| Agnew, Duncan C. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2590 |
Crustal deformation measurement and interpretation; geophysical data analysis; geophysical instrumentation. |
| Backus, George |
Research Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2468 |
Relativity; core-mantle boundary phenomenon; core fluid mechanics; inversion of geomagnetic data. |
| Berger, Jonathan |
Research Geophysicist/Senior Lecturer IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2889 |
Design and operation of a worldwide network of very broadband seismometers for the study of earthquake source mechanisms and earth structure; design and development of infrasonic sensors; development of satellite telemetry for global seismic data transmission; application of seismological technigues to the monitoring of nuclear weapons test limitation treaties; design and development of data acquisition and communication systems. |
| Blackman, Donna |
Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8813 |
Numerical modeling of mantle deformation at oceanic spreading centers; hydroacoustic studies of nuclear test monitoring capabilities; morphology, gravity, and tectonics of ridge-transform plate boundaries. |
| Bock, Yehuda |
Research Geodesist/Senior Lecturer/Director, Scripps Orbit and Permanent Ar |
UCSD |
(858)534-8031 |
Precise GIS and GPS, geophysical data archiving; meteorological and climatological applications of GPS; crustal deformation, tectonics, and earthquake studies using space geodesy; development of space geodetic methods-GPS and interferometric SAR |
| Brown, Kevin M. |
Associate Professor/Research Geologist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5368 |
Interaction between fluids and tectonic and environmental systems; structural geology; marine geology; experimental investigations into the processes controlling fluid flow through sediments and rocks; aqueous and geochemical flux measurements in the marine environment. |
| Cande, Steven C. |
Professor of Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-1552 |
Geomagnetism, geomagnetic polarity reversal timescale, magnetization of the oceanic crust, paleo-intensity variations of the geomagnetic field; plate tectonics, global plate reorganizations, Cenozoic motion between East and West Antarctica, structure of the Ross Sea, tectonics of the South Pacific |
| Castillo, Paterno R. |
Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-0383 |
Petrology and isotope geochemistry of MORB and OIB; petrologic and tectonic evolution of the western Pacific; mantle geodynamics. |
| Chadwell, Carl David |
Assistant Project Scientist MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-2663 |
Development of seafloor geodetic techniques using GPS and precision acoustics; seafloor crustal deformation at oceanic spreading centers and subduction thrust faults; GPS meteorology in ocean environments. |
| Constable, Catherine G. |
Professor IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3183 |
Geomagnestism and paleomagnetism, data analysis and inverse theory; recent and paleosecular variation of the geomagnetic field; recent geomagnetic and paleo-geomagnetic field modeling; the crustal magnetic field; influence of boundary conditions of the geomagnetic field; electrical conductivity of Earth's mantle. |
| Constable, Steven C. |
Professor in Residence |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2409 |
Electrical conductivity of crust and mantle; seafloor instrumentation; geophysical data analysis and inversion. |
| Curray, Joseph R. |
Professor of Geology, Emeritus SIO |
UCSD |
(858) 534-3299 |
Tectonics and geological history of northeastern Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. |
| D, Gerald L. |
Associate Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5517 |
Coupling between seismic fields on land and offshore underwater acoustic fields, including those created by land vehicle activity and nuclear tests; geophysical inversions with sources of opportunity; properties of naturally occurring sounds in the ocean, including surf zone activity; underwater vocalizations by marine mammals; acoustic particle velocity and other measurable physical phenomena associated with underwater acoustic fields; matched field processing; infrasonic air acoustics; interference patterns due to waveguide propagation. |
| Dorman, Leroy M. |
Professor of Geophysics |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2406 |
Seismology; especially seismic structure of the seafloor; Scholte waves; seafloor instrument development, especially of Ocean-Bottom Seismometers (OBSs)and seismic sources; operation of OBS facility. |
| Driscoll, Neal W. |
Professor, Geosciences |
UCSD |
(858) 822-5026 |
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy; Sea-level fluctuations; Lithospheric deformation |
| Edwards, Christopher A. |
Assistant Professor in Ocean Sciences |
UCSC |
(831) 459-3734 |
Physical oceanography of coastal and basin scale flows; geophysical fluid dynamics; interactions of biological and physical oceanographic processes. |
| Fialko, Yuri A. |
Associate Professor |
UCSD |
(858) 822-5028 |
Volcanology; Earthquake physics; Space geodesy (InSAR/GPS); Crustal deformation. |
| Fisher, Andrew |
Professor, Earth Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-5598 |
Hydrogeology; fluid circulation
in the lithosphere; ridge and flank processes; surface water - ground water interaction, modeling of fluid, heat, solute transport;
laboratory studies of geotechnical and hydrologic properties.
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| Fricker, Helen A. |
Associate Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-6145 |
Glaciology of ice shelves; antarctic ice sheet mass balance; satellite radar and laser altimetry. |
| Garrison, Robert E |
Professor Emeritus, Earth Sciences and Ocean Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-5563 |
Sedimentology, sedimentary petrology; sedimentology, paleoceanography, and diagenesis of deep-water pelagic sediments and rocks, particularly those deposited beneath upwelling zones. |
| Gee, Jeffrey S. |
Professor in Residence |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4707 |
Processes of remanence acquisition in igneous rocks and the origin of associated magnetic anomalies; application of paleomagnetic/anomaly data to crustal accretionary processes; quantitative analysis of silicate and magnetic fabrics in cumulate rocks. |
| Gilbert, J. Freeman |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2470 |
Normal mode theory; inverse problems; earthquake source mechanisms; deep aspherical structure; anelasticity in the earth; low frequency networks; seismic ray imaging. |
| Gill, James B. |
Professor, Earth Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-3842 |
Igneous petrology; geochemistry of island arcs and mid-ocean ridges; evolution of continental crust and lithosphere at continental margins; short lived radionuclides; collaborations with MBARI and JAMSTEC. |
| Griggs, Gary B. |
Professor, Earth Sciences Director, Institute of Marine Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-5006 |
Coastal processes and engineering; coastal evolution and development; shoreline processes, coastal engineering, and coastal hazards; impacts of coastal engineering structures on shorelines; littoral drift and sand budgets. |
| Harding, Alistair J. |
Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-4301 |
Crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise; 3-D tomographic study of the Clipperton transform; modeling and evolution of Moho at oceanic ridges; reflection seismic processing. |
| Hawkins, James W. |
Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2161 |
Evolution of convergent plate margins of western Pacific, and origin of back-arc basins such as Parece Vela Basin, Lau Basin and Mariana Trough; origin and emplacement of ophiolites on convergent plate margins; crustal evolution, western Pacific basin, and western North America. |
| Haymon, Rachel M. |
Professor, Earth Science |
UCSB |
(805)893-3718 |
Marine geology and geochemistry. |
| Hedlin, Michael A. H. |
Research Geophysicist |
UCSD |
(858) 534-8773 |
Structure of Earth's crust and mantle; use of seismic and acoustic energy for nuclear test ban verification; analysis of acoustic signals from large-scale atmospheric disturbances. |
| Hodgkiss, William S., Jr. |
Professor, MPL |
UCSD |
(858) 534-2836 |
Adaptive digital signal processing and time series analysis with applications to adaptive array processing; time- evolving spatial distribution and statistical characterization of ambient ocean noise; propagation of acoustic energy through the water column and its interaction with the surface and bottom; matched-field procesing and full-field inversions for water column and seafloor geoacoustic parameters; tropospheric electromagnetic propagation and environmental parameter inversions. |
| Ierley, Glenn R. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP/PORD |
UCSD |
(858) 534-5917 |
Turbulence and stability; planetary dynamo theory. |
| Ito, Garrett |
Assistant Professor- Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-6808 |
Marine geology/geophysics/tectonics: Use of gravity, bathymetry, and seismic observations to constrain volcanic and mantle structure associated with oceanic hotspot systems.; theoretical modeling to identify the important geodynamics processes leading to the formation and evolution of these features. |
| Johnson, Catherine L. |
Assistant Professor of Geophysics |
UCSD |
(858) 822-4077 |
Thermal and tectonic evolution of the planets; geomagnetism and paleomagnetism. |
| Keller, Edward A. |
Professor, Earth Science; Professor, Environmental Studies |
UCSB |
(805)893-4207 |
Tectonics and geologic hazards: Quaternary stratigraphy and tectonics as they relate to earthquake hazards, active folding and mountain building processes; hydrologic process and wildfire in the chaparral environment in southern California. |
| Kennedy, Michael P. |
Research Associate GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2751 |
Tectonic history of the Pacific North America continental margin; Tertiary stratigraphy of the southern California continental margin; recency and character of faulting in the southern California borderland; age and structure of marine terraces; liquefaction. |
| Kent, Graham M. |
Assistant Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-7386 |
Geology; mid-ocean ridge processes; structure of oceanic crust; rifted margins. |
| Lal, Devendra |
Professor of Nuclear Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2134 |
Nuclear geophysics; cosmic ray-produced radioisotopes in diverse terrestrial environments, atmosphere, lakes, oceans, and sediments; development of quantitative methods for the study of process geomorphology including continental weathering and erosion processes; phosphorus biodynamics in oceans using cosmogenic 32P, 33P and 7Be radionuclides; studies of past accumulation and ablation rates of polar ice using in situ-produced cosmogenic 14C. |
| Lange, Carina B. |
Associate Researcher GRD/MLRG |
UCSD |
(858)534-4605 |
Phytoplankton (diatoms); transport to the seafloor; burial in the sediment; time series; laminated sediments. |
| Laske, M. Gabrielle |
Assistant Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8774 |
Seismology. Propagation of seismic surface waves on global and regional scales; development of 3-D upper mantle models; seismic anisotropy. |
| Lesher, Charles |
Associate Professor |
UCD |
(530)752-9779 |
Geochemistry/petrology: mantle processes, ocean ridge magmatism/volcanic rifted margin development; deep-seated mantle and shallow igneous processes using geochemistry and petrology of ocean crust to reconstruct tectonic/magmatic events. |
| Lipps, Jere H. |
Professor & Curator Dept of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology |
UCB |
(510)642-9006 |
Marine geology: Precambrian/Cambrian radiation, reefs through time, marsh foraminifera, molecular phylogenetics of eukaryotes. |
| Lonsdale, Peter |
Professor of Oceanography MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-2855 |
Marine geology; structural geomorphology of plate boundary zones; tectonic history of the Pacific basin; geology of seamounts and guyots. |
| Lugmair, Gunter W. |
Research Chemist and Geochemist GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2746 |
Geochemistry: Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, U-Pb chronology of lunar, meteoritic, and terrestrial materials; Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr isotopic studies on terrestrial basalts, ultramafic nodules in basalts, and eclogites. |
| Luyendyk, Bruce |
Professor, Marine Geophysics, Earth Sciences |
UCSB |
(805)893-3009 |
Tectonics, geophysics, paleomagnetic and potential field methods. |
| Macdonald, Ken C. |
Professor, Marine Geophysics, Earth Science |
UCSB |
(805)893-4005 |
Marine geophysics; marine tectonics, geomorphology and marine magnetics. |
| Macdougall, J. Douglas |
Professor of Earth Sciences GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3294 |
Isotope geochemistry: chemical composition and evolution of the earth’s mantle using isotopic systems and trace elements as tracers; processes and chronology of development of oceanic and continental crust from isotope systematics; paleoenvironmental changes using seawater isotopes as tracers. |
| Masters, T. Guy |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-4122 |
Geophysical modeling; use of data from global digital seismic networks to study the fine structure of the deep earth and the large-scale 3-D structure of the mantle; development of dynamically consistent models of the earth’s mantle; small-scale seismic tomography and event location using data from local networks. |
| McClain, James |
Associate Professor of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-7093 |
Marine geology/geophysics/tectonics: marine seismology, mid-ocean ridge processes; particular interests in hydrothermal, magmatic and tectonic processes on mid-ocean ridges, and deformation on continental margins. |
| McNutt, Marcia |
Professor, Earth Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)775-1814 |
Global tectonics and marine geophysics; dynamic deformation of the lithosphere in both marine and terrestrial environments. |
| Minster, Jean-Bernard |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-5650 |
Space geophysics; propagation and attenuation of seismic waves; nuclear monitoring by seismic means; applications of space geodesy to the study of plate motions and deformation; intermediate-term earthquake prediction; precise airborne and spaceborne laser altimetry. |
| Moore, J. Casey |
Professor of Earth Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-2574 |
Structural geology, tectonics, and marine geology; fluid-rock interactions; structural and hydrogeologic evolution of accretionary prisms; fluid interactions in the evolution of sedimentary rocks. |
| Orcutt, John A. |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2887 |
Seismology; internal structure of ocean spreading centers; genesis of the oceanic lithosphere; structure of the elastic earth using seismology, synthetic seismograms, and geophysical inverse theory; ocean seismo-acoustics including rough seafloor scattering, acoustic-elastic interactions, and the use of small arrays. |
| Orme, Antony R. |
Professor of Geography |
UCLA |
(310)825-1516 |
Coastal and nearshore geomorphology, hydrodynamics, and sedimentology, with special focus on relative sea-level change, coastal erosion and mass movement, barrier-lagoon systems, and estuarine and wetland morphodynamics. Regional focus on Pacific North America, Africa, and Northwest Europe. |
| Parker, Robert L. |
Professor of Geophysics PORD/IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-2475 |
Geophysics; geophysical inverse theory; geomagnetism; gravity interpretation; electromagnetic sounding. |
| Phipps Morgan, Jason |
Professor of Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8862 |
Geodynamics; geochemical mantle evolution; mid-ocean ridges. |
| Rubin, Dave |
Lecturer in Earth Sciences, Research Associate-USGS |
UCSC |
(831) 427-4736 |
Sedimentology and sediment transort in marine and fluvial systems; origin and interpretation of sedimentary structures and bedforms; Grand Canyon sediment transport and restoration. |
| Sandwell, David T. |
Professor of Marine Geophysics IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-7109 |
Marine geophysics; charting the remote southern oceans with satellite radar altimeters and ship soundings; thermal and mechanical structure of oceanic lithosphere; tectonic deformation from synthetic aperture radar interferometry. |
| Sasagawa, Glenn |
Associate Project Scientist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-4329 |
Absolute gravity measurements; volcanism; post-glacial rebound. |
| Sclater, John G. |
Professor, GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-3051 |
Tectonic history of the Indian Ocean; thermal models of old ocean floor; heat flow anomalies over salt domes; gridding bathymetry from contour charts. |
| Shearer, Peter M. |
Professor, IGPP |
UCSD |
858/534-2260 |
Structure of Earth’s mantle and core; seismicity of southern California; seismic processing methods |
| Silver, Eli A. |
Professor, Earth Sciences |
UCSC |
(831)459-2266 |
Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing. |
| Spero, Howard J. |
Professor of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-3307 |
Paleoceanography: Biogeochemistry of living and fossil marine organisms. Stable isotopes, paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the chemistry; circulation and physical parameters of modern and ancient oceans; paleoclimatology. |
| Spiess, Fred N. |
Research Professor MPL |
UCSD |
(858)534-1621 |
Deep-seafloor research; development and use of instruments and vehicles for deep-seafloor geodesy; study of active plate boundary geophysical processes. |
| Staudigel, Hubert |
Research Geologist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-8764 |
Marine geology; geochemical transfer among ocean-crust, biosphere, seawater, and mantle; geochemical earth reference models; volcanology, geochemistry, and geophysics of seamounts and the oceanic crust. |
| Tauxe, Lisa |
Professor of Geophysics GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-6084 |
Geomagnetism; applications of paleomagnetism to geological problems; chronostratigraphic problems and origin of remanence in sediments; statistics of paleomagnetic data; behavior of chemical remanent magnetization from experimental studies; long-term behavior of the geomagnetic field. |
| Vernon, Frank L. |
Associate Research Geophysicist IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-5537 |
Earthquake seismology; real-time data acquisition systems; time-series analysis; broadband array systems and analysis, broadband ocean-bottom instumentation, wireless internet for environmental monitoring systems. |
| Verosub, Ken |
Professor of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-6911 |
Marine geophysics: magnetic properties of sediments and soils; magnetostratigraphy; interpretation of the paleoclimate record, history of the earth’s magnetic field. |
| Webb, Spahr C. |
Research Oceanographer MPL/PORD |
UCSD |
(858)534-1844 |
Marine geophysics: ocean-bottom seismology, seafloor electromagnetic fluctuations, and transient EM sounding; instrumentation for geophysical and oceanographic applications. |
| Werner, Brad |
Associate Professor IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-0583 |
Nonlinear dynamics, complex systems and self-organized geophysical pattern formation; nearshore and sediment transport and geomorphology: theory, modeling, and field tests; mechanics of granular materials; computer simulation |
| Wilson, Douglas S. |
Associate Research Geophysicist, Marine Science Institute |
UCSB |
(805)893-8033 |
Plate tectonics; mid-ocean ridge dynamics; geologic time scale. |
| Winterer, Edward L. |
Research Professor of Geology GRD |
UCSD |
(858)534-2360 |
Geologic history of the Pacific, including stratigraphy, sedimentation, and tectonics; comparisons between oceanic pelagic sediments and their analogs in folded mountain belts; plate stratigraphy and the subsidence of ocean crust, oceanic atolls, and continental margins. |
| Zierenberg, Robert |
Professor of Geology |
UCD |
(530)752-1863 |
Marine geology/geochemistry: investigation of submarine hydrothermal systems, formation of massive sulfide deposits, water/rock interaction, geochemical, and biological interactions at midocean ridge spreading centers. |
| Zumberge, Mark A. |
Research Geophysicist/Lecturer IGPP |
UCSD |
(858)534-3533 |
Development of marine gravity techniques; optical fiber strainmeter; marine geodesy. |
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