Faculty in the CU Boulder
Department of Geological Sciences

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Faculty

	Robert S Anderson Geomorphology, mechanics and timing of landscape evolution
	.	Roger Bilham Crustal deformation measurement, space geodesy, and seismotectonics of plate boundaries. Global seismic hazard
	David Budd Sedimentology, diagenesis, and geochemistry of carbonates applied to rock-water interaction, sequence stratigraphy, and aquifer heterogeneity.	.
		Karen Chin Paleontology
	Jaelyn Eberle Vertebrate Paleontology, Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary mammalian biostratigraphy, phylogenetics, and evolution in the Rocky Mountain region; Paleogene High Arctic vertebrate evolution, paleobiogeography, and paleoclimate.
		Rebecca Flowers Geochronology, thermochronology, tectonics
	G. Lang Farmer Radiogenic isotope geochemistry and geochemical evolution of the western U.S.
		Shemin Ge Subsurface hydrodynamics in porous media, role of groundwater flow in heat transport, interaction between groundwater flow and rock deformation.
	Brian Hynek Planetary geology, Mars, astrobiology.
		Bruce Jakosky Planetary processes and evolution,Mars climate and climate change, and astrobiology.
	Craig Jones Geophysics and tectonics, mostly of the western U.S.
		Mary Kraus Sedimentology of fluvial depositional systems; continental paleoenvironments, and alluvial paleosols.
	Scott Lehman Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, radiocarbon research
		Tom Marchitto Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, carbonate geochemistry, rapid climate change
	Gifford Miller Director, Center for Geochronological Research at INSTAAR. Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronology; glacial geology and climate change; amino acid racemization (Svalbard, Arctic Canada, Australia)
		Stephen J. Mojzsis Geobiology, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Astrobiology.
	Peter Molnar Seismology, Geophysics, Tectonics.
		Karl Mueller Tectonics of Active Thrust Belts, Earthquake Hazards, Compressive Structures on Mars
	Jason C. Neff Biogeochemistry
		Matthew J. Pranter Petroleum geology, Sedimentary geology Reservoir geology and geophysics
	Anne Sheehan Seismology, geodynamics, geophysics and plate tectonics.
		Dena Smith Invertebrate Paleontology, Evolution of Insects, Plant-Insect Interactions and Climate and Taphonomy
	Joseph Smyth Mineral Physics: crystal structure controls on physical and chemical properties of minerals as related to the structure and composition of the Earth's mantle.
		Charles Stern Geochemical evolution and volcanism of central and southern South America.
	James Syvitski Executive Director of CSDMS; Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System. Sediment transport, oceanography, marine geophysics, numerical modeling (climate-ice-water-sediment interactions)
		Alexis Templeton Low Temperature Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology, Environmental Biogeochemistry
	Eric Tilton Surface hydrology, water-plant-soil interactions, climate
		Greg Tucker landscape evolution, geocomputation, drainage basin geomorphology, climate change impacts, numerical modeling, topography of active mountain ranges, coupled geomorphic-sedimentary systems
	Paul Weimer Director, Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center: and Interactive Geology Project. Sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis, 3-D seismic interpretation, reservoir geology, petroleum systems of deep-water continental margins, animations for geologic outreach.
		James White Light stable-isotope geochemistry; climate dynamics; paleoclimate from ice cores; carbon-cycle dynamics; isotopic fractionation in plants; mixing histories and formation of ground waters

Many CU Geophysics Faculty have appointments in Departments other than Geological Sciences, for a full list of Geophysics Faculty click here
	Attendant-Rank Faculty and Instructors
		Lon Abbott Undergraduate student advisor
	John Drexler The Laboratory for Environmental and Geological Studies (LEGS):Associate Professor Attendant Rank, Igneous petrology, economic geology, environmental geochemistry, electron microprobe specialist
		Kevin Mahan Metamorphic petrology, Structural geology
	Adjoint Faculty
	Geoffrey Dorn Geophysics, seismic analysis and petroleum exploration.
		Douglas S. Robertson Ph.D. CIRES, 216 UCB University of Colorado Boulder,  CO  80309
	Adjunct Faculty
	Roy Kligfield Structural geology and tectonics

Emeritus Faculty

John Andrews

Glacial and glacial-marine processes; Quaternary history of Arctic areas, particularly Canada; climate change (Canada, Alaska, Greenland margin).

William Atkinson, Jr.

Field studies and geochemistry of the origin of mineral deposits; comprehensive models of systems of hydrothermal mineral deposition, from intrusions to hot springs.

Bill Bradley

Peter Birkeland

Soil-forming processes; glacial and loess sequences in alpine areas of the northern and southern hemisphere (Rocky Mtns, SW United States, South America); subdivision of Holocene glacial deposits.

Bruce Curtis

 

Don Eicher

Cretaceous microfaunas, especially foraminifera, stratigraphy, depositional environments, and paleoceanography.

Alexander Goetz

Director of CSES. Remote sensing, geophysics, and global change.

William W. Hay

Global paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic modeling; paleoclimate model verification; geological mass balance for the global sedimentation system; modelling tectonics, erosion and sedimentation; topographic and bathymetric effects on climate and oceanography; global plate tectonic reconstructions; global paleogeography; geomaterial fluxes; global carbon cycle.

Carl Kisslinger

Earthquake wave generation and propagation and earthquake prediction.

Edwin Larson

Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of igneous and sedimentary rocks, and volcanology; geophysics and rock physics.

Mark Meier

Glaciology; effects of global changes on ice-sheet/glacier mass balances; sea-level changes; processes of glacier advance and retreat in fjords (Alaska, Arctic Canada, Greenland).

Donald Runnells

Hartmut Spetzler

Material properties as they apply to Earth's crust and mantle.

 

Theodore Walker

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