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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 and research scientists may serve as a co-supervisor of EER student thesis research with a EER GSC member. EER students must develop a thesis proposal, including identifying a supervisor and committee, during their second semester.
Richard J. Chuchla
Director, Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
Leslie Bowling Professor in Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. J. Richard Kyle
Graduate Advisor, Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
C. E. Yager Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Jay Banner
Director, Environmental Science Institute, College of Natural Sciences; Fred M. Bullard Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Fred Beach
Lecturer, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. J. Eric Bickel
Director of Operations Research/Industrial Engineering Graduate Program, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, and Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Dr. John C. Butler
Associate Director, KBH Center, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. James S. Dyer
Foster Packer Centennial Professor in Finance and Management, 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. Genaro J. Gutierrez
Associate Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
Dr. Kasey Faust
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. William L. Fisher
Leonidas T. Barrow Centennial Chair in Mineral Resources, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Susan Hovorka
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Svetlana Ikonnikova
Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Charles Kerans
Robert K. Goldhammer Chair in Carbonate Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Carey King
Assistant Director, Energy Institute; Research Associate, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Larry W. Lake
W.A.(Monty) Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Dr. Stephen E. Laubach
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Benjamin D. Leibowicz
Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Krishan Malik
Adjunct Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Research Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
Dr. David Mohrig
Associate Dean for Research, Jackson School of Geosciences; Peter Flawn Centennial Chair in Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. James T. O’Connor
C.T. Wells Professor in Project Management, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Sheila Olmstead
Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Dr. Jon Olson
Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Dr. Suzanne A. Pierce
Research Scientist, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Dr. Varun Rai
Rostow Chair in National Security, LBJ School of Public Affairs
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 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. Scott W. Tinker
Director, Bureau of Economic Geology; Edwin Allday Endowed Chair in Subsurface Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Carlos Torres-Verdin
Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
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. Michael Young
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences