Philip C Bennett

Areas of Expertise

Aqueous geochemistry, geomicrobiology, environmental and microbial geochemistry, hydrogeology

Research Locations

Evelyn and Moses E. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - The University of Texas (2012)

Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer - National Ground Water Association (1997)

Faculty Excellence Award - Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation (1994)

Fellow - Geological Society of America (1994)

Jackson Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Geological Sciences - The University of Texas at Austin (1993)

Syracuse University Graduate School Marshall - Syracuse University (1989)

NSF Review Panel, Nanotechnology in Research and Technology, (2005)

NRC Ad Hoc Committee , Geology and Public Health, (2004 - 2005)

NIEHS Review Panel, (2003)

NSF Review Panel, EAR-GE program, (1999 - 2003)

NSF Review Panel, Life in Extreme Environments program, (1999)

Associate Editor, J. Hydrology, (1997)

Associate Editor, GSA Bulletin, (1995)

Editorial Board, Ground Water, (1995 - 2003)

Editorial Board, Geology, (1994 - 1997)

to be entered,

Graduate Students

Alison Tune, Ph.D., 2021 (Co-supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Heather Christenson, M.S., 2020 (Supervisor)

John Warden, Ph.D., 2016 (Supervisor)

Aaron Jones, Ph.D., 2015 (Supervisor)

Kim Gilbert, Ph.D., 2015 (Supervisor)

Eugenio Santillan, Ph.D., 2014 (Supervisor)
University of Texas at Austin

Lindsey Sydow, M.S., 2013 (Supervisor)

Kim Meyers (Supervisor)

Role of microorganisms in karstification, Society for General Microbiology, (2005)

Methods for Investigating Microbial-Mineral Interactions, Clay Mineral Society Workshop, (2004)

, William Smith Conference, The Geological Society, (2002)

, The International Symposium on Groundwater Contamination, Tokyo, Japan (2000)

, Virginia Tech etc., (2000)

, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, (1999)

, XIVth Intl. Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, (1999)

, University of Wisconsin, (1999)

Modeling Flow in Permeable Materials, Gordon Research Conference, (1998)

Bacterially mediated silicate diagenesis, Goldschmidt Conference, Toulouse France, (1998)

, University of New Mexico, (1998)

, Duke University, (1996)

Contaminant Organic Geochemistry, GSA Annual Meeting, (1995)

Geologic significance of microbial processes, GSA Annual Meeting, (1994)

, University of Michigan, (1992)

, Southern Methodist University, (1992)

, Texas A&M University, (1991)

, IAH Water-2000, Cape Town, South Africa

Year	Semester	Course
2022	Spring	GEO 191	Proposal Writing
2022	Spring	GEO 387C	Aqueous Geochemistry
2022	Spring	GEO 476M	Aqueous Geochemistry
2021	Spring	GEO 191	Proposal Writing-Wb
2021	Spring	GEO 387C	Aqueous Geochemistry-Wb
2021	Spring	GEO 476M	Aqueous Geochemistry-Wb
2020	Fall	GEO 381G	Geomicrobiology-Wb
2018	Spring	GEO 387C	Aqueous Geochemistry
2018	Spring	GEO 476M	Aqueous Geochemistry
2017	Fall	GEO 346C	Intro Physcl/Chem Hydrogeology
2017	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2017	Fall	GEO 387E	Environmental Organic Geochem
2017	Fall	GEO 145E	Professional Ethics In Geosci
2017	Spring	GEO 387C	Aqueous Geochemistry
2017	Spring	GEO 476M	Aqueous Geochemistry
2016	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2016	Fall	GEO 381G	Geomicrobiology
2016	Spring	GEO 387C	Chemical Hydrogeology
2016	Spring	GEO 476M	Chemical Hydrogeology
2015	Fall	GEO 381G	Geomicrobiology
2015	Summer	GEO f382C	Groundwater Field Methods
2015	Summer	GEO f376L	Field Meths In Groundwtr Hydrl
2015	Spring	GEO 476M	Chemical Hydrogeology
2015	Spring	GEO 387C	Chemical Hydrogeology

RESEARCH

Tatio Geyser Complex