Earth and Planetary Science
2012-13 General Catalog
A232 Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(831) 459-4089
http://www.eps.ucsc.edu
Program Description | Course Descriptions
Faculty, Researchers, and Professional Interests
Erik Asphaug, Professor
Asteroids, comets, planet-forming collisions, surface processes
Emily E. Brodsky, Professor
Earthquakes, volcanoes, fluid flow in fractured media
Kenneth L. Cameron, Professor Emeritus
Patrick Y. Chuang, Associate Professor
Clouds, aerosols and climate
Matthew E. Clapham, Assistant Professor
Paleobiology, geobiology
Robert S. Coe, Professor Emeritus
Daniel Farber, Lecturer
Paleogeomorphology using short-lived nuclides; high-pressure experiments with applications to Earth's deep interior
Noah J. Finnegan, Assistant Professor
Geomorphology, active tectonics
Andrew T. Fisher, Professor
Hydrogeology, crustal studies, coupled flows, modeling
Ian Garrick-Bethell, Assistant Professor
Planetary interiors, paleomagnetism
Robert E. Garrison, Professor Emeritus
James B. Gill, Professor Emeritus
Gary A. Glatzmaier, Professor
Computer simulation of geodynamics and planetary dynamics
Gary B. Griggs, Distinguished Professor, Earth Sciences; Director, Institute of Marine Sciences
Coastal processes, hazards and engineering
Jeremy K. Hourigan, Assistant Professor
Thermochonology, structural geology, tectonics
Elise Knittle, Professor
Mineral physics, experimental geophysics
Paul L. Koch, Professor
Isotope geochemistry, paleobiology and ecology
Don G. Korycansky. IGPP Associate Research Planetary Scientist
Planetary impacts, asteroid dynamics
Marc G. Kramer, IGPP Associate Research Earth Scientist
Biogeochemistry, Earth surface process, remote sensing
Mikhail Kreslavsky, IGPP Assistant Research Planetary Scientist
Mars surface evolution and planetary data analysis
Leo F. Laporte, Professor Emeritus
Thorne Lay, Distinguished Professor
Seismology, geophysics
Karen C. Mc Nally, Professor Emerita
J. Casey Moore, Professor Emeritus
Structural geology, accretionary prisms, faulting
Francis Nimmo, Professor
Icy satellites, accretion, Mars, planetary geophysics
Adina Paytan, Lecturer, IMS Research Scientist
Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental and aquatic chemistry
Hilde L. Schwartz, Senior Lecturer
Vertebrate paleontology, environmental geology, paleoecology, chemosynthetic ecosystems
Susan Y. Schwartz, Professor
Seismology, geophysics, active tectonics
Eli A. Silver, Professor
Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing
Lisa Sloan, Professor
Past and future climate change, climate modeling, Earth system science
Othmar T. Tobisch, Professor Emeritus
Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Professor
Glaciology and glacial geology, soil mechanics
Steven N. Ward, IGPP Research Geophysicist
Seismology, geophysics
Gerald E. Weber, Lecturer Emeritus
Quentin Williams, Professor
Mineral physics, tectonophysics, experimental geochemistry
Ru-Shan Wu, IGPP Research Geophysicist
Seismology, geophysics; wave propagation and subsurface imaging
Xiao-Bi Xie, IGPP Research Geophysicist
Theoretical and applied seismology
James C. Zachos, Professor
Paleoceanography, marine stratigraphy
Xixi Zhao, Lecturer, Earth Sciences; IGPP Research Geophysicist
Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism and their application to the history of Earth's magnetic field
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Kenneth W. Bruland, Professor , Ocean Sciences
Chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry of trace metals and radionuclides, aquatic chemistry, geochemistry
Weixin Cheng, Professor, Environmental Studies
Soil ecology, agroecology, biogeochemistry, global change ecology
Margaret (Peggy) L. Delaney, Professor, Ocean Sciences
Paleoceanography, marine geochemistry
A. Russell Flegal, Professor, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
Anthropogenic perturbations of biogeochemical cycles, applications of isotopic tracers in anthropology and archaeology
Jonathan Fortney, Associate Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planetary atmospheres and interiors, extrasolar planets
Michael Loik, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
Plant physiological ecology, climate change ecology, biometeorology, ecohydrology
A. Christina Ravelo, Professor, Ocean Sciences
Stable isotope geochemistry and chemical oceanography, paleoclimatology
Revised: 9/25/12
