Faculty
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Solid Earth
| Name | Research Focus | Affiliation(s)* |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Anderson | Geomorphology | GEOL and INSTAAR |
| Michael Calkins | Geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics | PHYS |
| Alisha Clark | Experimental magma and mineral physics | GEOL |
| Lang Farmer | Radiogenic isotope geochemistry | GEOL and CIRES |
| Khosro Ghobadi-Far | Space geodesy | ASEN and CIRES |
Program Committee Chair | Geophysics and tectonics | GEOL and CIRES |
| Space geodesy, crustal deformation, earthquake hazards. | GEOL and CIRES | |
| Coseismic growth and effects of erosion on active structures. Compressive structures on Mars and Mercury and their relation to heat flow. | GEOL | |
| Steve Nerem Program Committee | Satellite altimetry, geodesy | ASEN and CIRES |
| Michael Ritzwoller | Seismology and Earth Structure, Imaging, Ambient Noise tomography | PHYS |
| Anne Sheehan | Seismology, Geophysics, Plate Tectonics, and Earth Structure | GEOL and CIRES |
| Geodetic and remote sensing data used to better understand the processes that govern natural and anthropogenic hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, groundwater extraction and induced seismicity and their impact on infrastructure and society | GEOL and CIRES | |
| Nathalie Vriend Program Committee | Geomorphology and Fluid Dynamics | MCEN |
| Michael Willis | Current and future contributions of land based ice are to changing sea level. (now 欧美口爆视频 Adjunct; moved to Virginia Tech) | GEOL and CIRES |
Program Committee | Constitutive modeling of geomaterials (soil, rock) interacting with environmental factors (adsorption, dissolution, elevated temperature), micromechanics of granular materials, unsaturated soil behaviors, numerical modeling in geotechnical engineering and energy geotechnics | CVEN |
| Shijie Zhong Program Committee | Dynamics of the Planetary Interiors | PHYS |
Planets
| Name | Research Focus | Affiliation(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Magnetospheres of Earth and planets | APS and LASP | |
| Plasma environments and atmospheres of unmagnetized planets | APS and LASP | |
| Bob Ergun | Auroral processes at Earth and Jupiter | APS and LASP |
| Observational and theoretical studies of planetary atmospheres | APS and LASP | |
| Paul Hayne Program Committee | Surfaces and atmospheres of icy planets and moons | APS and LASP |
| Geologic, hydrologic, and climatic histories of the planet Mars | GEOL and LASP | |
| Planetary surfaces and astrobiology | GEOL and LASP | |
| Nick Schneider | Planetary atmospheres, planetary astronomy, space physics, instrumentation, and scientific visualization | APS and LASP |
Snow and Ice
| Name | Research Focus | Affiliation(s) |
|---|---|---|
Program Committee | Glaciers, ice sheets, and environmental remote sensing | CIRES, ESOC, and GEOG |
| Ute Herzfeld Program Committee | Glaciology, sea ice research, geomathematics, geophysics, active and passive remote sensing | ECEE and CIRES |
| Glaciology and geophysics | CVEN and INSTAAR | |
| Marc Serreze | Arctic climate; global implications; and climate warming in the Arctic | CIRES, NSIDC, and GEOG |
Emeritus
| Name | Research Focus | Affiliation(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Magnetospheres of the giant planets | APS and LASP | |
| Peter Bender | Space geodesy | JILA and PHYS |
| Crustal deformation measurement, space geodesy, and seismotectonics of plate boundaries. Global seismic hazard. | GEOL and CIRES | |
| Robert Engdahl | Seismology, Earth structure, and earthquakes | PHYS |
| James Faller | Gravimetry instrumentation | PHYS and JILA |
| Remote sensing of Earth materials | GEOL and CIRES | |
| Anatoly Levshin | Seismology, surface waves, and Earth structure | PHYS |
| Stephen Mojzsis | Geophysical and geochemical dynamics of planet formation | GEOL |
| Geodesy, earth rotation, gravity | CIRES and NOAA | |
| Mineral Physics: crystal structure controls on physical and chemical properties of minerals as related to the structure and composition of the Earth's mantle | GEOL | |
| Rock and mineral physics | GEOL and CIRES | |
| Sediment transport, oceanography, marine geophysics, numerical modeling | GEOL and INSTAAR | |
| Paul Weimer | Sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis, 3-D seismic interpretation, reservoir geology, petroleum systems of deep-water continental margins | GEOL |
| Affiliations Key | |
|---|---|
| APS | |
| ASEN | |
| ATOC | |
| CCAR | |
| CIRES | |
| CVEN | |
| ECEE | Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
| ESOC | |
| GEOG | |
| GEOL | |
| INSTAAR | |
| JILA | |
| LASP | |
| MCEN | |
| NOAA | |
| NSIDC | |
| PHYS | |