Department of Geology and Geophysics Directory
Visitors coming to campus, please check in at room 383 in FASB so we may assist you in locating any department personnal who you are meeting with.
- Department Administration
- Academic Faculty
- Research Faculty
- Adjunct Faculty
- Emeritus Faculty
- Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
- Lab Personnel, Researchers, & Curator
- Graduate Students
Department Administration - Room 383 FASB
(updated Summer 2020)
Dr. Thure Cerling
Chair
(801) 585-6656
thure.cerling@utah.edu
Dr. Brenda Bowen
Associate Chair
801-585-5326
brenda.bowen@utah.edu
Department Administrative Manager
Shanna Futral
(801) 581-7162
Responsibilities: Office and Staff Management, Assistant to the Chair, Faculty Relations (Reviews, Appointments, Hiring, Meetings, Committees, etc.), Alumi Relations and Development Assistance, Open House, Awards Banquet, and Other Events.
Office Administrator
Thea Hatfield
(801) 581-7062
Responsibilities: Human Resources, Insurance, Tuition Benefit, TAs/RAs/GAs, Post Docs and Visiting Scholars, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Room Reservations.
Academic Advisor (CMES Director of Student Success)
Michelle Tuitupou
(801) 581-6553
Responsibilities: Advising, Course Scheduling, Student Recruitment and Outreach, Student Orientation, Scholarships, Curriculum, Graduation/Convocations, Accreditation, and Department Newsletters.
Accountant
Jamee Lefler
(801) 585-6652
Responsibilities: Account Management (Set-up, Reconciliation, and Review), P-Cards, Billing, EPRs/Electonic Payment Requests, Student Travel Grants, Department Budget
Field, Lab, & Research Managers
Wil Mace
801-860-0383
Responsibilities: Safety, Lab Management, Vehicle Maintenance, Sutton Building Facilities Coordinator, and Website.
Alan Rigby
801-587-5666
Responsibilities: Department Vehicle Rentals; Non-Employee, Affiliate, Undergrad Travel Facilitation; Group Field Trip Assistance; Recharge Centers Billing; Outreach Assistance; Room Reservations; Dept Swag/Merchandise; and Assist with Collection Management (including "Halls & Walls").
Student Office Assistants
Kayleigh Kirkpatrick
(801) 585-7431
Responsibilities: Graphic Design, Concur Travel, Distinguished Lecture Series, Instagram, and YouTube.
Paul Eubanks
(801) 585-7431
Responsibilities: Facebook, Twitter, Website, Intranet, Bulletin Boards, Mail & Packages, Locker Rentals, and Earth Science Movie Nights.
Academic Faculty
(updated Summer 2020)
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Dr. John BartleyEmeritus Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-1670 Research Interests: Structural Geology Tectonics Igneous Petrology |
Dr. Lauren BirgenheierAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-3158 Research Interests: Sedimentology Stratigraphy Petroleum Geology Unconventional Resources Paleoclimate |
Dr. Brenda BowenProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-5326 Research Interests: Global Change and Sustainability Fluid-Sediment Interactions Surface Processes in Extreme Environments Sedimentary Geochemistry CO2 Sequestration Human Impacts on Environment Interdisciplinary STEM Ed. |
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Dr. Gabe BowenProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-7925 Research Interests: Isotope Geochemistry Paleoclimate Carbon Cycle Water Cycle Forensic Ecology |
Dr. John BowmanEmeritus Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7250 Research Interests: Isotope Geology Metamorphic Petrology |
Dr. Paul BrooksProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-2858 Research Interests: Hydrology Biogeochemistry Snow Climate Water Resources Hydrochemistry |
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Dr. Thure CerlingDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-5558 Research Interests: Environmental Geochemistry Mammal Physiology Isotope Geochemistry Isotope Ecology |
Dr. Marjorie ChanDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6551 Research Interests: Sedimentary Geology |
Dr. David DinterProfessor Lecturer Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7937 |
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Dr. Holly GodseyAssociate Professor Lecturer Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-587-7865 |
Dr. Randall IrmisAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) 801-581-6555/801-585-0561 Research Interests: Continental Vertebrate Ecosystems Paleoecology and Taphonomic Processes |
Dr. Paul JewellProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6636 Research Interests: Surface Processes Hydrology
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Dr. Cari JohnsonProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-3782 Research Interests: Basin Analysis Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Energy Geoscience |
Dr. William (Bill) JohnsonProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-5033 Research Interests: Subsurface and Aquatic Contaminant/Colloid Fate and Transport
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Dr. Keith KoperProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-3669 Research Interests: 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 |
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Dr. Sarah LambartAssistant Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6797 Research Interests: Experimental Petrology Geochemistry Magma Genesis Magma & Fluid - Rock Interactions |
Dr. Mark LoewenAssociate Professor Lecturer Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) 801-891-6036 Research Interests: Natural History Museum of Utah Vertebrate Paleontology Jurassic & Cretaceous Dinosaurs |
Dr. Fan-Chi LinAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-4373 Research Interests: Seismology Geophysics |
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Dr. Peter LippertAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-4599 Research Interests: Continental Tectonics Orogenic Systems Surface Process Responses to Threshold Climate Events Biomagnetism Paleomagnetism and Rock & Mineral Magnetism |
Dr. Lowell MiyagiAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6619 Research Interests: Texture and Anisotropy Development Under High Pressure and Temperature Conditions |
Dr. Jeffrey MooreAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-0491 Research Interests: Geohazards Geomorphology Geomechanics Geophysics |
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Dr. Erich PetersenEmeritus Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7238 Research Interests: Economic Geology Mineralogy Geochemistry Environment |
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Dr. Tonie Van DamProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) Phone TBA Email TBA Research Interests: Geodesy TBA
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Dr. Michael ZhdanovDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7750 Research Interests: Theoretical and Applied Geophysics Inversion Theory Electromagnetic Methods |
Research Faculty
(updated December 2020)
Amir Allam |
Research Asisstant Professor | (801)581-6820 | amir.allam@utah.edu |
Leif Anderson |
Research Assistant Professor/Volunteer Faculty | TBA | 06033954@utah.edu |
Jamie Farrell |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-7856 | jamie.farrell@utah.edu |
Diego Fernandez |
Research Professor | (801)587-9366 | diego.fernandez@utah.edu |
Richard Fiorella |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-7062 |
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Alex Gribenko |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)585-7071 | alex.gribenko@utah.edu |
Marie D. Jackson |
Research Associate Professor | (928)853-7967 | |
James M. Karner |
Research Associate Professor | (801)585-5976 | j.karner@utah.edu |
Huilian Ma |
Research Associate Professor/Volunteer Faculty | (801)585-5976 | huilian.ma@utah.edu |
Scott R. Miller |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-6217 | scott.r.miller@utah.edu |
Kris Pankow |
Research Professor | (801)585-6484 | pankow@seis.utah.edu |
James Pechmann |
Research Associate Professor | (801)581-3858 | pechmann@seis.utah.edu |
Adjunct Faculty
(updated Summer 2020)
David Applegate |
Adjunct Professor | applegate@usgs.gov |
Lukas Baumgartner |
Adjunct Professor | lukas.baumgartner@unil.ch |
Harley Benz |
Adjunct Professor | benz@usgs.gov |
John O.D. Byrd |
Adjunct Professor | jodbyrd@gmail.com |
Nancy Carpenter |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | nancycarpenterdvm@yahoo.com |
Suvankar Chakraborti |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | suvankar.chakraborty@utah.edu |
John B. Comer |
Adjunct Professor | jcomer@indiana.edu |
Martin Cuma |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | m.Cuma@utah.edu |
James R. Ehleringer |
Adjunct Professor | jim.ehleringer@utah.edu |
Anke Maria Friedrich |
Adjunct Professor | friedrich@lmu.de |
Erica Gaddis |
Adjunct Associate Professor | erica.gaddis@gmail.com |
John M. Harris |
Adjunct Professor | jharris@bef.usc.edu |
Scott Hynek |
Adjunct Associate Professor | scott.hynek@gmail.com |
Shu Jiang |
Adjunct Associate Professor | sjiang@egi.utah.edu |
Stephanie Mills |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | smills@utah.gov |
Sudeep Kanungo |
Adjunct Associate Professor | skanungo@egi.utah.edu |
James Ian Kirkland |
Adjunct Associate Professor | jameskirkland@utah.gov |
Frederick Kyalo Manthi |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | fredrickmanthi@yahoo.com |
Donald D. Miller |
Adjunct Professor | driftwood1050@gmail.com |
Joseph N. Moore |
Adjunct Professor | jmoore@egi.utah.edu |
Desmond E. Moser |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | desmond.moser@uwo.ca |
Charles Oviatt |
Adjunct Professor | joviatt@ksu.edu |
Sasha Carey Reed |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | screed@usgs.gov |
Gerard Schuster |
Adjunct Professor | gerard.schuster@kaust.edu.sa |
Daniel D.B. Seely |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | dans@igesinc.com |
Stuart Simmons |
Adjunct Professor | ssimmons@egi.utah.edu |
Virginia B. Sisson |
Adjunct Associate Professor | j_sisson@netzero.net |
Rasoul Sorkhabi |
Adjunct Professor | Lisa.Stright@Colostate.EDU |
Michael Andrew Stearns |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | michael.stearns@utah.edu |
Lisa Elizabeth Stright |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Lisa.Stright@Colostate.EDU |
Philip E. Wannamaker |
Adjunct Professor | pewanna@egi.utah.edu |
Anton Wrobleski |
Adjunct Associate Professor | afranzjosef@gmail.com |
Emeritus Faculty
(updated Fall 2019)
Emeritus Faculty is a title conferred by The University of Utah for the purpose of recognizing the meritorious service of a faculty member upon or after retirement. Appointments to emeritus status for retired faculty members are made by the Board of Trustees on recommendation of the President of the University and the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Walter J. Arabasz |
(801) 581-7410 | arabasz@seis.utah.edu |
Ronald Bruhn |
ron.bruhn@utah.edu | |
David S. Chapman |
david.chapman@utah.edu | |
Allan A. (Tony) Ekdale |
a.ekdale@utah.edu | |
Sue Halgedahl |
s.halgedahl@utah.edu | |
Barbara (Barb) Nash |
barb.nash@utah.edu | |
William Parry |
(801) 581-6217 | w.parry@utah.edu |
Dane Picard |
dane.picard@utah.edu | |
Robert B. Smith |
(801) 581-7129 | robert.b.smith@utah.edu |
Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
(updated January 2021)
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NAME |
POSITION |
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HOST FACULTY |
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Susana Henriquez |
Post Doc |
C Johnson & P Lippert |
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Maria Mesimeri |
Post Doc |
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Pankow | |
Emma Morris |
Post Doc |
C Johnson |
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Surya Pachhai |
Post Doc |
Thorne |
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David Peterman |
Post Doc |
Ritterbush |
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Alejandro Serna |
Post Doc |
G Bowen |
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Kirsten Verostick |
Post Doc |
G Bowen |
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Sin-Mei Wu |
Post Doc | sinmei.wu@utah.edu | Farrell | |
Deming Yang |
Post Doc |
G Bowen |
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Hao Zhang |
Post Doc |
Pankow |
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Shuang Zhang |
Visiting Scholar |
Zhdanov |
Lab Personnel, Researchers, & Curator
(updated Summer 2020)
Christopher Anderson |
Senior Laboratory Specialist |
801-587-5666 |
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Sagarika Banerjee |
Lab Technician |
801-585-5596 |
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Stephannie Covarrubias |
Research Associate |
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Logan Jamison |
Research Analyst |
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Will Mace |
Research Manager |
801-585-5214 |
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Bradley Munk |
Lab Technician |
801-581-7062 |
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Jacob Peterson |
Research Associate |
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Alan Rigby |
Research Manager |
801-587-5666 |
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Quintin Sahratian |
Curator |
801-581-7209 |
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Karrah Spendlove |
Student Researcher |
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Le Wan |
CEMI Research Scientist |
801-585-0540 |
Graduate Students
(updated January 2021)
| FIRST | LAST | FACULTY ADVISOR | |
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Alysha |
Armstrong |
u1072028@utah.edu | Koper, Keith |
Claire |
Atlas |
claire.atlas@utah.edu | Johnson, Cari |
Paige |
Austin |
paige.austin@utah.edu | G Bowen |
Carl J. |
Beno |
jbeno@egi.utah.edu | Bowman, John |
Jeremiah |
Bernau |
u1147015@utah.edu | Bowen, Brenda |
Erin |
Bessette-Kirton |
erin.bessette.kirton@utah.edu | Moore, Jeffery |
Tylor |
Birthisel |
tbirthisel@nhmu.utah.edu | Irmis, Randall |
Benjamin |
Breeden |
b.breeden@utah.edu | Irmis, Randall |
Erin |
Brinkman |
erin.brinkman@utah.edu | Johnson, Bill |
Samantha |
Couper |
samantha.couper@utah.edu | Miyagi, Lowell |
Emily |
Cunningham |
u1350899@utah.edu | Lambart, Sarah |
Chad |
Dodge |
chad.dodge@utah.edu | Lambart, Sarah |
Casey |
Duncan |
casey.j.duncan@utah.edu | Chan, Marjorie |
Tolunay |
Ersen |
u1302134@utah.edu | Zhdanov, Michael |
Hannah |
Finley |
hfinley13@gmail.com | Johnson, Bill |
Riley |
Finnegan |
riley.finnegan@utah.edu | Koper, Keith |
Brenden |
Fischer-Femal |
b.fischerfemal@utah.edu | Bowen, Gabriel |
Nick |
Forbes |
u0875540@utah.edu | Koper, Keith |
Ivan |
Gaichuk |
u1046657@utah.edu | Johnson, Bill |
Paul |
Geimer |
paul.geimer@utah.edu | Moore, Jeffery |
Konstantinos |
Gkogkas |
u1249039@utah.edu | Lin, Fan-Chi |
Brent |
Greenhalgh |
brent.greenhalgh@gmail.com | Johnson, Cari |
Hannah |
Hartley |
hannah.hartley@utah.edu | Johnson, Cari |
Nicholas |
Hebdon |
nicholas.hebdon@utah.edu | Ritterbush, Kathleen |
Scott |
Hill |
s.hill@m.cc.utah.edu | Petersen, Erich |
Monique |
Holt |
u1174394@utah.edu | Koper, Keith |
Eric |
Humphrey |
c.humphrey@utah.edu | Solomon, Kip |
Clay |
Jones |
cjones@egi.utah.edu | Bowman, John |
Santiago |
Jurado Mora |
Ingsantiago.jurado@gmail.com | Johnson, Bill |
Chantelle |
Kiessner |
c.kiessner@utah.edu | Miyagi, Lowell |
Evan |
Kipnis |
evan.kipnis@utah.edu | Bowen, Brenda |
Otto |
Lang |
u1264129@utah.edu | Lambart, Sarah |
Jory |
Lerback |
jory.lerback@utah.edu | Bowen, Brenda |
Sam |
Lopez |
u1214936@utah.edu | Johnson, William |
Casey |
Meirovitz |
cmeirovitz@gmail.com | Stright, Lisa |
Kevin |
Mendoza |
kevin.mendoza@utah.edu | Bartley, John |
Raul |
Ochoa |
u0715540@utah.edu | Birgenheier, Lauren |
Guanning |
Pang |
g.pang@utah.edu | Koper, Keith |
Santiago |
Rabade Garcia |
san.rabade@utah.edu | Lin, Fan-Chi |
Mark |
Radwin |
mark.radwin@utah.edu | Bowen, Brenda |
Grant |
Rea-Downing |
grant.readowning@utah.edu | Lippert, Peter |
Ellen |
Reat |
ellen.reat@utah.edu | Johnson, Cari |
Nicole |
Rinaldi |
u1205895@utah.edu | Cerling, Thure |
Cesar |
Ron |
cesar.ron@utah.edu | Johnson, William |
Francesca |
Spencer |
f.spencer@utah.edu | Bowen, Gabriel |
Gabriela |
St. Pierre |
u0948717@utah.edu | Johnson, Cari |
Mo |
Tao |
u1147630@utah.edu | Zhdanov, Michael |
Cheng |
Tarng |
u1213258@utah.edu | Fernandez, Diego |
Courtney |
Wagner |
courtney.wagner@utah.edu | Lippert, Peter |
Yadong |
Wang |
Yadong.Wang@utah.edu | Lin, Fan-Chi |
Daniel |
Wells |
u0770911@utah.edu | Pankow, Kris |
Zackery |
Wistort |
z.wistort@utah.edu | Ritterbush, Kathleen |
Meg |
Wolf |
u1194912@utah.edu | Brooks, Paul |
Jacob |
Wright |
u1056708@utah.edu | Johnson, Bill |
Qicheng |
Zeng |
qicheng.zeng@utah.edu | Lin, Fan-Chi |