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Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty and research scientists are members of the Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Studies Committee. GSC members may serve as supervisors for EER master’s thesis research and chair the student’s supervisory committee. Other UT faculty members and research scientists may serve as a co-supervisor of EER student thesis research with an EER GSC member. EER students must develop a thesis proposal, including identifying a supervisor and committee, during their second semester.
Dr. Fred Beach
Director, Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
Dr. Charles Kerans
Graduate Advisor, Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
Morgan J. Davis Centennial Chair in Geosciences Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Sahar Bakhshian
Edwin Allday Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology Fellow
Research Assistant Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Jay Banner
Director, Environmental Science Institute, Jackson School of Geosciences
Fred M. Bullard Professorship in Geological Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. J. Eric Bickel
Director of Operations Research/Industrial Engineering Graduate Program
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Dr. R. Patrick Bixler
Assistant Professor, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Dr. Alex Bump
Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. John C. Butler
Associate Director, Energy Management and Innovation Center, Red McCombs School of Business
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. Sergio Castellanos
Research Assistant Professor, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Jani Das
Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. James S. Dyer
The Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair in Business, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Managment, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. John S. Dzienkowski
Dean John F. Sutton, Jr. Chair in Lawyering and the Legal Process, School of Law
Dr. David J. Eaton
Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Dr. Brent Elliott
Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Caroline E. Farrior
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
Dr. Kasey Faust
John A. Focht Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Associate Professor, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Genaro J. Gutierrez
Associate Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. Seyyed Abolfazl Hosseini
Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Susan Hovorka
Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Carey King
Assistant Director, Energy Institute
Research Associate, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. J. Richard Kyle
C. E. Yager Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Benjamin D. Leibowicz
Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. David Mohrig
Peter Flawn Centennial Chair in Geology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Dev Niyogi
William Stamps Farish Chair in Geology
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Jon Olson
Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Suzanne A. Pierce
Research Scientist, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Dr. Varun Rai
Walt and Elspeth Rostow Chair in National Security, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Arvind Ravikumar
Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab
Research Associate Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Ehud Ronn
Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. Bridget Scanlon
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Kamy Sepehrnoori
Texaco Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. John Snedden
Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. David Spence
Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law, School of Law
Department of Business, Government, and Society, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. Melinda E. Taylor
Executive Director, Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law & Business
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
Dr. Carlos Torres-Verdin
Brian James Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Zarrow Centennial Professorship in Petroleum Engineering, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Andrew Waxman
Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Dr. Michael Webber
Co-Director, Clean Energy Incubator
Deputy Director, Energy Institute
Professor, Josey Centennial Fellow in Energy Resources, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Kenneth W. Wisian
Program Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Michael Young
Associate Dean for Research, Jackson School of Geosciences
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences