Jaima Ortega

Business Officer

Webb Hall 1006
Oversees all departmental operations: Academic Personnel, Budget & Finance, Computing, Facilities, Field Trips, Human Resources, Procurement, Reimbursements, and Student Affairs.

Morgan Adamson



Webb Hall 2015

Olivia Anderson



Noble Annex 1019

Ralph Archuleta

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ruixia Bai



Noble Annex 1009

Audra Bastress



Webb Hall 1032

Alec Baudry



Noble Annex 1009

James Boles

Professor Emeritus

Biography

BS Purdue University
MS University of Wyoming

Brennan Brunsvik



Webb Hall 2042

Ben Byerly

Senior Development Engineer

Noble Annex 1019 and Webb Hall 2107
TIMS Lab manager and responsible for all aspects of this lab and recharge facility.

Lena Capece



Webb Hall 2028

Jordan Clark

Professor

Webb Hall 2115
General field of Aqueous Geochemistry.

John Cottle

Professor

Webb Hall 2031A
Application of geochronology to solve tectonic problems

Dani Cox



Off Campus

Molly Crotteau



Webb Hall 2028

Christopher Crow

Lab Mechanician

Webb Hall 1055A
Organizes and completes projects for both classroom and research; mechanical repair, vehicle repair, wood working, and metal working. Assists in coordination of class and research field trips.

Shannon Dalton

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Webb Hall 1006
Handles all aspects of the undergraduate program, working with both students and faculty in all areas.

Menso de Jong



Noble Annex 1021

Claire Divola



Webb Hall 1049

Quinlan Dougherty

Graduate Program Coordinator

Webb Hall 1006
Handles all aspects of the graduate program, working with both students and faculty in all areas.

Yifan Du



Noble Annex 1009

Ryan Eden



Webb Hall 2015

Zach Eilon

Associate Professor

Webb Hall 2116
Seismic tomography, inverse methods, anisotropy, and attenuation.

Talia Evans

Postdoc Scholar

Christopher Everett



Noble Annex 1017

Emily Felder



Webb Hall 1037

Phillip Gans

Professor

Webb Hall 1034
Structural geology and tectonics and are focused on deformational and thermal processes within continental lithosphere.

Keneni Godana



Webb Hall 2042

Kelsey Gosselin



Webb Hall 2029

Bradley Hacker

Professor Emeritus

Pengyuan Han



Webb Hall 2015

Anant Hariharan

Postdoc Scholar

Webb 2042

Sunna Harðardóttir



Webb Hall 1030A

Rachel M. Haymon

Professor Emeritus

Gwynn Hernandez



Webb Hall 1037

Bets Hobart



Webb Hall 1032

Emily Huffman



Webb Hall 1049

Amanda Roeliza Hunt



Webb Hall 1049

Kriston Hyde

Systems & Network Administrator

Webb Hall 1015A
Provides all aspects of technical support for the Earth Sciences department.

Matt Jackson

Professor

Webb Hall 2022
Uses stable and radiogenic isotope systems to develop methods to explore the long-term geochemical evolution of the Earth

Chen Ji

Professor

Webb Hall 2036
Seismological and geodetic methods to constrain the source characterization of moderate and large earthquakes

Zachary Jones



Noble Annex 1017

James Kennett

Professor Emeritus

Frank Kinnaman

Researcher

Hailie Kittner



Webb Hall 2029

Andrew Kylander-Clark

Senior Development Engineer

Cloud Laboratory Bldg 1117
Lab manager for the LA-ICPMS lab; maintains the instrumentation and facilitates the collection, processing and interpretation of geochronologic and geochemical data produced in the lab.

David Lea

Professor

Webb Hall 1114
Geological record of climate change and its causes/consequnces, marine geochemistry and the carbon cycle, present-day global climate change, and pathways to carbon neutrality.

Gen Li

Assistant Professor

Webb Hall 1120
Chemical and physical processes that cycle materials and elements in the earth system.

Lorraine Lisiecki

Vice Chair
Professor

Webb Hall 2113
Stratigraphic correlation and age model development for compilation and statistical analysis of paleoclimate data on orbital to millennial timescales.

Fan Liu



Webb Hall 1030A

Josh Love



Webb Hall 1115

Yang Luo



Webb Hall 1031

Bruce Luyendyk

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ken Macdonald

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Patricia Machuca

Financial Manager

Webb Hall 1006
Responsible for financial management of Earth Science accounts, including start ups, retention, operational, gift, and academic senate grants. Oversees purchasing, reimbursements and gift processing. Prepares lab recharges, in charge of staff and student employment and payroll, and is the department timekeeper.

Sal Maldonado



Webb Hall 2029

Carolina Martinez Gutierrez

Assistant Professor

Webb Hall 2120
Application of genomics and phylogenomics to explore the past and current evolution of life in the context of Earth's history.

Robin Matoza

Professor

Webb Hall 2114
Volcano seismology, volcano acoustics. Volcanic processes and eruption dynamics. Seismology, infrasound, and seismo-acoustics.

Sara Matsumura



Webb Hall 2029

Marc McGinnes

Professor Emeritus

Elisa Medri



Webb Hall 1049

John Moore



Webb Hall 1037

Kristin Morell

Associate Professor

Webb Hall 1115
Application of field geology, geochronology, and remote sensing to understand the dynamics, growth, and erosion of tectonically active regions, especially subduction zones

Lauren Mumby



Webb Hall 1007

Sam Newall



Webb Hall 1032

Craig Nicholson

Researcher

MSI Research Building (MSRB) Rm 3411

Sophia Ortner



Webb Hall 2015

Alexander Pacubas



Webb Hall 2042

Todd Penniman

Mechanical Shop Supervisor

Webb Hall 1055A
Machine shop supervisor and department safety representative; Coordinates field course and field research logistics, purchases materials and equipment for department projects, fabrication of equipment using various materials and directs workers in appropriate lab safety training.

Jorge Pichardo

Financial Assistant

Webb Hall 1006
Assists with reimbursements, travel arrangements, purchasing, processing invoices, donations and shipping and receiving.

Susannah Porter

Professor

Webb Hall 1037
Focuses on the rise of complex life, from the fossils of early eukaryotes to the first widespread appearance of skeletal animals.

William Prothero, Jr

Professor Emeritus

Trap Puckette



Webb Hall 1049

Morgan Raven

Associate Professor

Webb Hall 2024
Mechanisms of organic matter preservation and organic sulfur cycling in the environment

Yann Ricard

Academic and Student Affairs Manager

Webb Hall 1006
Oversees policy and personnel matters in our academic programs. Manages academic appointments and advancements, and advises faculty on academic policies.

Leigh Anne Riedman



Webb Hall 1037

Matt Rioux

Associate Teaching Professor

Webb Hall 1116
Application of geochronology, geochemistry, and petrology to study igneous and tectonic processes.

Roberta L. Rudnick

Distinguished Professor

Webb Hall 1031A
Geochemistry and Petrology, Continent Formation and Evolution.

Jacob Schmidt



Webb Hall 2029

Gareth Seward

Senior Development Engineer

Woodhouse Lab 2001
Electron Microscopy, Diffraction and Micro-Analysis Lab Manager. Responsible for the development, maintenance and repair of scientific instrumentation and associated facilities and lab equipment.

Lee Sharpnack

Associate Development Engineer

Woodhouse Lab 2001
Provides technical support services in the following areas: maintenance and repair, design, instructional and experimental functions for analytical instruments.

Alex Simms

Professor

Webb Hall 2041
Focuses on the processes that shape and the Quaternary history of shallow marine settings with a particular emphasis on reconstructing past records of sea-level change.

Frank Spera

Professor Emeritus

Toshiro Tanimoto

Distinguished Professor

Webb Hall 2112
Interested in understanding the deep earth structure as well as the near-surface environment.

Jonathan Tarn



Off Campus

Bruce Tiffney

Professor Emeritus

David Valentine

Distinguished Professor

Webb Hall 2117
Drawn to environmental problems at the interface of geochemistry, microbiology, the ocean and society.

Syee Weldeab

Professor

Webb Hall 1113
Climate changes to constrain the magnitude and pace of climate warmings and climatic feedback processes.

Douglas Wilson

Researcher

Webb 1051

Alexander Wrobel



Noble Annex 1021

Mong Sin (Christine) Wu

Postdoc Scholar

Noble Annex 1011

Andre Wyss

Chair
Professor

Webb Hall 1112
Field collection of fossil synapsids, mostly mammals. Description of their anatomy, often dental, placing these taxa into their phylogenetic and stratigraphic context.

Wentao Zheng



Webb Hall 1037

Yuxin Zhou

Postdoc Scholar

Noble 1011

Yifan Zhu



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