David Mohrig

Areas of Expertise

Sedimentary Geology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, Rivers, Deltas, Coastlines, Submarine Channels, Geohazards, Sediment-Gravity Currents, Sediment Transport, Seismic Interpretation, Basin Analysis

G. K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes - American Geophysical Union (2021)

Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Sedimentology - Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) (2019)

Union Fellow - American Geophysical Union (2016)

Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Dept. of Geol. Sci., UT-Austin (2022)

Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Dept. of Geol. Sci., UT-Austin (2015)

Outstanding Educator Award - Jackson School of Geosciences, UT-Austin (2014)

Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Dept. of Geol. Sci., UT-Austin (2013)

Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Dept. of Geol. Sci., UT-Austin (2011)

Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Dept. of Geol. Sci., UT-Austin (2007-2008)

Postdocs

Mauricio Perillo

Richard Wayne Wagner, University of New Orleans

Daniel Sturmer, University of Cincinnati

Graduate Students

William S Bailey , Ph.D., expected 2026 (Co-supervisor)

Mariel D Nelson , Ph.D., expected 2025 (Co-supervisor)
Hi! I'm a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. I study geomorphology and remote sensing. I measure the detailed shape of landscapes and analyze how they change over time. For my graduate research, I use repeat drone-based lidar surveys to understand river bank erosion along the sandy, coastal Trinity River, the longest river with a watershed...

Fernando M Rey , Ph.D., expected 2025 (Committee Member)
My research focus is to link the stratigraphic record with tectonic processes using geochronology and geochemical signatures. I am currently working on projects in southern Patagonia (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Rocas Verdes Back-arc basin) and Japan (Neogene opening of the Sea of Japan).I am also interested in the dispersal of sediments in shallow marine environments. I have 8 years of experience...

Cole M Speed , Ph.D., expected 2024 (Co-supervisor)
I am a Ph.D. student with interests in remote sensing, geospatial data analytics, and Earth/planetary surface processes. My current research focuses on quantifying the evolution of modern fluvial landscapes and their preservation in the ancient rock record using high-resolution topography, time-lapse satellite imagery, numerical models, and field data. Ultimately, I seek to develop methods that enable better prediction of the...

Michelle Tebolt , Ph.D., expected 2024 (Committee Member)
As a planetary scientist, I study sedimentary processes on Mars to better understand the paleoenvironment, or the conditions that once existed on the surface. I am particularly interested in Martian fluvial processes that occurred ~3.8 billion years ago when there was liquid water on the surface and consider the question: How has water influenced the surface of Mars? Or more...

Charlie (Yu-Chen) Zheng , Ph.D., expected 2023 (Committee Member)

Sarp Karakaya (Committee Member)
Thesis Project: Constraining and quantifying depositional controls on mixed carbonate & siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy of the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin and reservoir modeling using 3D seismic interpretation, well log interpretation, seismic inversion, core analysis, and machine learning applications Tasks: o Interpreted a 3D seismic volume and well logs in the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin o Wrote a Python...

August Aalto (Committee Member)
I'm a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences co-supervised by Profs. Daniel Breecker and Paola Passalacqua. I'm interested in soil science, geomorphology, remote sensing, and environmental history and impact. For my PhD research, I'm pursuing a process-based understanding of soil development in deltaic wetlands for new insight into the dynamic role of organic matter in...

Kathleen Wilson, Ph.D., 2022 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Yuquian (Philomena) Gan, Ph.D., 2022 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Catherine Ross, Ph.D., 2022 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Paul Morris, Ph.D., 2022 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Nicole Gonzalez, M.S., 2022 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Cullen Kortyna, Ph.D., 2022 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Xinggang Liu, Ph.D., 2022 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Hima Hassenruck Gudipati, Ph.D., 2021 (Supervisor)
Department of Geosciences

Harry Hull, M.S., 2021 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Benjamin Cardenas, Ph.D., 2019 (Supervisor)

Max Daniller-Varghese, Ph.D., 2019 (Co-supervisor)

Woong Mo Koo, Ph.D., 2018 (Supervisor)

Andrea Nolting, Ph.D., 2017 (Committee Member)

Anthony McGlown, M.S., 2015 (Supervisor)

Kelsi Ustipak, M.S., 2015 (Supervisor)

Jason Sanford, M.S., 2015 (Co-supervisor)

John Shaw, Ph.D., 2013 (Supervisor)

Katherine Delbecq, M.S., 2013 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Yao You, Ph.D., 2013 (Co-supervisor)

Year	Semester	Course
2024	Spring	GEO 660A	Field Geology
2023	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2023	Fall	GEO 401	Physical Geology
2023	Spring	GEO 391	Understanding Sea Level
2023	Spring	GEO 302J	Crisis Of Our Planet
2023	Spring	GEO 660A	Field Geology
2023	Spring	GEO 371T	Understanding Sea Level
2022	Fall	GEO 401	Physical Geology
2022	Summer	GEO f660A	Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Wy
2022	Spring	GEO 302J	Crisis Of Our Planet
2021	Fall	GEO 401	Physical Geology
2021	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2021	Spring	GEO 302J	Crisis Of Our Planet
2020	Fall	GEO 360G	Const/Intrprt 3-D Stratigraphy
2020	Fall	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2020	Spring	GEO 302J	Crisis Of Our Planet
2020	Spring	GEO 391	Pleist-Holo Seds/Sl Records
2019	Fall	GEO 416M	Sedimentary Rocks
2019	Summer	GEO f660A	Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2019	Spring	GEO 302J	Crisis Of Our Planet
2018	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2018	Summer	GEO f660A	Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2018	Spring	GEO 391	Carbonate Margin Profiles
2018	Spring	GEO 391	Sediment Grav-Flow Dep Sys
2018	Spring	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2018	Spring	GEO 302P	Sustaining A Planet
2018	Spring	GEO 420K	Intro To Field/Strat Meths
2018	Spring	GEO 371T	Sediment Grav-Flow Dep Sys
2017	Fall	GEO 360G	Const/Intrprt 3-D Stratigraphy
2017	Fall	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2017	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2017	Spring	GEO 271T	Depositional Mechanics
2017	Spring	GEO 371T	Morphodynam/Quant Stratigraphy
2017	Spring	GEO 291	Depositional Mechanics
2017	Spring	GEO 391	Morphodynam/Quant Stratigraphy
2017	Spring	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2016	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2016	Fall	GEO 360G	Const/Intrprt 3-D Stratigraphy
2016	Fall	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2016	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2016	Spring	GEO 291	Mars Sedimentology
2016	Spring	GEO 394	Rsch In Clastic Sedimentation
2015	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Geological Sciences
2015	Fall	GEO 360G	Const/Intrprt 3-D Stratigraphy
2015	Fall	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2015	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2015	Fall	GEO 391	Sedimntry Source-To-Sink Dynmc
2015	Spring	GEO 316P	Sedimentary Rocks
2015	Spring	GEO 394	Rsch In Clastic Sedimentation
2014	Fall	GEO 371C	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2014	Fall	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2014	Fall	GEO 380R	Dynamics Of Sedimentary Sys I
2014	Fall	GEO 394	Rsch In Clastic Sedimentation
2014	Summer	GEO f660A	Field Geo-Tx/Nm/Co/Wy/Mt/Id/Ut
2014	Spring	GEO 371C	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2014	Spring	GEO 371C	Sedim Gravity Flow Deposit Sys
2014	Spring	GEO 380G	Constr/Interp 3-D Stratigraphy
2014	Spring	GEO 391	Fld Strat: Southwest Oregon
2014	Spring	GEO 391	Sedim Gravity Flow Deposit Sys
2014	Spring	GEO 394	Rsch In Clastic Sedimentation

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