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Academic and Research Faculty

 

Leif Anderson

Dr. Leif Anderson

Research Assistant Professor

leif.anderson@utah.edu

(801) 587-5666

 

Monica Barbery

Dr. Monica Barbery

Assistant Professor

Website

Fault and Earthquake Mechanics

Mineral and Rock Physics

Geomechanics

Geophysics

Lauren Birgenheier

Dr. Lauren Birgenheier

Professor & CoS Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

lauren.birgenheier@utah.edu

(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

Gabe Bowen

Dr. Gabe Bowen

Professor & Department Chair

gabe.bowen@utah.edu

(801) 585-7925

SPATIAL Lab Website

Isotope Geochemistry

Paleoclimate

Carbon Cycle

Water Cycle

Forensic Ecology

Paul Brooks

Dr. Paul Brooks

Professor

paul.brooks@utah.edu

(801) 585-2858

Hydrology

Biogeochemistry

Snow

Climate

Water Resources

Hydrochemistry

Serpentinization

Mineral Carbonation

Fluid rock interactions

Geochemistry

Thure Cerling

Dr. Thure Cerling

Distinguished Professor

thure.cerling@utah.edu

(801) 581-5558

Environmental Geochemistry

Mammal Physiology

Isotope Geochemistry

Isotope Ecology

Jamie Farrell

Dr. Jamie Farrell

Research Associate Professor

jamie.farrell@utah.edu

(801) 581-7856

Volcanology

Diego Fernandez

Dr. Diego Fernandez

Research Professor

diego.fernandez@utah.edu

(801) 587-9366

 

Holly Godsey

Dr. Holly Godsey

Professor (Lecturer)

holly.godsey@utah.edu

(801) 587-7865

Geochronology

Environmental Geoscience

Randall Irmis

Dr. Randall Irmis

Professor

irmis@umnh.utah.edu

(801) 581-6555/(801) 585-0561

Natural History Museum of Utah

Continental Vertebrate Ecosystems

Paleoecology and Taphonomic Processes

Marie Jackson

Dr. Marie Jackson

Research Professor

m.d.jackson@utah.edu

(928) 853-7967

Website - Surtsey

Geochemistry

Basin Analysis

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Energy Geoscience

Subsurface and Aquatic

Contaminant/Colloid Fate and Transport

Environmental Engineering

James Karner

Dr. James Karner

Research Associate Professor

j.karner@utah.edu

(801) 587-5976

Solar system planetary science (excl. planetary geology)

Mineralogy and crystallography

Planetary geology

Issaku Kohl

Dr. Issaku Kohl

Research Associate Professor

issaku.kohl@utah.edu

 

Keith Koper

Dr. Keith Koper

Professor

keith.koper@utah.edu

(801) 585-3669

Website

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

Sarah Lambart

Dr. Sarah Lambart

Associate Professor

sarah.lambart@utah.edu

(801) 581-6797

Website

Experimental Petrology

Geochemistry

Magma Genesis

Magma & Fluid - Rock Interactions

Geomicrobiology

Global Carbon Cycle

Isotope Geochemistry

Life in Extreme Environments

Biosignatures

Fan-Chi Lin

Dr. Fan-Chi Lin

Professor

fanchi.lin@utah.edu

(801) 581-4373

Website

Array Seismology

Seismic imaging/tomography

Volcanic system

Hydrothermal system

Seismic hazards

Tectonic structure

Continental Tectonics

Orogenic Systems

Surface Process Responses to Threshold Climate Events

Biomagnetism

Paleomagnetism and Rock & Mineral Magnetism

Vertebrate Paleontology

Jurassic & Cretaceous Dinosaurs

Hulian Ma

Dr. Huilian Ma

Research Associate Professor

huilian.ma@utah.edu

(801) 585-5976

Hydrology

Soil Sciences

High Pressure and Temperature Mineralogy

Mineral and Rock Physics

Physics of Earth's Interior

Mechanical Properties and Rheology under Extreme Conditions

Jeff Moore

Dr. Jeffery Moore

Professor & Associate Chair

jeff.moore@utah.edu

(801) 585-0491

Website

Geological Engineering

Geohazards

Geomorphology

Geomechanics

Geophysics

Earth & Environmental Science

Isotope Geochemistry

Ancient Earth

Trace Elements

Oxygenation History of Earth

Surya Pachhai

Dr. Surya Pachhai

Research Assistant Professor

surya.pachhai@utah.edu

Earth Internal Structure (from subsurface to inner core)

Physical origin and dynamic processes of the Earth's interior

Kristine Pankow

Dr. Kristine Pankow

Research Professor

kris.pankow@utah.edu

(801) 585-6484

Geomatic Engineering

Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy

Geochemistry

Geophysics

Geology

Civil Engineering

Kathleen Ritterbush

Dr. Kathleen Ritterbush

Associate Professor

k.ritterbush@utah.edu

(801) 587-8846

Marine Paleoecology

Mass Extinctions

Ecological Transitions

Biomineralization and Biogeochemical Cycling

Animal Form and Function

Evolution

Kip Solomon

Dr. Kip Solomon

Distinguished Professor

kip.solomon@utah.edu

(801) 581-7231

Noble Gas Isotope Geochemistry

Groundwater Age Dating

Groundwater Hydrology

Michael Thorne

Dr. Michael Thorne

Associate Professor

michael.thorne@utah.edu

(801) 585-9792

Global Seismic Structure

Core Mantle Boundary Layer Structure

Volcano Seismology

Hydrology

Geochemistry

Groundwater

Climate Change

Tonie van Dam

Dr. Tonie van Dam

Professor

tonie.vandam@utah.edu

(801) 581-7266

Geodesy TBA

Climate Science

Geodynamics

Geophysics

Tonie van Dam

Dr. Michael Zhdanov

Distinguished Professor

michael.zhdanov@utah.edu

(801) 581-7750

Theoretical and Applied Geophysics

Inversion Theory

Electromagnetic Methods

Last Updated: 12/8/25