexas.edu
Interests: sedimentology, basin analysis, geochronology, geochemistry
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Kristina Butler
kristina.butler@utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, basin-evolution, depositional mechanics

Edward Clennett
edward.clennett@utexas.edu
Interests: plate tectonics, geodynamics, seismology, structural geology, palaeomagnetism
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Ethan Conrad
econrad@utexas.edu
Interests: structural geology, tectonics, analog modeling, rock friction
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Josh Edgington
jredgington1337@utexas.edu
Interests: hydrogeophysics, slow-slip earthquakes, hydrogeologic & hydrologic responses to earthquakes, machine learning & big data
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Tanner Eischen
tannereischen@utmail.utexas.edu

Juan Gutierrez
jgutierrez@utexas.edu
Interests: basin analysis, structural modeling, provenance determination
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Erin Heilman
erin.heilman@utexas.edu
Interests: tectonics, geophysics, modeling
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Eric Hiatt
eric.hiatt@utexas.edu
Interests: planetary surface processes, post-impact hydrothermal systems, hydrology, habitability
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Danqi Jiang
dqjiang@utexas.edu
Interests: structural geology, subduction zones, fault slip behavior, deformation evolution
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Alexandra Lachner
alachner@utexas.edu
Interests: subduction tectonics, fault kinematics, geodynamics, dynamic topography, computational modeling

Joshua Malone
joshua.malone@utexas.edu
Interests: structural geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochronology
Office: EPS 3.110
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Naoma McCall
naoma@ig.utexas.edu
Office: 3.104

Carson Miller
carsonm@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: marine geology and geophysics, coastal processes, barrier island and estuarine evolution
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Peter Miller
pkmiller1@utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, earthquake mechanics, fluid flow, mechanical behavior of sediments, faulting
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Nicholas Montiel
nmontiel@email.arizona.edu
Interests: geophysics of extensional systems, structural geology, carbon geochemistry, global climate
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Simone Puel
spuel@utexas.edu
Interests:
geophysics, geodynamics, seismology, earthquake modeling, numerical modeling and tectonics
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Catherine Ross
catherine.ross@utexas.edu
Office: 3.104
Interests: shock metamorphism, geo/thermochronology, microstructural analysis, geochemistry, impact craters, earthquakes
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Kaitlin Schaible
kaitlin.schaible@utexas.edu
Interests: subduction zones, rock mechanics, boreholes, geophysics

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