James E Gardner
The Second Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship (Fellow)
Mailcode: C9000
Dr. Gardner's research focuses on the physical and chemical aspects of volcanic eruptions and magmatic processes. One facet of research involves studying active volcanic centers, including volcanoes in the USA, Mexico, Kamchatka, and many other countries, and their volcanic deposits in order to better understand eruption processes and long-term eruptive behavior. Most recently, this research has focused on understanding the dynamics of caldera-forming eruptions.
Dr. Gardner's second area of research utilizes experimental petrology to determine the pre-eruption contents of volatiles in magmas, the degassing of those volatiles from magmas, and the control of the degassing behavior on volcanic eruptions and formation of ore bodies. A state-of-the-art experimental laboratory is under construction in the department, and will include cold-seal, pressure vessels and TZM pressure vessels. These experimental apparatus will allow temperatures up to 1400° C and pressures up to 5000 bars to be reached, easily covering the conditions in upper crustal magma bodies. The pressure vessels will also be outfitted to allow rapid quenches of experimental samples, allowing for better studies of volatile solubilities in silicate melts to be determined. Most recently, his experimental petrologic work has focused on the solubility of multi-component volatiles in silicate melts and the nucleation and growth of bubbles from melts.
Areas of Expertise
Volcanology, volcanic eruption processes, magmatic processes, experimental petrology, volatiles in magmas, degassing of volatiles from magmas, control of degassing behavior on volcanic eruptions and formation of ore bodies
Research Locations
Co-Recipient - Wagner Medal from IAVCEI (2002)
Visiting Professor - IPGP, Paris (2002)
Fellow - American Geophysical Union (2001)
Teaching Excellence Award - College of Natural Sciences (2001)
Visiting Professor - University of Tokyo, Japan (1998)
Faculty Excellence Award - Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation (1996)
Fellowship - Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1995)
Visiting Professor (invited) - California Institute of Technology (1993)
Best Student Paper in Seismology Award - American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting (1986)
Fellowship - ARCS Foundation (1983 - 1985)
to be entered, Electron Microprobe, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Brown University, Institut de Physique du Globe (Paris), and GEOMAR, Kiel
to be entered, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and CRPG-CNRS, Nancy France
to be entered, Cold-Seal Rene and TZM Pressure Bombs and High Pressure Piston Cylinder, including building a complete experimental petrology laboratory ay University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Brown University, University of Bristol, and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
to be entered, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, X-ray Florescence, University of Bristol, Bristol, England; University of Rhode Island
to be entered, Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis, developing an INAA laboratory for the volcanological group of Sigurdsson and Carey, University of Rhode Island
to be entered, Digital Image Analysis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Brown University, Institut de Physique du Globe (Paris), and GEOMAR, Kiel
Graduate Students
Wade L Aubin
, Ph.D., expected 2024
(Supervisor)
I study Volcanology and Igneous Petrology. My primary research interests are explosive volcanic eruptions and igneous petrogenesis in long-lived volcanic provinces.
Sean O'Donnell, Ph.D., 2023
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Nicholas Meszaros, Ph.D., 2023
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Rachel Blandon, M.S., 2022
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Nicole Guinn, M.S., 2020
(Supervisor)
University of Texas at Austin
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 660A | Field Geology |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous/Metamorph Petrology |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 391 | Volcanology |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 358K | Volcanology |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 660A | Field Geology |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous/Metamorph Petrology |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 381J | Marine Geology |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 338J | Marine Geology |
| 2022 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Wy |
| 2022 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2022 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous/Metamorph Petrology |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 391 | Volcanology |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 358K | Volcanology |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous/Metamorph Petrology |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 381J | Marine Geology-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 381J | Marine Geology |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 338J | Marine Geology-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 338J | Marine Geology |
| 2020 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2020 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2019 | Fall | GEO 391 | Volcanology |
| 2019 | Fall | GEO 358K | Volcanology |
| 2019 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 302J | Crisis Of Our Planet |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 391 | Thermodynamics Petrologic Sys |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 381J | Marine Geology |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 338J | Marine Geology |
| 2018 | Summer | GEO f660A | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 302P | Sustaining A Planet |
| 2017 | Fall | GEO 358K | Volcanology |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 191 | Pyroclastic Flows |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 381J | Marine Geology |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 338J | Marine Geology |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Igneous Petrology |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 358K | Volcanology |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2015 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2015 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Igneous Petrology |
| 2015 | Spring | GEO 426P | Igneous & Metamorph Petrology |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Igneous Petrology |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 391 | Marine Geology |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 371C | Marine Geology |
| 2014 | Summer | GEO f660B | Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 386K | Igneous Petrology |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Igneous Petrology |