Contact Us
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Hours:
Office hours:
- School year: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Summer: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Holiday Season:
- Dec 19 (M) - 22 (TH) - reduced hours, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
- Dec 23 (F), 26 (M) - university closure, office closed
- Dec 27 (T) - 29 (TH) - physical office closed, staff working remotely
- Dec 30 (F) and Jan 2 (M) - university closure; office closed
- Jan 3 (T) - back to standard hours, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Please note that staff work remotely 1 day a week. On those days, they will be reachable via email during office hours.
Remote Work Days
- Thea - M
- Shanna - T
- Alan - W
- Jamee - F
Campus Location:
Frederick Albert Sutton Building
115 S 1460 E, Room 383
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102
Phone:
(801) 581-7062
Email:
To ensure that your inquiry is addressed in a timely manner please send your correspondence to one of the following:
- Internal Department Business: Refer to Staff Directory.
- Academic Advising: Sean Meyers
- All Other Inquiries: gg-info@lists.utah.edu
- 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
Dr. William (Bill) Johnson
Chair
william.johnson@utah.edu
Admin Office: 801-585-6656
Faculty Office: 801-581-5033
Dr. Tonie van Dam
Associate Chair
801-581-7266
Geology & Geophysics Office Staff
Main office: (801) 581-7062
Administrative Manager & Graduate Student Advisor
Shanna Futral
(801) 581-7162
Responsibilities: Office and Staff Management, Assistant to the Chair, Faculty Relations (Reviews, Appointments, Hiring, Meetings, Committees, etc.), Visiting Scholars, Graduate Student Advising, Alumi Relations and Development Assistance, Department Newsletter, and Department Events.
Payroll & Payables Coordinator
Thea Hatfield
(801) 585-6768
Responsibilities: Human Resources, Insurance, Tuition Benefit, TAs/RAs/GAs, Post Docs, Payroll, Accounts Payable, EPRs/Electonic Payment Requests, Lab and Office Purchasing, Key Requests, Course Scheduling, Room Reservations
Academic Advisor
Sean Meyers
Current: (801) 587-0648, after December 13: (801) 581-6553
Office location: CSC 240, after December 13: FASB 104 Student Epicenter
Responsibilities: Undergrad Advising, Student Recruitment and Outreach, Student Orientation, Scholarships, Curriculum, Graduation/Convocations, Accreditation.
Accountant
Jamee Lefler
(801) 585-6652
Responsibilities: Account Management (Set-up, Reconciliation, and Review), Recharge Centers Billing, eJournals, P-Cards, Billing, ePARs, Department Budget
Department Travel Facilitator
Alan Rigby
(801) 585-5461
Responsibilities: Department Travel Facilitator, Distinguished Lecture Series, Catering Orders, Outreach Assistance, and Dept Swag/Merchandise.
Research Manager
Wil Mace
(801) 860-0383
Responsibilities: Safety, Lab Management, Department Vehicle Rentals and Maintenance, Sutton Building Facilities Coordinator, and Building Access.
Student Office Assistants
Kayleigh Kirkpatrick
(801) 585-7431
Responsibilities: Graphic Design, Concur Travel Assistant, Mail & Packages, Locker Rentals.
Faith Chand
(801) 585-7431
Responsibilities: Distinguished Lecture Series (marketing), Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, TikTok), Website & Intranet, Bulletin Boards, Mail & Packages.
Academic Faculty
(updated Spring 2022)
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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 |
Dr. Gabe BowenProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-7925 Research Interests: Isotope Geochemistry Paleoclimate Carbon Cycle Water Cycle Forensic Ecology |
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Dr. Paul BrooksProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-2858 Research Interests: Hydrology Biogeochemistry Snow Climate Water Resources Hydrochemistry |
Dr. Thure CerlingDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-5558 Research Interests: Environmental Geochemistry Mammal Physiology Isotope Geochemistry Isotope Ecology
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Dr. Marjorie ChanDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6551 Research Interests: Sedimentary Geology |
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Dr. Sarah CrumpPlease reach out to shanna.futral@utah.edu
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Dr. Juan Carlos de ObesoAssistant Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) juancarlos.deobeso@ucalgary.ca Research Interests: Serpentinization Carbonation Fluid-rock interactions Geochemistry |
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 |
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Dr. Paul JewellProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6636 Research Interests: Surface Processes Hydrology |
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 |
Dr. Sarah LambartAssistant Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6797 Research Interests: Experimental Petrology Geochemistry Magma Genesis Magma & Fluid - Rock Interactions |
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
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Dr. Lowell MiyagiAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-6619 Research Interests: Texture and Anisotropy Development Under High Pressure and Temperature Conditions
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Dr. Jeffrey MooreAssociate Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-585-0491 Research Interests: Geohazards Geomorphology Geomechanics Geophysics |
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Dr. Chadlin OstranderAssistant Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) Research Interests Isotope Geochemistry Ancient Earth Trace Elements |
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Dr. Tonie van DamProfessor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7266 Research Interests: Geodesy TBA Climate Science Geodynamics Geophysics |
Dr. Michael ZhdanovDistinguished Professor Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-581-7750 Research Interests: Theoretical and Applied Geophysics Inversion Theory Electromagnetic Methods |
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Dr. Holly GodseyAssociate Professor Lecturer Fredrick Albert Sutton Building (FASB) 801-587-7865 |
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 |
Research Faculty
(updated Spring 2022)
Dr. Amir Allam |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-6820 | amir.allam@utah.edu |
Dr. Leif Anderson |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)587-5666 | leif.anderson@utah.edu |
Dr. Jamie Farrell |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-7856 | jamie.farrell@utah.edu |
Dr. Diego Fernandez |
Research Professor | (801)587-9366 | diego.fernandez@utah.edu |
Dr. Marie D. Jackson |
Research Associate Professor | (928)853-7967 | |
Dr. James M. Karner |
Research Associate Professor | (801)585-5976 | j.karner@utah.edu |
Dr. Huilian Ma |
Research Associate Professor/Volunteer Faculty | (801)585-5976 | huilian.ma@utah.edu |
Dr. Scott R. Miller |
Research Assistant Professor | (801)581-6217 | scott.r.miller@utah.edu |
Dr. Kris Pankow |
Research Professor | (801)585-6484 | pankow@seis.utah.edu |
Dr. James Pechmann |
Research Associate Professor | (801)581-3858 | pechmann@seis.utah.edu |
Dr. David Peterman |
Research Assistant Professor | n/a | david.peterman@utah.edu |
Adjunct Faculty
(updated Spring 2022)
Lukas Baumgartner |
Adjunct Professor | lukas.baumgartner@unil.ch |
Carl Beno |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | jbeno@egi.utah.edu |
John O.D. Byrd |
Adjunct Professor | jodbyrd@gmail.com |
Suvankar Chakraborty |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | suvankar.chakraborty@utah.edu |
Yunji Choi |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | yunji.choi@jacobs.com; u6044262@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 |
Chandlin Ostrander |
Adjunct Assistant Professor | chadlin.ostrander@utah.edu |
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 | rsorkhabi@egi.utah.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 | Please contact shanna.futral@utah.edu |
Anton Wrobleski |
Adjunct Associate Professor | afranzjosef@gmail.com |
Emeritus & Retired Faculty
(updated Spring 2022)
Walter J. Arabasz |
(801) 581-7410 | arabasz@seis.utah.edu |
John Bartley |
john.bartley@utah.edu | |
John Bowman |
john.bowman@utah.edu | |
Ronald Bruhn |
ron.bruhn@utah.edu | |
David S. Chapman |
david.chapman@utah.edu | |
David Dinter |
david.dinter@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 |
Erich Petersen |
erich.petersen@utah.edu | |
Robert B. Smith |
(801) 581-7129 | robert.b.smith@utah.edu |
Postdocs & Visiting Scholars
(updated June 2022)
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NAME |
POSITION & START/END DATES |
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HOST FACULTY |
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Christian Santis |
Post Doc 10/1/22 - 9/30/23 or 24 |
U6047585@utah.edu | G Bowen |
Deming Yang |
Post Doc 2/15/21 - ?/22 |
u1038724@utah.edu | G Bowen |
Dustin Harper |
Post Doc 2/1/22 - 1/31/23 |
dustin.t.harper@utah.edu |
G Bowen |
Emma Morris |
Post Doc 5/1/20 - 6/30/23 |
emma.morris@utah.edu | C Johnson |
Estelle Ledoux |
Post Doc 6/1/22-6/1/23 |
estelle.ledoux@utah.edu | Miyagi |
Gesa Petersen |
Post Doc 2/1/22 - ?/23 |
u6039493@utah.edu | Pankow |
Gugliemlo Grechi |
Post Doc 6/1/22 - ?/23 |
06030569@utah.edu | Moore |
Jeremiah Bernau |
Visiting Scholar 9/15/22-9/14/25 |
jeremiahbernau@gmail.com | B Bowen |
Kristen Verostick |
Post Doc 1/1/21 -12/31/2022 |
u6034376@utah.edu | G Bowen |
Kuan Fu-feng |
Post Doc 6/1/22 - ?/23 |
u6041347@utah.edu |
F Lin |
Rolf Kipfer |
Visiting Scholar 12/15/22 - 8/15/22 |
kipfer@eawag.ch | Solomon |
Surya Pachhia |
Post Doc 1/1/21 - 12/31/24 |
surya.pachhai@utah.edu | Thorne |
Technical, Lab, & Research Staff
(updated August 2022)
Christopher Anderson |
Senior Laboratory Specialist |
801-587-5666 |
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Sagarika Banerjee |
Lab Technician |
u0939524@utah.edu | |
Stephannie Covarrubias |
Project Coordinator SPATIAL, Project FIND-EM |
stephannie.covarrubias@utah.edu | |
Logan Jamison |
Research Analyst |
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Michael Jorgensen |
Research Associate |
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Wil Mace |
Research Manager |
801-585-5214 |
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Bradley Munk |
Lab Technician |
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Brendon Quirk |
Senior Lab Specialist (lab management, sample preparation, and technical/research assistance) |
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Le Wan |
CEMI Research Scientist |
801-585-0540 |
Graduate Students
(updated May 2022)
Alysha |
Armstrong |
Koper, Keith |
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Paige |
Austin |
Bowen, Gabriel |
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Audrey |
Berlin |
Miyagi, Lowell |
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Erin |
Bessette-Kirton |
Moore, Jeffery |
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Tylor |
Birthisel |
Irmis, Randall |
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Patrick |
Bradshaw |
Pankow, Kris |
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Kyle |
Brennan |
Bowen, Gabriel |
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Erin |
Brinkman |
Johnson, William |
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Haley |
Coe |
Birgenheier |
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Emily |
Cunningham |
Lambart, Sarah |
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Theresa (Tessa) |
Czech |
Farrel, Jamie |
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Alex |
Engstrom |
Johnson, William & Solomon, Kip |
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Hannah |
Finley |
Johnson, William |
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Konstantinos |
Gkogkas |
Lin, Fan-Chi |
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Brent |
Greenhalgh |
Johnson, Cari |
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Hannah |
Hartley |
Johnson, Cari |
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Mikelia |
Herberer |
Ritterbush, Kathleen |
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Eric |
Humphrey |
Solomon, Kip |
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Sean |
Hutchings |
Koper, Keith |
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Clay |
Jones |
Bowman, John |
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Santiago |
Jurado Mora |
Johnson, William |
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Chantelle |
Kiessner |
Miyagi, Lowell |
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Kurt |
Lawson |
Lambart, Sarah |
Please contact shanna.futral@utah.edu |
Cheng-Nan |
Liu |
Lin, Fan-Chi |
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Sam |
Lopez |
Johnson, William |
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Molly |
McCreary |
Moore, Jeffery |
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Casey |
Meirovitz |
Stright, Lisa |
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Kevin |
Mendoza |
Bartley, John |
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Ashley |
Morris |
Lambart, Sarah |
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Amelia |
Muscott |
Crump, Sarah |
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Raul |
Ochoa |
Birgenheier, Lauren |
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Baylee |
Olds |
Brooks, Paul |
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Victoria |
Pavlovics |
Lippert, Pete |
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Santiago |
Rabade Garcia |
Lin, Fan-Chi |
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Mark |
Radwin |
Bowen, Brenda |
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Sandra |
Ramirez-Garcia |
Lippert, Pete |
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Mo |
Tao |
Zhdanov, Michael |
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Justin |
Tully |
Johnson, Cari |
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Yadong |
Wang |
Lin, Fan-Chi |
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Daniel |
Wells |
Pankow, Kris |
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Meg |
Wolf |
Brooks, Paul |
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Qicheng |
Zeng |
Lin, Fan-Chi |