FACULTY & STAFF INVOLVED WITH ODASES

Academic Departments

Mitch Lyle, Coordinator

Education: Ph.D. Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1978
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-3380
Research interests: paleoceanography from Cenozoic to Pleistocene, pelagic sedimentation, Cenozoic water cycle, paleoproductivity, climate-nutrient cycle interactions, tectonics and climate change
Research projects & publications: Web page

Jack Baldauf

Education: Ph.D. Paleontology, University of California-Berkeley, 1985
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-8479
Research interests: paleoceanography, micropaleontology, biochronology
Research projects & publications: Web page

Gioia Falcone

Education: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2006
Department: Petroleum Engineering
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 847-8912
Research interests: optimisation of integrated production systems, multiphase flow modelling and metering, 4D seismic in reservoir simulation, charcterisation of the near-wellbore region
Research projects & publications: Web page

Ethan Grossman

Education: Ph.D. Geochemistry, University of Southern California, 1982
Department: Geology & Geophysics
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-0637
Research interests: Earth system history, stable isotope geochemistry, biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology of aquifer systems
Research projects & publications: Web page

Robert Korty

Education: Ph.D. Climate Physics and Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Department: Atmospheric Sciences
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 847-9090
Research interests: equable climate dynamics of the Cretaceous and Paleogene; hurricane-ocean interactions; paleotempestology
Research projects & publications: Web page

Heath Mills

Education: Ph.D. Applied Microbiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-5105
Research interests: molecular characterization of microbial community structure and function, deep subsurface life exploration, nitrogen cycling in marine system prokaryote populations,, iron and sulfate reducing prokaryote competition in salt marsh sediment, bioremediation of radionuclide contaminated sediments
Research projects & publications: Web page

Annette Olivarez Lyle

Education: Ph.D. Oceanic Science, The University of Michigan, 1989
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-7191
Research interests: Cenozoic paleoclimate using the marine sedimentary record; pelagic organic carbon burial; sea-floor hydrothermal systems
Research projects & publications: Web page

Mary Jo Richardson

Education: Ph.D. Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1980
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-7966
Research interests: increasing diversity in Geoscience disciplines and improving Geoscience education opportunities; dynamics and biogeochemistry of particle formation, sinking, resuspension, transport and deposition in the ocean
Research projects & publications: Web page

Brendan Roark

Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
Department: Geography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 862-1775
Research interests: trace element analysis and U-series dating in deep sea corals and tropical corals
Research projects & publications: Web page

William Sager

Education: Ph.D. Marine Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1983
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-9828
Research interests: plate tectonics, tectonic reference frames, paleomagnetism and environmental magnetism, magnetostratigraphy and the magnetic polarity reversal time scale, Pleistocene-Holocene sea level variations, high-resolution geophysical methods, magnetic and gravity field interpretation
Research projects & publications: Web page

Matthew Schmidt

Education: Ph.D. Geology, University of California, Davis, 2005
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail
Research interests: paleoceanography
Research projects & publications: Web page

Scott Slough

Education: Ed.D. Science Education, University of Houston, 1998
Department: Teaching, Learning and Culture
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 458-4289
Research interests: chemical education, geoscience education, informal science learning, program evaluation, project-based learning
Research projects & publications: Web page

Catalin Teodoriu

Education: Ph.D. Technical Sciences, "Oil-Gas" University, Ploiesti, Romania, 2005; Ph.D. Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, 2003
Department: Petroleum Engineering
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-6164
Research interests: computer modeling and optimization, well completion and workover, drilling process and drilling equipment, threaded connections modeling
Research projects & publications: Web page

Debbie Thomas

Education: Ph.D. Paleoceanography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002
Department: Oceanography
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 862-7742
Research interests: paleoceanography of the Cretaceous and Paleogene, particularly in using the deep-sea sedimentary record to investigate the relationship between global tectonism and the evolution of the earth's climate system
Research projects & publications: Web page

Bridget Wade

Education: Ph.D. Geology & Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, 2001
Department: Geology & Geophysics
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 862-7828
Research interests: paleoceanography, Paleogene biostratigraphy, paleobiology of extinct calcareous microfossils
Research projects & publications: Web page

Bugrahan Yalvac

Education: Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Department: Teaching, Learning and Culture
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 862-1713
Research interests: Authentic science versus classroom science; faculty development; impact of history, philosophy, & sociology of science on science education; research methods; science, technology, and society; sociology of scientific knowledge; teacher preparation in the nature of science; writing across the curriculum & writing in the disciplines
Research projects & publications: Web page

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (TAMU)

Bradford Clement

Education: Ph.D. Geology, Columbia University, 1985
Department: IODP Director
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-2673
Research interests: Paleomagnetism, polarity reversals of Earth's magnetic field
Research projects & publications: Web page

Mitch Malone

Education: Ph.D. Geology, Duke University, 1995
Department: IODP Science Operations, Manager
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-5218
Research interests: Sedimentary geochemistry; carbonate diagenesis and dolomitization; pore water geochemistry; carbon cycling; geochemical paleoceanography
Research projects & publications: Web page

Adam Klaus

Education: Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 1991
Department: IODP Science Operations, Supervisor of Science Support
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-3055
Research interests: Application of marine seismic reflection and seafloor mapping techniques to understand marine tectonics, sedimentation, and volcanic processes; evolution of convergent margins with a focus on rifting; marine sedimenation processes; application of drilling operations and technology to creation of long-term subseafloor observatories; management of scientific ocean drilling programs.
Research projects & publications: Web page

Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian

Education: Ph.D. Marine Geology, RSMAS, University of Miami, 2003
Department: IODP Science Operations, Staff Scientist
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-2522
Research interests: Late Cenozoic paleoceanography; applied marine and lacustrine micropaleontology; ecology and paleoecology of ostracoda and foraminifera; biostratigraphy; abrupt climate change; environmental geology
Research projects & publications: Web page

Peter Blum

Education: Ph.D. Geology
Department: IODP Science Operations, Staff Scientist
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-9299
Research interests: physical properties
Research projects & publications: Web page

Kusali Gamage

Education: Ph.D. Hydrogeology, University of Florida
Department: IODP Science Operations, Staff Scientist
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 862-2283
Research interests: Combines laboratory-measured permeability values and numerical modeling to investigate fluid flow and pore pressure generation in subduction settings
Research projects & publications: Web page

Jörg Geldmacher

Education: Ph.D. Igneous Geochemistry, University of Kiel, 2000
Department: IODP Science Operations, Staff Scientist
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-0506
Research interests: Igneous geochemistry (including radiogenic isotopes and radiometric age dating) of oceanic volcanism; composition and evolution of the Earth's mantle; geodynamics of intraplate volcanism (including Large Igneous Provinces); alteration of oceanic crust
Research projects & publications: Web page

Jay Miller

Education: Ph.D. Ore Petrology and Geochemistry, Purdue University, 1992
Department: IODP Science Operations, Staff Scientist
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-2024
Research interests: Volcanology, igneous petrology and geochemistry, hydrothermal sulfide mineralization, physical properties of igneous and metamorphic rocks, geologic hazards
Research projects & publications: Web page

John Firth

Education: PhD Geology, Florida State University, 1989
Department: IODP Information Technology & Data Services, Curator
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 845-0507
Research interests: micropaleontology
Research projects & publications: Web page

Katerina Petronotis

Education: Ph.D. Geophysics, Northwestern University, 1991
Department: IODP Headquarters, Web Administrator
Contact: E-mail; Tel: (979) 458-3927
ODASES role: Web site content

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