James A Austin
Mailcode: R2200
1973 - B.A., Amherst College, Geology (magna cum laude)
1979 - Ph.D., MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
1979-present - research scientist at the Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), the University of Texas at Austin
2012-present - Associate Director, International Relations, UTIG
Areas of Expertise
Stratigraphic evolution of a wide range of marine and lacustrine environments around the world
Research Locations
Career Service Award to Scientific Ocean Drilling - ECORD/NSF (2012)
Outstanding Service Award - Jackson School of Geosciences (2008)
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Dean's List Award (2007)
JOI-USSAC Distinguished Lecturer (1997 - 1998)
Trustee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2007 - 2012)
Inaugural Chair, Development Board, American Geophysical Union (2004 - 2010)
Member, Ocean Exploration Advisory Working Group, NOAA (2004 - 2012)
Interim Director, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003 - 2004)
Member of Corporation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1998 - 2012)
Graduate Students
Marina C Frederik
, Ph.D., expected 2016
(Co-supervisor)
Marina is working on a project titled 'Morphology and structure of the accretionary prism offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia and Kodiak Island, USA'
Pinar Goktas , M.S., expected 2013 (Supervisor)
Jennifer L Graf , Ph.D., expected 2013 (Supervisor)