Scientist Profiles
December 16, 2009
Simulating Nature: Wonsuck Kim moves from virtual to physical modeling
At the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, a few miles from the main University of Texas campus, Wonsuck Kim is ready to set up a grand,…
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December 14, 2009
Studying Detachment: Luc Lavier unearths clues to formation of mountains and oceans
As a boy, Luc Lavier grew up in the Burgundy region of France, spending days searching for ammonites among the rocks of ancient oceans and…
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December 9, 2009
Paleoclimate Sleuth: Tim Shanahan Uses Organic Geochemistry to Uncover the Past
Tim Shanahan is a paleoclimate detective. He collects sediment samples from lakes and seas to reconstruct what ancient environments and climates were like. The techniques…
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December 24, 2008
Working Under Pressure: Jung-Fu Lin investigates mineral physics of planetary interiors
Studying material properties under the extreme pressures and temperatures that exist in planetary interiors, including Earth’s interior, presents extraordinary experimental challenges. By pushing diamond anvil…
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December 23, 2008
The Big Picture: Rong Fu uses satellite data to study climate processes
Climatologist Rong Fu prefers a bird’s eye view of the Earth’s climate. That’s “birds,” as in satellites, which she uses to study climate processes in…
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October 23, 2008
Summer Rain: Kerry Cook’s Climate Research in Africa and the America
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ programs in climate research and education will benefit tremendously from several new high profile faculty and researchers including Kerry Cook….
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October 22, 2008
Beyond the Bucket: Robert Dickinson Advances Climate Models
When Robert Dickinson began working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado in 1968, global climate models were crude and wildly…
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December 22, 2007
Salt Tectonics: Tim Dooley’s research focuses on gravity-driven salt tectonics using scaled analog modeling for reproducing real world systems
Tim Dooley came to the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL) as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003 and then became a research scientist…
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November 21, 2007
Renaissance Wonk: Michael Webber Pushes Better Energy Policy
Inventor, op-ed writer, policy wonk, and engineer—Michael Webber has done them all with success. But he’s just getting started on his dream job, teaching and…
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November 9, 2007
Making Mountains: Brian Horton Sees Emerging Analog in The Andes
For most of us, it’s hard to remember the moment when we first knew what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives….
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December 16, 2009
Simulating Nature: Wonsuck Kim moves from virtual to physical modeling
At the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, a few miles from the main University of Texas campus, Wonsuck Kim is ready to set up a grand,…
Read MoreDecember 14, 2009
Studying Detachment: Luc Lavier unearths clues to formation of mountains and oceans
As a boy, Luc Lavier grew up in the Burgundy region of France, spending days searching for ammonites among the rocks of ancient oceans and…
Read MoreDecember 9, 2009
Paleoclimate Sleuth: Tim Shanahan Uses Organic Geochemistry to Uncover the Past
Tim Shanahan is a paleoclimate detective. He collects sediment samples from lakes and seas to reconstruct what ancient environments and climates were like. The techniques…
Read MoreDecember 24, 2008
Working Under Pressure: Jung-Fu Lin investigates mineral physics of planetary interiors
Studying material properties under the extreme pressures and temperatures that exist in planetary interiors, including Earth’s interior, presents extraordinary experimental challenges. By pushing diamond anvil…
Read MoreDecember 23, 2008
The Big Picture: Rong Fu uses satellite data to study climate processes
Climatologist Rong Fu prefers a bird’s eye view of the Earth’s climate. That’s “birds,” as in satellites, which she uses to study climate processes in…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2008
Summer Rain: Kerry Cook’s Climate Research in Africa and the America
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ programs in climate research and education will benefit tremendously from several new high profile faculty and researchers including Kerry Cook….
Read MoreOctober 22, 2008
Beyond the Bucket: Robert Dickinson Advances Climate Models
When Robert Dickinson began working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado in 1968, global climate models were crude and wildly…
Read MoreDecember 22, 2007
Salt Tectonics: Tim Dooley’s research focuses on gravity-driven salt tectonics using scaled analog modeling for reproducing real world systems
Tim Dooley came to the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL) as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003 and then became a research scientist…
Read MoreNovember 21, 2007
Renaissance Wonk: Michael Webber Pushes Better Energy Policy
Inventor, op-ed writer, policy wonk, and engineer—Michael Webber has done them all with success. But he’s just getting started on his dream job, teaching and…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2007
Making Mountains: Brian Horton Sees Emerging Analog in The Andes
For most of us, it’s hard to remember the moment when we first knew what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives….
Read More