Fault/Fracture Mechanics, Structural Diagenesis & Earthquakes

Faculty

Thorsten Becker

Thorsten Becker

mantle convection; plate tectonics; structural seismology; numerical modeling; earthquakes; fluid dynamics
Elizabeth J Catlos

Elizabeth J Catlos

Please see https://catloslab.org/
Demian M Saffer

Demian M Saffer

Active tectonics, fault/sediment mechanics, geohydrology.
Nicola  Tisato

Nicola Tisato

Experimental rock physics and rock mechanics. Digital Rock Physics. Speleology. Seismic wave attenuation, Physical properties of rocks, Wave-Induced-Phenomena, Genesis of caves and speleothems, Reservoir characterization, Nuclear waste management.

Research Faculty

Eric  Attias

Eric Attias

OCEEMlab focuses on mitigating climate-driven phenomena by studying dynamic processes at oceanic plate boundaries, addressing geohazards, and promoting a New Blue Economy. Research Interests: (1) The interplay between mantle plumes, submarine freshwater, and marine biodiversity in volcanic systems. (2) Hot-spot mantle plume geodynamics and submarine volcanism. (3) Slab rollback-driven toroidal and poloidal mantle ...
Nathan L Bangs

Nathan L Bangs

Structural development and tectonic processes along convergent margins; MCS methods to acquire 3-D images of structure and stratigraphy within subduction zones; processing, inversion, and modeling of seismic reflection data

David C Bolton

Earthquakes,Fault Mechanics, Rock Deformation, Ultrasonic Monitoring
Seth  Busetti

Seth Busetti

Structure and geomechanics, induced seismicity, computational modeling
Yangkang  Chen

Yangkang Chen

Chen is interested in computational methods that can be broadly applied to seismic signal analysis, seismic modeling and imaging, and earthquake monitoring. In the past ten years, his team's research has focused on applying artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to various geoscience problems. One particularly intriguing problem is to detect earthquakes ...
Peter  Eichhubl

Peter Eichhubl

Fault and fracture mechanics, reservoir geomechanics, diagenesis and low-temperature geochemistry, fluid flow and transfer processes in sedimentary basins, deformation mechanisms of the upper crust, structural control of mass and heat transfer in sedimentary basins, effects of chemical mass transfer on the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of fractures and faults, chemical ...

Brent Elliott

Andras  Fall

Andras Fall

Fluids in diagenetic and hydrothermal systems, Fluid inclusions, Fractures, Structural diagenesis
Mahdi  Haddad

Mahdi Haddad

geomechanics of induced seismicity; geomechanical simulation of multiple-stage hydraulic fracture propagation using cohesive zone model and extended finite element method; numerical simulation of multiphase flow in porous media; development of computational fluid dynamics codes using finite volume, finite element (classic and Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin), and smoothed particle hydrodynamics methods.
Shuoshuo  Han

Shuoshuo Han

Shuoshuo is interested in the structure, tectonic processes, and related hazards at subduction zones, and the formation and evolution of oceanic lithosphere. She uses active source seismic data to image the detailed structures of the sediment, oceanic crust and uppermost mantle. She also integrates seismic data with ocean drilling data ...
Peter H Hennings

Peter H Hennings

My expertise is applied structural geology and geomechanics for which his interests are broad spanning structural systems analysis, subsurface interpretation, fault system characterization, fractured reservoir characterization, reservoir geomechanics, and subsurface fluid flow. Dr. Hennings is known as an integrator which is vital for the study of induced seismicity for which ...
Zhe  Jia

Zhe Jia

Seismology, Computational Geophysics, Bayesian Inference, Inversion, Deep Learning
Maria-Aikaterini  Nikolinakou

Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou

Maria-Katerina Nikolinakou is currently a Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on understanding stress and pore pressure in complex geologic systems, including salt systems and accretionary prisms. She studies the behavior of geologic materials ...

Alexandros Savvaidis

Manager of the Texas Seismological Network and Seismology Research (TexNet). Extensive 30 years experience in Seismology and Applied Geophysics both through my research position as a Senior Researcher and collaboration with Industrial partners in multidisciplinary European and US funded projects. I currently manage the seismic network of Texas with 210 seismic stations ...
Estibalitz  Ukar

Estibalitz Ukar

Fracture analysis and structural diagenesis Brittle structural petrology Fractured carbonate rocks Tectonics and metamorphism of subduction zones

Emeritus

Sharon  Mosher

Sharon Mosher

Structural petrology, field-oriented structural geology, the evolution of complexly deformed terranes, strain analysis, deformation mechanisms, the interaction between chemical and physical processes during deformation

Postdocs

Tanner  Acquisto

Tanner Acquisto

Tanner is interested in using marine geophysical data to study the structure and evolution of oceanic plates, particularly at subduction zones where the largest earthquakes are generated. He uses various types of data, but specialize in applying imaging and inverse techniques to active source multichannel seismic (MCS) and ocean bottom ...
Duyi  Li

Duyi Li


Research Scientists

Alejandro  Cardona

Alejandro Cardona

A well-rounded energy transition requires fundamental and applied research that addresses geomechanical and petrophysical behavior of geological porous materials. My current research has explored rocks and sediments (i) under extreme conditions (high pressure and stresses), (ii) saturated and interacting with complex fluids (hydrates), and (iii) subjected to localizations of all ...
Kitty L Milliken

Kitty L Milliken

Petrography and geochemistry of siliciclastic rocks; diagenesis; electron microbeam methods: X-ray mapping, cathodoluminescence imaging; micro-scale reservoir characterization

Research Staff

Sara Elliott

Julia F Gale

Julia F Gale

Natural fracture / vein systems in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; structural geology; tectonics
Robert M Reed

Robert M Reed

Microstructural analysis of rocks, particularly small-scale deformation structures and pores in mudrocks.
Yujiang  Xie

Yujiang Xie

Geophysics, Seismology, Applied Mathematics
Christopher K Zahm

Christopher K Zahm

Reservoir characterization, flow modeling in fractured reservoirs, porosity-permeability evolution