Scientist Profiles
August 26, 2024
Shujuan Mao: Assistant Professor
When Shujuan Mao was in middle school in 2008, the deadly 7.9-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake struck western China. Although its epicenter was some 700 kilometers southwest…
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August 26, 2024
Marek Locmelis: Associate Professor
Austin, with its Tesla Gigafactory and Samsung Semiconductor factory, is an increasingly prominent home for electric parts production, making the Jackson School of Geosciences the…
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August 26, 2024
Anna Ruth Halberstadt: Assistant Professor
Anna Ruth “Ruthie” Halberstadt joined the Jackson School of Geosciences in fall 2024 as an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences….
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November 1, 2021
New Research Associates
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Research Associate Shuvajit Bhattacharya joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in August 2020. He was previously an assistant professor…
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November 1, 2021
Xiaohua “Eric” Xu: Research Associate
By Constantino Panagopulos When Xiaohua Xu analyzed high- resolution satellite images of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, he found that they had lit up clusters of…
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November 1, 2021
Chenguang Sun: Assistant Professor
By Alan Gomez The farming village where Chenguang Sun grew up in central China was so small that he had to go to a larger…
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November 1, 2021
Matthew Malkowski: Assistant Professor
By Alan Gomez Matt Malkowski joined the Jackson School of Geosciences as an assistant professor this fall. But when he was growing up in a…
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November 1, 2021
Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist
By Constantino Panagopulos In 2008, when Dunyu Liu was an undergraduate at Peking University, a magnitude 8 earthquake struck southeast China. The tragic event, which…
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November 1, 2021
Tucker Hentz: Research Scientist Associate
By Alan Gomez There was a time when Tucker Hentz thought he would become a medical doctor. But there was always something lurking underneath, right…
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November 1, 2021
Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Fred Taylor joined the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in 1981 with plans to use corals to investigate big questions in geosciences. He made…
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August 26, 2024
Shujuan Mao: Assistant Professor
When Shujuan Mao was in middle school in 2008, the deadly 7.9-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake struck western China. Although its epicenter was some 700 kilometers southwest…
Read MoreAugust 26, 2024
Marek Locmelis: Associate Professor
Austin, with its Tesla Gigafactory and Samsung Semiconductor factory, is an increasingly prominent home for electric parts production, making the Jackson School of Geosciences the…
Read MoreAugust 26, 2024
Anna Ruth Halberstadt: Assistant Professor
Anna Ruth “Ruthie” Halberstadt joined the Jackson School of Geosciences in fall 2024 as an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences….
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
New Research Associates
Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Research Associate Shuvajit Bhattacharya joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in August 2020. He was previously an assistant professor…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Xiaohua “Eric” Xu: Research Associate
By Constantino Panagopulos When Xiaohua Xu analyzed high- resolution satellite images of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, he found that they had lit up clusters of…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Chenguang Sun: Assistant Professor
By Alan Gomez The farming village where Chenguang Sun grew up in central China was so small that he had to go to a larger…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Matthew Malkowski: Assistant Professor
By Alan Gomez Matt Malkowski joined the Jackson School of Geosciences as an assistant professor this fall. But when he was growing up in a…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist
By Constantino Panagopulos In 2008, when Dunyu Liu was an undergraduate at Peking University, a magnitude 8 earthquake struck southeast China. The tragic event, which…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Tucker Hentz: Research Scientist Associate
By Alan Gomez There was a time when Tucker Hentz thought he would become a medical doctor. But there was always something lurking underneath, right…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2021
Fred Taylor: Senior Research Scientist Emeritus
Fred Taylor joined the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in 1981 with plans to use corals to investigate big questions in geosciences. He made…
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Urban watersheds : geology, contamination, and sustainable development / Martin M. Kaufman, Daniel T. Rogers, Kent S. Murray. CRC Press, 2011. #watersheds #pollution #waterpollution
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FRIDAY: Global warming has put Arctic deltas in turmoil, but what does that mean for coastal erosion?
This week, #UTIGSeminars invites Brandee Carlson @UHEAS to share insights from recent investigations of Quinnguata Kuussua delta, West Greenland.
https://ig.utexas.edu/utig-seminar-series/2024/utig-seminar-series-brandee-carlson-university-of-houston/