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EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES FACULTY

Faculty, Researchers, and Professional Interests

Erik Asphaug, Professor
Asteroids, comets, impact cratering, planetary surface evolution

Emily E. Brodsky, Associate Professor
Earthquakes, volcanoes, fluid flow in fractured media

Kenneth L. Cameron, Professor Emeritus
Igneous and metamorphic petrology, U/Pb geochronology

Matthew E. Clapham, Assistant Professor
Paleobiology, geobiology

Patrick Y. Chuang, Associate Professor
Clouds, aerosols, and climate

Robert S. Coe, Professor
Geophysics, paleomagnetism, tectonics

Jeff Cuzzi, Lecturer
Ring dynamics and planetsimal formation

Noah J. Finnegan, Assistant Professor
Geomorphology, active tectonics

Andrew T. Fisher, Professor
Hydrogeology, crustal studies, coupled flows, modeling

Ian Garrick-Bethell, Assistant Professor Starting July 1, 2010
Planetary interiors, paleomagnetism

Robert E. Garrison, Professor Emeritus
Sedimentary geology, sedimentary petrology

James B. Gill, Distinguished Professor
Igneous petrology, geochemistry of island arcs

Gary A. Glatzmaier, Professor
Computer simulation of geodynamics and planetary dynamics

Gary B. Griggs, Distinguished Professor
Coastal processes, hazards and engineering

Jeremy K. Hourigan, Assistant Professor
Thermochronology, structural geology and tectonics

Elise Knittle, Professor
Mineral physics, experimental geophysics

Paul L. Koch, Professor, Department Chair
Isotope biogeochemistry, vertebrate paleontology

Don G. Korycansky, IGPP/CODEP Associate Research Planetary Scientist
Planetary impacts, asteroid dynamics

Marc G. Kramer, IGPP Assistant Research Earth Scientist
Biogeochemistry, Earth surface process, remote sensing

Mikhail Kreslavsky, IGPP Assistant Research Planetary Scientist
Mars surface evolution and planetary data analysis

 

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Léo F. Laporte, Professor Emeritus
History of science, paleontology

Thorne Lay, Distinguished Professor
Seismology, geophysics

Karen C. McNally, Professor Emerita
Seismology, geophysics

J. Casey Moore, Professor Emeritus
Structural geology, tectonic hydrogeology, marine geology

Francis Nimmo, Associate Professor
Icy satellites, accretion, Mars, planetary geophysics

Adina Paytan, IMS Associate Research Scientist
Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental and aquatic chemistry

Hilde Schwartz, Lecturer
Vertebrate paleontology, environmental geology, paleoecology, chemosynthetic ecosystems

Susan Y. Schwartz, Professor
Seismology, geophysics, active tectonics

Eli A. Silver, Professor
Marine geology and geophysics; active tectonics; remote sensing

Lisa C. Sloan, Professor
Paleoclimatology and climate change, Earth system science, surficial processes

Othmar T. Tobisch, Professor Emeritus

Slawek Tulaczyk, Professor
Glaciology and glacial geology, geomorphology, soil mechanics

Steven N. Ward, IGPP Research Geophysicist
Seismology, geophysics

Gerald E. Weber, Lecturer Emeritus
Geomorphology, engineering geology, neotectonics, forensic geology

Quentin C. Williams, Professor
Mineral physics, tectonophysics, experimental geochemistry

Ru-Shan Wu, IGPP Research Geophysicist
Seismology, geophysics; wave propagation and subsurface imaging

Xiao-Bi Xie, IGPP Associate Research Geophysicist
Theoretical and Applied Seismology

James C. Zachos, Professor
Paleoceanography, marine stratigraphy

Xixi Zhao, Lecturer and IGPP Research Geophysicist
Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism and their application to the history of Earth's magnetic field


Affiliated Faculty

Kenneth W. Bruland (Ocean Sciences)
Chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry of trace metals and radionuclides, aquatic chemistry, geochemistry

Weixin Cheng (Environmental Studies)
Soil ecology, ecological interactions between soils and plants, root imaging and isotope tracing. rhizosphere processes. effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil microbial processes

 

Margaret L. Delaney (Ocean Sciences)
Paleoceanography, marine geochemistry

A. Russell Flegal (Environmental Toxicology)
Biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial and aquatic systems, isotope geochemistry, environmental toxicology

Jonathan Fortney (Astronomy)
Planetary atmospheres and interiors, extrasolar planets

A. Christina Ravelo (Ocean Sciences)
Paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, stable isotope geochemistry


 
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