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John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences: professors and courses

Course codes EVS, GEO

Photo: The Jackson School of Geosciences building at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, United States.
The Jackson School of Geosciences building at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, United States. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0

Who teaches here

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 71
Daniel S Alessi CVProfessor
GEO 387C, GEO 476M
Wade Lee AubinAssistant professor of instruction
No classes listed this year
Jay L Banner CVProfessor
GEO 371T
Jaime D Barnes CVProfessor
GEO 376C, GEO 388L, GEO 401
Miriam Barquero-Molina CVAssociate professor of practice (12 month)
GEO 327G, GEO 386G, GEO 420K, GEO 660A, GEO 660B
Fred C BeachProfessor of practice
No classes listed this year
Thorsten Becker CVProfessor
GEO 350L
Kenneth S Befus CVAssociate professor of practice (12 month)
GEO 302Q, GEO 391
Christopher J Bell CVProfessor
GEO 322V, GEO 371T, GEO 405
Srinivas V Bettadpur CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Lisa Diane BoucherAssociate professor of practice (12 month)
No classes listed this year
Daniel O Breecker CVProfessor
GEO 401
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 71
Meinhard Bayani Cardenas CVProfessor
GEO 376L, GEO 416W, GEO 476K
Ginny A Catania CVProfessor
GEO 303E
Elizabeth Jacqueline Catlos CVAssociate professor
GEO 302N
Jingyi Chen CVAssociate professor
GEO 325K
Julia Allison Clarke CVProfessor
GEO 302D, GEO 322E
Kerry H Cook CVProfessor
GEO 320S, GEO 347D, GEO 391
Ian W DalzielProfessor
No classes listed this year
Dapeng Feng CVAssistant professor
GEO 311D
Peter Barry Flemings CVProfessor
GEO 315L
Sergey B Fomel CVProfessor
GEO 371T
James E Gardner CVProfessor
GEO 302J, GEO 338J, GEO 381J, GEO 426P
Timothy Andrew Goudge CVAssistant professor
GEO 311D, GEO 455S
Sean S Gulick CVResearch professor
GEO 348K, GEO 397F
Anna Ruth Weston Halberstadt CVAssistant professor
GEO 303E, GEO 349C, GEO 391
Patrick Heimbach CVProfessor
GEO 371T
Marc Andre Hesse CVProfessor
GEO 325C, GEO 325M
Tony Hollenback CVAssistant professor of practice (12 month)
EVS 151, EVS 301, GEO 302G
Brian K Horton CVProfessor
GEO 363S, GEO 383S, GEO 383U
Joel Peterson Johnson CVAdjunct associate professor
GEO 302E
Melissa Kemp CVAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Richard A Ketcham CVProfessor
GEO 171H, GEO 172H, GEO 173H, GEO 303
Edward C Kirk CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Ben KligmanAssistant professor of practice (12 month)
No classes listed this year
J Richard KyleProfessor
No classes listed this year
John C Lassiter CVProfessor
GEO 303C
Luc L Lavier CVProfessor
GEO 365P, GEO 366M
Fa Li CVAssistant professor
GEO 352P
Jung-Fu Lin CVProfessor
GEO 401
Marek Locmelis CVAssociate professor
GEO 386R
Lori A Magruder CVAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Matthew Alan Malkowski CVAssistant professor
GEO 416S
Shujuan Mao CVAssistant professor
GEO 114G, GEO 354, GEO 384D
Craig Martin CVAssistant professor
GEO 416E, GEO 428
Rowan Clare Martindale CVAssociate professor
GEO 369E, GEO 389E, GEO 405
Ashley Michelle Matheny CVAssociate professor
GEO 370E, GEO 376S
David MohrigProfessor
No classes listed this year
Claudia I MoraProfessor
No classes listed this year
Lorena G MoscardelliProfessor
No classes listed this year
Dev Niyogi CVProfessor
GEO 371T
Cornel Olariu CVResearch associate professor
GEO 303, GEO 316P
Camille ParmesanAdjunct professor
No classes listed this year
Geeta Persad CVAssistant professor
GEO 371T, GEO 391, GEO 416W
Mary F Poteet CVAssociate professor of practice
EVS 311, GEO 135J, GEO 401
Michael PriorAssistant professor of instruction
No classes listed this year
Michael Pyrcz CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Daniella M Rempe CVAssociate professor
GEO 315L, GEO 365Q
Malcolm Ross CVAssistant professor of instruction
GEO 371T, GEO 391
Demian M SafferProfessor
No classes listed this year
Mrinal K Sen CVProfessor
GEO 378D
Timothy Michael Shanahan CVAssociate professor
GEO 303, GEO 371T
Christine Simurda CVAssistant professor of practice (12 month)
GEO 371T
Kyle Thomas Spikes CVAssociate professor
GEO 465K
Daniel StockliProfessor
No classes listed this year
Chenguang Sun CVAssistant professor
GEO 371T, GEO 390M, GEO 416E
Zoltan SylvesterResearch professor
No classes listed this year
Nicola Tisato CVAssociate professor
GEO 325G, GEO 416S
Carlos Torres-Verdin CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Clark R WilsonProfessor
No classes listed this year
Zong-Liang Yang CVProfessor
GEO 302C
Lecturers and instructors · 2
Mark A HelperDistinguished senior lecturer
No classes listed this year
Kenneth W Wisian CVLecturer
UGS 302
Graduate and other instructors · 1
Nathaniel Miller CV
GEO 343Q, GEO 392F

Who teaches each course

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
EVS 151Tony Hollenback
EVS 301Tony Hollenback
EVS 311Mary F Poteet
GEO 114GShujuan Mao
GEO 135JMary F Poteet
GEO 171HRichard A Ketcham
GEO 172HRichard A Ketcham
GEO 173HRichard A Ketcham
GEO 302CZong-Liang Yang
GEO 302DJulia Allison Clarke
GEO 302EJoel Peterson Johnson
GEO 302GTony Hollenback
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
GEO 302JJames E Gardner
GEO 302NElizabeth Jacqueline Catlos
GEO 302QKenneth S Befus
GEO 303Richard A Ketcham, Cornel Olariu, Timothy Michael Shanahan
GEO 303CJohn C Lassiter
GEO 303EGinny A Catania, Anna Ruth Weston Halberstadt
GEO 311DDapeng Feng, Timothy Andrew Goudge
GEO 315LPeter Barry Flemings, Daniella M Rempe
GEO 316PCornel Olariu
GEO 320SKerry H Cook
GEO 322EJulia Allison Clarke
GEO 322VChristopher J Bell
GEO 325CMarc Andre Hesse
GEO 325GNicola Tisato
GEO 325KJingyi Chen
GEO 325MMarc Andre Hesse
GEO 327GMiriam Barquero-Molina
GEO 338JJames E Gardner
GEO 343QNathaniel Miller
GEO 347DKerry H Cook
GEO 348KSean S Gulick
GEO 349CAnna Ruth Weston Halberstadt
GEO 350LThorsten Becker
GEO 352PFa Li
GEO 354Shujuan Mao
GEO 363SBrian K Horton
GEO 365PLuc L Lavier
GEO 365QDaniella M Rempe
GEO 366MLuc L Lavier
GEO 369ERowan Clare Martindale
GEO 370EAshley Michelle Matheny
GEO 371TJay L Banner, Christopher J Bell, Sergey B Fomel, Patrick Heimbach, Dev Niyogi, Geeta Persad, Malcolm Ross, Timothy Michael Shanahan, Christine Simurda, Chenguang Sun
GEO 376CJaime D Barnes
GEO 376LMeinhard Bayani Cardenas
GEO 376SAshley Michelle Matheny
GEO 378DMrinal K Sen
GEO 381JJames E Gardner
GEO 383SBrian K Horton
GEO 383UBrian K Horton
GEO 384DShujuan Mao
GEO 386GMiriam Barquero-Molina
GEO 386RMarek Locmelis
GEO 387CDaniel S Alessi
GEO 388LJaime D Barnes
GEO 389ERowan Clare Martindale
GEO 390MChenguang Sun
GEO 391Kenneth S Befus, Kerry H Cook, Anna Ruth Weston Halberstadt, Geeta Persad, Malcolm Ross
GEO 392FNathaniel Miller
GEO 397FSean S Gulick
GEO 401Jaime D Barnes, Daniel O Breecker, Jung-Fu Lin, Mary F Poteet
GEO 405Christopher J Bell, Rowan Clare Martindale
GEO 416ECraig Martin, Chenguang Sun
GEO 416SMatthew Alan Malkowski, Nicola Tisato
GEO 416WMeinhard Bayani Cardenas, Geeta Persad
GEO 420KMiriam Barquero-Molina
GEO 426PJames E Gardner
GEO 428Craig Martin
GEO 455STimothy Andrew Goudge
GEO 465KKyle Thomas Spikes
GEO 476KMeinhard Bayani Cardenas
GEO 476MDaniel S Alessi
GEO 660AMiriam Barquero-Molina
GEO 660BMiriam Barquero-Molina
UGS 302Kenneth W Wisian
Bachelor’s degrees8 programs
Master’s degrees4 programs
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $93,000
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesDoctoral · Geological sciences—$93,000
Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesBachelor’s · General geology, Geophysics, Geosciences and 2 more$46,600$83,500

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is part of John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, led by Dean Danny Stockli. Its course codes are EVS and GEO.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

Colleges, deans, departments and degree programs come from UT’s catalog. Who teaches what comes from UT’s public HB 2504 course information, which lists the instructor of record and a CV for every section.

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