Faculty

Co-Principal Investigators (Department of Geology) 

The Department of Geology educates undergraduate and graduate students in the fundamentals of theoretical and applied geological sciences so that they will have the knowledge and skills to adapt as the science and their personal and professional situations change. The Department houses approximately 100 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate students, and teaches geological sciences to approximately 4000 students each year. Its students and its 23 faculty conduct exemplary basic and applied research in the geological sciences resulting in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications each year. It produces the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology and has contributed to the production of the Journal of Sedimentary Research and PALAIOS. 

• Paul Enos – Emeritus Distinguished Professor, carbonate stratigraphy and diagenesis 
• Luis González – Emeritus Professor, carbonate geochemistry, diagenesis, stable isotopes 
• David Fowle – Professor (Department Chair), Geobiology of carbonates, microbial CO2 sequestration 
• Evan Franseen – Emeritus Professor, carbonate sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, reservoir characterization 
• Steve Hasiotis – Professor, trace fossils in carbonates, sedimentology 
• C Marshall – Associate Professor, geospectroscopy in carbonate systems  
• Alison Olcott – Associate Professor, Organic geochemistry of carbonates and oil shales, microbial carbonates 
• Jennifer Roberts – Professor (Vice Provost for Graduate Studies), Geobiology of carbonates, dolomitization, diagenesis, microbial CO2 sequestration 
• George Tsoflias – Professor, Geophysics, exploration geophysics, reservoir characterization, induced seismicity, CCS, near-surface geophysics