Faculty
Faculty
ConocoPhillips Data Science Faculty Fellow 2021
Instructional Assistant Professor
Quantitative Paleobiology, Stochastic Models, Incompleteness of Geological Records, Computational Phylogenetics, Macroevolutionary Theory, Paleozoic Graptolites
Assistant Professor
Marine Paleoecology, Paleoenvironments, Climate Change, Foraminifera, Invertebrates
Executive Professor and Dan A. Hughes '51 Chair
Director of The Berg-Hughes Center
Professor and David Bullock Harris Chair in Geology
Center for Tectonophysics Director, Graduate Admissions Committee Chair, John W. Handin Laboratory for Experimental Rock Deformation Co-Manager
EARTHQUAKE PHYSICS, EXPERIMENTAL ROCK DEFORMATION, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, TECTONOPHYSICS
Professor
Mollie B. & Richard A. Williford Professor in Petroleum Geology (2019-2023)
Vice Chair of Science Planning Committee, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) (2014-present)
Professor
Director of Science Services, IODP
Professor of the Practice
Unconventional Reservoirs
Professor
Francesco Paolo di Gangi/Heep Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Geophysics
Earthquake source physics, computational seismology, geomechanics
Professor
Howard Karren Endowed Professor
Near-surface Applied Geophysics
Professor and Robert R. Berg Professor in Geology
Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow
Professor
Alpine geomorphology, fluvial geomorphology, critical zone studies, engineering geology
Professor and Michel T. Halbouty Chair
Co-Director, Stable Isotope Geosciences Facility
Stable isotope geochemistry, clumped isotopes, global change, paleoclimates, hydrogeochemistry
Associate Professor
Experimental Rock and Soil Mechanics
Associate Professor
Hydrogeology
Geogenic contaminants, aquifer, groundwater-surface water, arsenic, fluoride, fecal bacteria, viruses, environmental health, Bangladesh, Mexico, geothermal, urban aquifers
Professor and Michael T. Halbouty Chair in Geology
Assoc. Director, Center for Tectonophysics
Tectonophysics, Structural Geology, Rock Mechanics, Mineral Physics
Professor
Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Deep-Seated Fluids
Assistant Professor
Carbonate Sedimentology, Diagenesis and Dolomitization Models
Professor and Jane and Ken R. Williams ’45 Chair in Ocean Drilling Science, Technology and Education
Radiogenic isotope geochemistry, geochemical proxies of climate change, environmental geochemistry
ACES Fellow
Visiting Assistant Professor
Isotope Geochemistry, Paleoclimate, Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
(979) 845-2451
Professor
Department Head
Structural Geology and Tectonics
Assistant Professor
Tectonics, basin dynamics, fold-thrust belts, continental rifts
(979) 845-6529
Professor
sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, carbonate, siliciclastic, unconventional resources
Assistant Professor
Sedimentology, Sediment Mechanics
Professor
Interim Associate Dean for Diversity & Climate
Numerical Modeling, Geodynamics, Granular Materials, Differentiation
Professor
Quantitative Petroleum Geology, Rock Physics, Reservoir Geophysics
Associate Research Scientist
Geobiology and sedimentary geology
Professor
Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Molluscan fossils, Late Paleozoic, Cenozoic
Professor of the Practice
Basin Modeling, Conventional and Unconventional Petroleum Systems, Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Pore Pressure Prediction
Professor
Dudley J. Hughes Chair in Geology and Geophysics
Groundwater hydrology, flow and transport in geological formations
Joint Appointed Faculty
Professor
Holder of the Whiting Professorship
Unconventional Reservoirs, Production Data Analysis, Pressure Transient Data Analysis, Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Technical Mathematics
Professor
Dean, College of Geosciences
Geological Oceanography: Paleoceanography; Sediment Geochemistry; Greenhouse Climates
