Faculty
Faculty
2023 ConocoPhillips Data Science Faculty Fellow
Instructional Assistant Professor
Quantitative Paleobiology, Stochastic Models, Incompleteness of Geological Records, Computational Phylogenetics, Macroevolutionary Theory, Paleozoic Graptolites
Assistant Professor
Marine Paleoecology, Paleoenvironments, Climate Change, Foraminifera, Invertebrates
Associate Professor
Earthquake Rupture, Induced Seismicity, Subsurface Structure, DAS
Professor and David Bullock Harris Chair in Geology
Co-Manager, John W. Handin Laboratory for Experimental Rock Deformation
Earthquake physics, Experimental rock deformation, Structural geology, Tectonophysics
Professor
Mollie B. & Richard A. Williford Professor in Petroleum Geology (2019-2023)
Vice Chair of Science Planning Committee, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) (2014-present)
Professor of the Practice
Unconventional Reservoirs
Professor
Francesco Paolo di Gangi/Heep Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Geophysics
Earthquake source physics, computational seismology, geomechanics
Professor of Geophysics
Howard Karren Professor
Near-surface Applied Geophysics
Professor and Michel T. Halbouty Chair
Director, Stable Isotope Geosciences Facility
Stable isotope geochemistry, clumped isotopes, global change, paleoclimates, hydrogeochemistry
Associate Professor and Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow
Francesco Paolo di Gangi/Heep Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Geophysics
Experimental Rock and Soil Mechanics
Associate Professor
Hydrogeology
Geogenic contaminants, aquifer, groundwater-surface water, arsenic, fluoride, fecal bacteria, viruses, environmental health, Bangladesh, Mexico, geothermal, urban aquifers
Professor and Michael T. Halbouty Chair in Geology
Assoc. Director, Center for Tectonophysics
Tectonophysics, Structural Geology, Rock Mechanics, Mineral Physics
Professor
Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Deep-Seated Fluids
Associate Professor
Carbonate Sedimentology, Diagenesis and Dolomitization Models
Undergraduate Program Director
Instructional Assistant Professor
Geophysics, Geohazards, Sediment Mechanics
Professor and Jane and Ken R. Williams ’45 Chair in Ocean Drilling Science, Technology and Education
Radiogenic isotope geochemistry, geochemical proxies of climate change, environmental geochemistry
Assistant Professor
Isotope Geochemistry, Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
(979) 458-0012
Department Head
Professor
Structural Geology and Tectonics
Associate Professor
Tectonics, basin dynamics, fold-thrust belts, continental rifts
(979) 845-6529
Professor
Interim Director, Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems
sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, carbonate, siliciclastic, unconventional resources
Chair Graduate Admissions Committee
Associate Professor
Sedimentology, Sediment Mechanics
Professor
Mollie B. & Richard A. Williford Professor
Quantitative Petroleum Geology, Rock Physics, Reservoir Geophysics
Research Scientist
Geobiology and sedimentary geology
Professor of Geology & Geophysics, Water Management & Hydrological Science, and Energy Institute
Holder of Dudley J. Hughes '51 Chair in Geology and Geophysics
Subsurface hydrology; Environmental Geoscience; Environmental fluid mechanics, Subsurface chemical/heat transport; Geothermal energy production and storage
Associate Professor
Mineral Physics, Earth’s Interior, Planetary Science
Joint Appointed Faculty
Professor
Holder of the Whiting Professorship
Unconventional Reservoirs, Production Data Analysis, Pressure Transient Data Analysis, Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Technical Mathematics
Professor
Executive Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs of Texas A&M University at Galveston and Associate Provost of Texas A&M University
Geological Oceanography: Paleoceanography; Sediment Geochemistry; Greenhouse Climates
