Research Group

Post Doctoral Students

Doctoral Students

  • Travis Swanson PhD, DGS, UT-Austin
  • Virginia Smith (co-chair) PhD, DGS, UT-Austin
  • John Shaw PhD, DGS, UT-Austin
  • Yao You (co-chair) PhD, DGS, UT-Austin

Master of Science Students

  • Katie Delbecq (co-chair) MS, DGS, UT-Austin

Undergraduate Students

  • None

Former Students

Doctoral Students

  • Anjali Fernandes (co-chair) PhD, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Summer 2012
  • Aymeric-Pier Peyret PhD, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Fall 2011 Shell International E & P
  • Jeff Nittrouer PhD, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Fall 2010 NSF Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geology, U. Illinois – UrbanaChampaign
  • Brandon McElroy PhD, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Fall 2009 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, U. of Wyoming
  • Kyle Straub PhD, EAPS, MIT graduated Spring 2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sci., Tulane Univ.
  • Doug Jerolmack PhD, EAPS, MIT graduated Spring 2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sci., University of Pennsylvania
  • William Lyons PhD, MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduated Summer 2004 Sr. Development Geologist at Shell Int’l E&P

Master of Science students

  • Christopher Elmore (co-chair) MS, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Fall 2008 Geoscientist at Marathon
  • Terra George MS, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Summer 2008 Geoscientist at ConocoPhillips
  • Christina Kaba MS, MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduated Spring 2004 Student at University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Christopher Armstrong MS,

Undergraduate students

  • Elizabeth Rinehart BS, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Spring 2011
  • Spencer Whitman BS, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Spring 2009
  • Elke Baitis BS, DGS, UT-Austin graduated Spring 2008
  • Vivian Leung BS, EAPS, MIT graduated Spring 2006
  • Melanie Michalak BS, EAPS, MIT graduated Spring 2006
  • Roberto Carlos Rangel BS, Mechanical Engineering, MIT graduated Spring 2006
  • Meryl Towarak BS, EAPS, MIT graduated Spring 2003