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

tectonics, Geochronology, petrology, earthquakes, Geohazards, Critical minerals


Demian M Saffer

Demian M Saffer

Active tectonics, fault/sediment mechanics, geohydrology.


Nicola Tisato

Nicola Tisato

Rock Physics, rock mechanics, reservoir characterization


Taiyi Wang

Taiyi Wang

Fault mechanics, seismic source theory, caldera collapse, volcano geodesy



Research Faculty

Nathan L Bangs

Nathan L Bangs

processing, inversion, tectonics, Stratigraphy, and modeling


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

Seismic modeling, earthquakes, seismic processing


Peter Eichhubl

Peter Eichhubl

Fault and fracture mechanics, reservoir geomechanics, diagenesis and low-temperature geochemistry, induced seismicity/fault slip, subsurface hydrogen storage, geothermal systems, Fracture Mechanics, geomechanics, diagenesis, geochemistry, Fluid flow, heat transfer, induced seismicity


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, smoothed particle hydrodynamics methods, geomechanics, induced seismicity, numerical simulation, Fluid Dynamics


Shuoshuo Han

Shuoshuo Han

tectonics


Peter H Hennings

Peter H Hennings

structural geology, geomechanics, reservoir characterization, Fluid flow, induced seismicity


Zhe Jia

Zhe Jia

Seismology, Computational Geophysics, Bayesian Inference, Inversion, Deep Learning


Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou

Maria-Aikaterini Nikolinakou

geotechnical engineering, geomechanics, Salt tectonics, numerical modeling


Alexandros Savvaidis

Seismology, Geophysics, earthquakes, induced seismicity, modeling, data acquisition


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, strain analysis, deformation mechanisms, petrology, structural geology


Robert H Tatham

Robert H Tatham


Postdocs

Duyi Li

Duyi Li


Research Scientists

Alejandro Cardona

Alejandro Cardona

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

Robert M Reed

Robert M Reed

Microstructural analysis of rocks