Faculty and Research Staff

Mead Allison focuses on sedimentology of the upper continental margin.

Jamie Austin examines the stratigraphic evolution of a wide range of marine and lacustrine environments around the world.

Nathan Bangs is interested in structural development and tectonic processes along convergent margins.

Gail Christeson studies the crustal structure of various geological environments.

Ian Dalziel has dedicated most of his career to understanding global tectonic processes and to mapping out the geography of ancient times on a dynamic Earth.

Peter Flemings combines observation with theoretical analysis to study crustal fluid flow at human and geologic timescales.

Cliff Frohlich is a seismologist with an enduring interest in deep earthquakes, Texas earthquakes, moonquakes, and the statistical analysis of earthquake catalogs.

Craig Fulthorpe seeks to better understand the origins of the sequence stratigraphic record by evaluating the relative roles of local geological processes and global sea level.

Bill Galloway's research interests focus on various clastic depositional systems, with current emphasis on shelf and slope/basin deposits..

John Goff specializes in Seafloor mapping and characterization and statistical analysis of geophysical fields.

Sean Gulick's primary scientific interest is in the examination of deformation of the Earth in convergent margins, complex transitional tectonic environments.

Nick Hayman studies faults and fault rocks and is also interested in general problems in structural geology, tectonics, and lithospheric dynamics.

Matt Hornbach focuses on using high-resolution 2D/3D seismic techniques in conjunction with other geophysical indicators to image, model, and ultimately link shallow geological structure with sediment stress-states and fluid dynamics in marine environments.

Brian Horton focuses on sedimentary processes in modern and ancient basins.

Luc Lavier's research focuses on large scale, tectonic questions, specifically the dynamic structural and geodynamical evolution of continental and oceanic rifts as well as collisional environments.

Lawrence Lawver focuses his research on paleogeographic reconstructions of Gondwana, the Polar Regions, East Asia, and the Western Pacific, the development of paleo-seaways, and the aerogeophysics of the Arctic region.

Paul Mann use a variety of research tools including field observations and mapping, remote sensing, and geophysical data including seismic data, magnetics, gravity, GPS-based geodesy, and fault trenching.

Kirk McIntosh is interested in the structure and development of continental margins along convergent and transpressive plate boundaries.

David Mohrig studies fluid flow, delta systems, sediment transport, underwater landslides, wetlands loss, the evolution of terrestrial and submarine landscapes.

Yosio Nakamura is a geophysicist with special interests in terrestrial and extraterrestrial seismology and expertise in seismic instrumentation.

Ian Norton's research is focused on understanding the structural evolution of continental margins, particularly trying to reconcile deformation amounts that can be predicted from regional-scale plate reconstructions with deformation that can be inferred from local-scale structural data.

Terry Quinn uses the geochemistry of marine sediments and coral reefs to investigate climate variability and changes in mean climate state in the geologic record..

Mrinal Sen is a specialist on seismic wave propagation including anisotropy, Geophysical inverse problems, and methods for constructing synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous media.

Tom Shipley specializes in the application of seismic reflection methods to the study of convergent margin processes.

Ron Steel's research is aimed at using clastic sedimentology to address problems in basin analysis and clastic reservoirs.

Paul Stoffa applies his expertise in multichannel seismic acquisition, signal processing, acoustic and elastic wave propagation, modeling and inversion of geophysical data.

Harm Van Avendonk's main scientific interest is the deep crustal structure of the Earth’s crust, particularly near the plate boundaries..