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Research Affiliates

Below are listed research scientists who hold an affiliate appointment with UTIG. To see our fully appointed research staff visit: Research Scientists. For a list of staff by primary discipline please visit: Climate, Energy, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.

    
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Megumi Chikamoto
Research Fellow
megumi@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Earth system modeling, global carbon cycles, climate-ecosystem linkages
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Gail Christeson
Research Affiliate
glchristeson@utexas.edu
Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology
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Robert Cunningham
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
325-248-5392
robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks
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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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Pedro DiNezio
Research Affiliate
512-471-0411

pdn@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: dynamics, prediction, impacts
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Jamin Greenbaum
Research Fellow
512-471-0385
jamin@utexas.edu
Interests: geophysics, ice-ocean interactions, subglacial hydrological and geological controls on ice sheet stability
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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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Steve Phillips
Research Affiliate/Research Fellow
stevep@ig.utexas.edu
Interests: gas hydrates, sedimentology, geochemistry
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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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Daniel Trugman
Program Director
dtrugman@jsg.utexas.edu
Interests: earthquake science, ground motion prediction, forensic seismology, nuclear monitoring
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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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