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Tenure-Track Faculty

Antonelli, Michael
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Isotope Geochemistry

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

maantonelli@uh.edu
713-743-2213
Office: 331 SR1

Capuano, Regina
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Geology, Hydrogeology, Geochemistry
Advisor, Environmental Science

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

capuano@uh.edu
713-743-2957
Office: 221 SR1

Carlson, Brandee
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Geomorphology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

bncarlson@uh.edu
Office: 336C-SR1

Castagna, John
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Applied Seismology
Margaret S. and Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Faculty Chair in Applied Seismology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

jpcastagna@uh.edu
713-743-8699
Office: 121-A SR1

Chesnokov, Evgeni
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

emchesnokov@uh.edu
713-743-2579
Office: 123-B SR1

Choi, Yunsoo
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

ychoi6@uh.edu
713-743-9748
Office: 426F SR1

Copeland, Peter
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Thermochronology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

copeland@uh.edu
713-743-3649
Office: 304 SR1

Fu, Qi
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Organic Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

qfu3@uh.edu
713-743-3660
Office: 328-B SR1

Jiang, Xun
Curriculum Vitae
Atmospheric Science Graduate Advisor
Professor, Atmospheric Science

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

xjiang7@uh.edu
713-743-3156
Office: 432-D SR1

Khan, Shuhab
Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Advisor (Geology and Geophysics)
Professor of Geology (Tectonics, Geological Remote Sensing)

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

sdkhan@uh.edu
713-743-5404
Office: 234 SR1

Lapen, Thomas
Curriculum Vitae
Chair, EAS Department
Professor of Geology, Isotope Geochemistry, Geochronology, Petrology

Accepting Graduate Students? No

tjlapen@uh.edu
713-743-6122
Office: 315-A SR1

Li, Aibing
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Seismology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

ali2@uh.edu
713-743-2878
Office: 125-B SR1

Li, Jiaxuan
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Seismology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

jli74@uh.edu

Office:

Maddocks, Rosalie
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Paleontology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

rmaddocks@uh.edu
713-743-2772
Office: 227-A SR1

Mann, Paul
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Tectonics, Petroleum Geology
Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Professor
Director, Conjugate Basins, Tectonics and Hydrocarbons Consortium

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

pmann@uh.edu
713-743-3646
Office: 427 SR1

Murphy, Michael
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Structural Geology, Tectonics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

mmurphy@central.uh.edu
713-743-3564
Office: 335 SR1

Rappenglueck, Bernhard
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

brappenglueck@uh.edu
713-743-2469
Office: 426J SR1

Robinson, Alexander
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Geology, Structural Geology, Tectonics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

acrobinson@uh.edu
713-743-2547
Office: 315-B SR1

Sager, William
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? No

wwsager@uh.edu
713-743-3108
Office: 127-B SR1

Stewart, Robert
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics
Director, Allied Geophysical Labs
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair in Exploration Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

rrstewart@uh.edu
713-743-3081
Office: 131-C SR1

Struble, William
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Geomorphology, Surface Processes

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

wstruble@uh.edu

Office:

Sun, Jiajia
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

jsun20@uh.edu
713-743-7380
Office: 127A SR1

Suppe, John
Curriculum Vitae
Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

jsuppe@uh.edu
Office: 312 SR1

Turner, Stephen
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor

Accepting Graduate Students? No

Voarintsoa, Ny Riavo
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Sedimentary Geology

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

ngvoarintsoa@uh.edu
Office: 328-A

Wang, Guoquan
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Geodesy, and Geosensing Systems Engineering

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

gwang@uh.edu
713-743-3224
Office: 231 SR1

Wang, Yuxuan
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Atmospheric Chemistry

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

ywang140@uh.edu
713-743-9049
Office: 426 SR1

Wellner, Julia
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Chair, EAS Department
Professor, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Glacial Processes

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

jwellner@uh.edu
713-743-2887
Office: 315-C SR1

Zhang, Honghai
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Tropical Climate Dynamics and Global Hydrological Cycle

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

hzhang83@central. uh.edu
713-743-4701
Office: SR1 415

Zheng, Yingcai
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Robert and Margaret Sheriff Professor in Applied Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

yzheng24@central.uh.edu
713-743-6513
Office: 129-B SR1

Zheng, Youtong
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Climate Physics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

Zhou, Hua-Wei
Curriculum Vitae
Margaret S. Sheriff College Professorship in Geophysics

Accepting Graduate Students? Yes

hzhou@uh.edu
713-743-3440
Office: 335 SR1

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Instructional and Research Faculty

mukul bhatia

Bhatia, Mukul
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor
Resource Sustainability, Carbon Management (CCUS), Hydrogen Storage, Oil and Gas Field Development, Deep Water Developments, Unconventional Shale Development, Water management and Seismicity

Bird, Dale
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Geophysics, Potential Fields
Consultant, Bird Geophysical

dale@birdgeo.com
Office: 312 SR1

Bissada, Adry
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor of Geology, Organic Geochemistry, Petroleum Systems

For student inquiries and UH-CPG related matters, please reach out to Dr. Radovic ( jradovic@uh.edu)

kbissada@uh.edu
713-743-4026
Office: 103/105 SR1

Dravis, Jeffrey
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer

James Howard Flynn III

Flynn III, James Howard
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor

jhflynn@uh.edu
713-743-3262
Office: 432-G SR1

Gao, Yongjun
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Geochemistry, Petrology

yongjungao@uh.edu
713-743-4382
Office: 332-B SR1

Hauptvogel, Daniel
Curriculum Vitae
Instructional Associate Professor
Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Advisor

dwhauptv@central.uh.edu
713-743-0532
Office: 225-D SR1

Hilterman, Fred
Curriculum Vitae
Distinguished Research Professor of Geophysics, Reflection Seismology
Margaret S. and Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Chair

fhilterman@uh.edu
713-850-7600 ext. 3318

Lytwyn, Jennifer
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Instructional Professor, Geology

jlytwyn@uh.edu
713-743-3296
Office: 227 SR1

Jagos Radovic

Radovic, Jagos
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Director of Center for Petroleum Geochemistry (UH-CPG)

jradovic@central.uh.edu
Office: 103/105 SR1

 

Sisson, Jinny
Curriculum Vitae
Instructional Professor
Director of Summer Field Geology
Co-director of Geoscience Learning Center

vbsisson@uh.edu
713-743-7634
Office: 236-A SR1

Thomsen, Leon
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor of Exploration Geophysics

lathomsen@uh.edu
713-743-3386
Office: 121-B SR1

Van Nieuwenhuise, Donald
Curriculum Vitae
Director, Petroleum Geoscience Programs
Instructional Professor, Petroleum Geology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, and Sedimentology

donvann@uh.edu
713-743-3423
Office: 227 SR1

Weglein, Arthur
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Reflection Seismology
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair in Physics
Director, Mission-Oriented Seismic Research Program

aweglein@uh.edu
713-743-3848
Office: 605 SR1

Wiley, Robert
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Reflection Seismology

rwiley@uh.edu
713-743-9151
Office: 510-H SR1

Zhou, Shan
Curriculum Vitae
Research Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Chemistry

szhou10@uh.edu
Office: 432-E SR1

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Emeritus Faculty

Casey, John
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Tectonics, Geochemistry

jfcasey@uh.edu
713-743-2824
Office: 323 SR1

Chafetz, Henry
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Carbonate Petrology

hchafetz@uh.edu
713-743-3227
Office: 221 SR1

Dupre, William
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer/Professor Emeritus

wdupre@uh.edu
713-743-4987
Office: 225 SR1

Hall, Stuart
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Potential Fields

sahgeo@uh.edu
713-743-3416
Office: 225-B SR1

Han, De-Hua
Curriculum Vitae
Active Faculty Retiree

dhan@uh.edu
713-743-9293
Office: 123-A SR1

Reid, Archibald
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Igneous Petrology, Planetary Geology

areid@uh.edu
713-893-1327
Office: 328-B SR1

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Adjunct Faculty

Liming Li

Li, Liming
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Department of Physics

lli7@central.uh.edu
713-743-3283
Office: 530C SR1

Yingping Li

Li, Yingping
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, EAS

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Matteucci, Gianni
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Exploration Geophysics and Paleoclimatology

GWRMatteucci@gmail.com
832-614-3818

Steve Naruk

Naruk, Steve
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, structural geology and oil and gas exploration

steve.naruk@gmail.com
Office: 221

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Rotzien, Jon
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Stratigraphy

Kurt Rudolph

Rudolph, Kurt
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Petroleum Geology

Van Wijk, Jolante
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor of Geodynamics
Assistant Professor, New Mexico Tech.

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Wong, David
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor

wong.david-c@epa.gov
919-541-3400

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Research Scientists & Researchers

Jangi Han

Han, Jangmi
Curriculum Vitae
Research Scientist, Cosmochemistry

Post-Doctoral Researchers

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Bugti, Muhammad Nawaz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Dr. Rob Stewart
Research Interests :Natural hydrogen exploration, regional geology and remote sensing.

Zhaomin Ding

Ding, Zhaomin
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Honghai Zhang
Research Interests
: Climate change and climate variability, Climate modeling

zding4@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 225C SR1

Jose Araus

Gorosabel, Jose
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor : Dr. Paul Mann
Research Interests :Research Associate with CBTH project. Seismic data processing and interpretation, basin modeling, GIS database management.

jmgorosa@Central.UH.EDU
Office: 427 SR1

Gyawali, Bimal
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Brandee Carlson
Research Interests
: Application of remote sensing and machine learning gain insights into the morphodynamics of river deltas.

Jeong, Yongcheol
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Yuxuan Wang
Research Interests
: Climate-chemistry interaction, Air quality, Climate change

 

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Thoram, Sriharsha
Research Scientist

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Woodworth, Daniel
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Jonny Wu
Research Interests
: Paleomagnetism, geodynamic modeling, seismic tomography, absolute plate motion, polar wander, Pacific tectonics

Subin Yoo

Yoon, Subin
Research Scientist

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Zhao, Siyu
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Honghai Zhang
Research Interests
: weather and climate extremes, climate variability and climate change

szhao28@central.uh.edu
Office:SR1 Rm 238B