People

 

Tim Goudge

Assistant Professor

CV: PDF
Google Scholar Profile: Link
ResearchGate Profile: Link

Email: tgoudge@jsg.utexas.edu
Telephone: +1 (512) 471-4770
Office: EPS Building, Room 3.134
Pronouns: he/him

 

Abdallah Zaki

Jackson School Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Topic: Sedimentary systems on Earth and Mars

Research Website: Link

PhD, University of Geneva

 

Rhianna Moore

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Topic: Architecture of clay mineral-bearing strata on Mars

PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

Mariel Nelson

PhD Student (co-advised w/ David Mohrig)

Research Topic: Topographic evolution of sedimentary systems using timelapse lidar

BA, University of California, Berkeley

 

Morgan Carrington

PhD Student (co-advised w/ Joel Johnson)

Research Topic: Lithologic controls on bedrock river incision on Earth and Mars

BS, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Liesel Papenhausen

Undergraduate Research Assistant (co-advised w/ Mariel Nelson)

Research Topic: Timelapse imaging to understand bank erosion

 

 

Eric Hiatt

PhD Student (primary advisors: Marc Hesse & Sean Gulick)

Research Topic: Dynamic coupling between crater formation and the early Mars hydrosphere

BSc, The University of Texas at Austin

 

UT PSP Group Alumni

  • Emily Bamber, PhD 2024

  • Michelle Tebolt, PhD 2024

  • Juan Vazquez, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022-2024

  • Andrew Moodie, Jackson School Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2023

  • Tian Dong, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2022

  • Gaia Stucky de Quay, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021

  • Nisa Downey, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022

  • Junwoo Kim, Environmental Science Capstone Research Experience (co-advised w/ Gaia Stucky de Quay), 2020-2021

  • Irineo Sanchez, Undergraduate Honors Student, 2020-2021

  • Marianne Coholich, Undergraduate Honors Student (co-advised w/ Wonsuck Kim), 2018-2020

  • Nirvana Kaur, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2019-2020

 

Opportunities

The UT Planetary Surface Processes Group is seeking new graduate students to start in Fall 2025. Likely project areas include: studies of surface processes across planetary bodies; use of drone-collected topography (e.g., LiDAR and/or structure-from-motion) to characterize active landscape change in modern sedimentary environments on Earth; or landscape evolution on Mars. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Goudge directly to discuss potential topics of mutual interest. Prospective graduate students can find out more information about the Jackson School of Geosciences admissions process here. The deadline for applications is Jan. 1, 2025 (although applicants are encouraged to submit by Dec. 1, 2024 for fellowship consideration).

Our group is also always on the lookout for motivated undergraduate researchers and postdoctoral fellows, although there are no specific open positions at the moment. Students interested in such positions should contact Dr. Goudge directly to see what future opportunities might exist.

For undergraduate researchers (as with all group members), our group has the requirement that students are compensated for their time, through either salary (i.e., URA funding) or research credit. This policy is to ensure that opportunities to work in our group are equitable and equally available to all interested students (as inspired by Dr. Meghan Duffy, see here).

The UT Planetary Surface Processes Group is strongly committed to building an inclusive and supportive research environment. Our group members are housed in the E. P. Schoch building, which has a power assisted door for accessibility.