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
Geology & Geophysics Office Staff
Main office: (801) 581-7062
Room 383 FASB
Job Title
Contact
Responsibilities
Faculty Coordinator &
Graduate Student Advisor
Faculty Relations & Appointments
Graduate Student Advising
Travel Coordinator
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/Electronic Payment Requests
Lab and Office Purchasing
Key Requests
Course Scheduling (CLSS) and Catalog (KUALI) administrative 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
Program Manager
Website Updates
Social Media Management
Event Planning
Outreach
Development Support
Department PR
Research Manager
Lab Manager: Noble Gas Lab, Electron Microprobe, Departmental Core Facilities
Department research management and logistical support coordination
Department vehicle coordination
Department asset management and inventory controller
Sutton building access, Space, and Facilities Coordination
Senior Lab Specialist
Christophe Brosson
Lab Manager: Utah Paleomagnetic Center, MagMaX Lab, and Core logger & Portable X-ray Florescence.
Teaching and class lab support
Sample preparation support and coordination
Department collections coordination and curation
Additional Contacts:
Academic Faculty
Contact Information
Research Interests
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
Dr. Wil Leavitt
Geomicrobiology
Global Carbon Cycle
Isotope Geochemistry
Life in Extreme Environments
Biosignatures
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-4373
Continental Tectonics
Orogenic Systems
Surface Process Responses to Threshold Climate Events
Biomagnetism
Paleomagnetism and Rock & Mineral Magnetism
Professor
Associate Chair
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-585-0491
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 Function
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
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB)
801-581-7266
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
Marjorie Chan
Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
Name
Title
Host Faculty
sarah.pederzani@utah.edu
Technical, Lab, & Research Staff
Name
Title
Phone
Graduate Students
Name
Advisor