GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
Department Directory
Main Office: Fredrick Albert Sutton Building, Room 383
Main Office Phone: (801) 581-7062
- Department Administration
- Academic Faculty
- Instructor (Careerline) Faculty
- Research Faculty
- Adjunct Faculty
- Emeritus & Retired Faculty
- Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
- Technical, Lab, & Research Staff
- Graduate Students
Department Administration - Room 383 FASB
Geology & Geophysics Office Staff
Main office: (801) 581-7062
Job Title
Contact
Responsibilities
Faculty Coordinator &
Graduate Student Advisor
Faculty Relations & Appointments, Graduate Student Advising, Student Advisory Committee (SAC), Course Permission Codes, Course Evaluations, Scholarship Admin Disbursement, TA Orientation, Employee & Visitor Onboarding & Offboarding, Visiting /Grad Student/Postdoc Scholar Registry, Locker Requests
Payroll & Payables Coordinator
Human Resources, Insurance, Tuition Benefit, Scholarship Administration, TAs/RAs/GAs, Post Docs, Payroll, Accounts Payable, EPRs/Electonic Payment Requests, Lab and Office Purchasing, Key Requests, Course Scheduling (CLSS) and Catalogue (KUALI) admininstrative support, Course Evaluation Set up, Course Permission Codes, Course Fees with Accountant), Room Reservations (ASTRA), Department Curriculum Committee Secretary
Undergraduate Student Advisor
Undergrad Advising, Student Recruitment and Outreach, Student Orientation, ABET Assistance, Department Undergrad Student Committee Secretary
Accountant
Account Management (Set-up, Reconciliation, and Review), Recharge Centers Accounting & Billing, eJournals, P-Cards, Billing, ePARs, Department Budget, Approval Management, E-award Management, Course Fees, Annual Faculty Review Data Management, Scholarships, Curriculum Support, and Dept Swag/Merchandise Inventory Management.
Program Manager
Website Updates, Social Media Management, Event Planning, Outreach, and Development Support
Research Manager
Safety, Lab Management, Department Vehicle Rentals and Maintenance, Sutton Building Facilities Coordinator, and Building Access, Department Safety & Research Committee
Student Office Assistant
Distinguished Lecture Series (marketing), Mail & Packages, Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, TikTok), Website & Intranet, Bulletin Boards, Mail & Packages, other duites as assigned
Additonal Contacts:
Academic Faculty
Contact Information
Research Interests
Associate Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-585-3158
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Petroleum Geology
Unconventional Resources
Paleoclimate
Global Change and Sustainability
Fluid-Sediment Interactions
Surface Processes in Extreme Environments
Sedimentary Geochemistry
CO2 Sequestration
Isotope Geochemistry
Paleoclimate
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
Forensic Ecology
Hydrology
Biogeochemistry
Snow
Climate
Water Resources
Hydrochemistry
Distinguished Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-5558
Environmental Geochemistry
Mammal Physiology
Isotope Geochemistry
Isotope Ecology
Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU)
801-581-6555/801-585-0561
Continental Vertebrate Ecosystems
Paleoecology and Taphonomic Processes
Surface Processes
Hydrology
Basin Analysis
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Energy Geoscience
Subsurface and Aquatic Contaminant/Colloid Fate and Transport
Array Seismology
Earth's ambient seismic noise field
Forensic seismology and exotic sources
Rupture imaging of giant earthquakes
Seismicity and tectonics of the intermountain West
Structure and dynamics of Earth's deep interior especially the core
Associate Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-6797
Experimental Petrology
Geochemistry
Magma Genesis
Magma & Fluid - Rock Interactions
Continental Tectonics
Orogenic Systems
Surface Process Responses to Threshold Climate Events
Biomagnetism
Paleomagnetism and Rock & Mineral Magnetism
Geohazards
Geomorphology
Geomechanics
Geophysics
Assistant Professor
Geochemist
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
Geology, and Earth & Environmental Science
Isotope Geochemistry
Ancient Earth
Trace Elements
Oxygenation History of Earth
Marine Paleoecology
Mass Extinctions
Ecological Transitions
Biomineralization and Biogeochemical Cycling
Animal Form and Funcation
Evolution
Professor
Francis Brown Presidential Endowed Chair in Geology and Geophysics (July 1, 2022-2025)
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-7231
Noble Gas Isotope Geochemistry
Groundwater Age Dating
Groundwater Hydrology
Associate Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-585-9792
Global Seismic Structure
Core Mantle Boundary Layer Structure
Volcano Seismology
Hydrology
Geochemistry
Groundwater
Climate Change
Geodesy TBA
Climate Science
Geodynamics
Geophysics
Distinguished Professor
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-7750
Theoretical and Applied Geophysics
Inversion Theory
Electromagnetic Methods
Contact Information
Research Interests
Professor (Lecturer)
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU)
801-891-6036
Natural History Museum of Utah
Vertebrate Paleontology
Jurassic & Cretaceous Dinosaurs
Research Faculty
Name
Title
Phone
Adjunct Faculty
Name
Title
Lukas Baumgartner
Adjunct Professor
Carl Beno
Adjunct Assistant Professor
John O.D. Byrd
Adjunct Professor
Suvankar Chakraborty
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Yunji Choi
Adjunct Assistant Professor
John B. Comer
Adjunct Professor
Emeritus & Retired Faculty
Name
Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
Name
Title
Host Faculty
sarah.pederzani@utah.edu
Technical, Lab, & Research Staff
Name
Title
Phone
Graduate Students
Name
Advisor