Faculty & Research Scientists
 | James A Austin Stratigraphic evolution of a wide range of marine and lacustrine environments around the world |
 | Tim P Dooley Dynamics and kinematics of fault systems using scaled analog modeling, field studies, remote sensing, seismic data, and comparison with published examples; 3D geometries and kinematics of strike-slip fault systems using innovative analog modeling techniques; modeling of delta tectonics, salt tectonics, and segmented strike-slip and extensional fault systems |
 | Peter B Flemings Stratigraphy, basin analysis, basin-scale fluid flow, pore pressures in seafloor sediments, submarine landslides, oil and gas migration, methane hydrates, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) |
 | Michael R Hudec Salt tectonics, 3-D computer modeling, kinematic models for evolution and growth of salt structures, structural geology, cross-section restoration and balancing, seismic interpretation |
 | Martin P Jackson Salt tectonics, diapirism, tectonics of sedimentary basins, structural analysis of experimental models, reflection seismic. |
 | Wonsuck Kim Quantitative stratigraphy, Shoreline dynamics, Morphodynamcis, Sediment transport, Deltaic sedimentation, River delta restoration, Coupled mathematical modeling and experimental stratigraphy. |
 | J. Richard Kyle Ore deposits geology, strata-controlled mineral resources, metals & industrial minerals exploration, ore petrology, characterization of ore-forming fluids, high resolution X-ray computed tomography applications to ore genesis & processing, geology of energy critical elements, resources & society, geology & mineral resources of Texas |
 | Luc L Lavier Tectonics; the structural and geodynamical evolution of continental and oceanic rifts, as well as collisional environments; numerical techniques to model tectonic processes on crustal and lithospheric scales; deformation; subduction |
 | Gang Luo Lithospheric Geodynamics; Fault Interaction; Fault, Earthquake and Seismicity; Finite Element Modeling; Salt Geomechanical Modeling; Pore Pressure in Salt Basins; Wellbore Stability |
 | Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou Geotechnical Engineering Constitutive modeling Coupled stress-pore pressure prediction Dipping structures Borehole stability Poromechanical modeling of basin sediments, Transient pore pressure dissipation Salt Tectonics Numerical modeling: Abaqus, ELFEN |
 | Ian O Norton Plate tectonics, structural evolution of continental margins, reconciliation of observations from structural geology with regional tectonics |
 | Robert H Tatham Dr. Tatham's research is presently on interpretation and analysis of multi-component seismic data. In particular, by considering both seismic P-wave and S-wave data, many of the effects of solid rock properties and pore-fluid properties may be separated. |
 | Lesli J Wood Outcrop analysis of clastic systems architecture and sequence stratigraphy; seismic geomorphology and sedimentology of clastic systems; tectonics and sedimentation of active margin basins; shallow hydrocarbon features and shale diapirism; remotely sensed study (lidar, 2-D, 3-D and multicomponent seismic multibeam bathymetry and sonar) of clastic depositional systems. |
