UTIG's senior research scientist, Jamie Austin, is a graduate research advisor or co-advisor to candidates for both masters and doctoral degrees. He has advised students from: Department of Geological Sciences (DGS), The University of Texas at Austin; Department of Oceanography (DOO), Texas A&M University; RSMAS, University of Miami. Matriculated students, with thesis/dissertation title and affiliation are listed below.

2006 - Present:
- C. Sanchez, Ph.D., "Analyses of late Miocene-Present Prograding Clinforms on the North West Shelf, Australia" [DGS]

2005:
- S. Nordfjord, Ph.D., "Late Quaternary Geologic History Of New Jersey Middle And Outer Continental Shelf" [DGS]

2002:
- D.L. Cathro, Ph.D., "Three-Dimensional Stratal Development of a Carbonate-Siliciclastic Sedimentary Regime, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Australia" [DGS]
- R.L. Burger, Ph.D., "Mid-Pleistocene to Present Stratigraphic Responses in a Tectonically Driven Setting: Eel River Basin, Northern California" [DGS]

2001:
- C.S. Duncan, Ph.D., "Latest Quaternary Stratigraphy and Seafloor Morphology of the New Jersey Continental Shelf" [DGS].

1999:
- S.A. Clark, M.S., "Along-Strike Structure of a Non-Volcanic Rifted Margin: Coincident MCS and OBS Data from Galicia Bank and the Iberia Abyssal Plain" [DGS].

1997:
- D.H.N. Barker, Ph.D., "Tectonic Evolution of Bransfield Strait, West Antarctica" [DGS].
- K.F. Buck, M.A., "Interpretation of High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Foraminiferal Analysis on the New Jersey Outer Continental Shelf: Implications for Latest Pleistocene-Holocene Sea Level Fluctuations". [DGS]
- E.C. Luhurbudi, M.A., "Processing a High-Resolution 3D Survey of the Shallow Subsurface on the Continental Shelf of New Jersey" [DGS].

1995:
- J.B. Meyers, Ph.D., "Rifted Continental Margin Architecture Off West Africa, as Revealed by Deep-Penetrating Multichannel Seismic Reflection and Potential Field Data" [RSMAS].

1993:
- D. Cunningham, Ph.D., "Structural Evolution of the Southern Margin of Cordillera Darwin, Southernmost Andes" [DGS].
- J. Oh, Ph.D., "Multichannel Seismic Evidence for a Mesozoic Volcanic Passive Margin Off the Southeastern United States" [DGS].
- P. Rowell, Ph.D., "Evolution of Celtic Sea Basins from Multichannel Seismic Profiles" [DGS].

1992:
- W.M. Denny, III, M.A., "Seismic Stratigraphy and Geologic History of Mid-Cretaceous Through Cenozoic Rocks, Southern Straits of Florida" [DGS].
- C. Cainelli, Ph.D., "Sequence Stratigraphy, Canyons, and Gravity Mass-Flow Deposits in the Piaçabuçu Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil" [DGS].

1990:
- J. Holik, Ph.D., "The Crustal Structure and Tectonic Evolution of Oceanic Crust Off Morocco" [DOO].

1988:
- K.J. Meador, M.A., "Geologic Evolution of the Northern Newfoundland/ Flemish Basin" [DGS].

1987:
- D.C. Huston, M.A., "Interpretation of Seismic Signal and Noise Through Line Intersection Analysis" [DGS]. - W. Corso, Ph.D., "Development of the Early Cretaceous Northwest Florida Carbonate Margin" [DGS].

1986:
- C.D. Cagle, M.A., "Seismic Stratigraphy of the Central Tonga Arc, SW Pacific" [DGS].

1983:
- D.M. Angstadt, M.A., "Late Cretaceous-Recent Stratigraphy and Geologic History of the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico/Southwestern Straits of Florida" [DGS].

1982:
- L.A. Musgrove, M.A., "Geophysical Investigation of the Southern Angola Basin: SE Atlantic Ocean" [DGS].