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.
![]() Megumi Chikamoto Research Fellow megumi@ig.utexas.edu Interests: Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Earth system modeling, global carbon cycles, climate-ecosystem linkages More Info | ![]() Gail Christeson Research Affiliate glchristeson@utexas.edu Interests: marine geophysics, ocean bottom seismometer, marine seismology More Info | ![]() Robert Cunningham Research Affiliate/Research Fellow 325-248-5392 robert.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks More Info | ![]() John Damuth Visiting Research/Scholar damuth@uta.edu Interests: marine geology and geophysics, sedimentation processes, hydrocarbon exploration More Info |
![]() Pedro DiNezio Research Affiliate 512-471-0411 pdn@ig.utexas.edu Interests: dynamics, prediction, impacts More Info | ![]() Jamin Greenbaum Research Fellow 512-471-0385 jamin@utexas.edu Interests: geophysics, ice-ocean interactions, subglacial hydrological and geological controls on ice sheet stability More Info | ![]() Nicholas W. Hayman Research Affiliate 512-471-7721 hayman@ig.utexas.edu Interests: marine geology and geophysics, structural geology, tectonics More Info | ![]() Ian Norton Sr. Research Fellow 512-471-0423 norton@ig.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins More Info |
![]() Steve Phillips Research Affiliate/Research Fellow stevep@ig.utexas.edu Interests: gas hydrates, sedimentology, geochemistry More Info | ![]() Mike Tetley Research Affiliate/Research Fellow michael.tetley@austin.utexas.edu Interests: tectonics, plate reconstruction, paleomagnetism, geodynamics, machine learning, remote sensing More Info | ![]() Tim Whiteaker Research Scientist 512-471-8844 whiteaker@utexas.edu Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management More Info |