Earth and Planetary Science
2017-18 General Catalog
A232 Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(831) 459-4089
http://www.eps.ucsc.edu
Program Statement | Course Descriptions
Faculty, Researchers, and Professional Interests
Erik Asphaug, Professor Emeritus
Terrance Blackburn, Assistant Professor
Geochemistry, thermochronology, tectonics
Emily E. Brodsky, Professor
Earthquakes, volcanoes, fluid flow in fractured media
Kenneth L. Cameron, Professor Emeritus
Patrick Y. Chuang, Professor
Clouds, aerosols and climate
Matthew E. Clapham, Associate Professor
Paleobiology, geobiology
Robert S. Coe, Professor Emeritus
Nicole Feldl, Assistant Professor
Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Climate Change
Noah J. Finnegan, Associate 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 Emeritus
Gary B. Griggs, Distinguished Professor, Earth Sciences; Director, Institute of Marine Sciences
Coastal processes, hazards and engineering
Mathis Hain
Biochemistry; relationships between the marine cycling of nutrients, the global carbon cycle, and ocean circulation
Jeremy K. Hourigan, Associate Professor
Thermochonology, structural geology, tectonics
Elise Knittle, Professor
Mineral physics, experimental geophysics
Paul L. Koch, Professor
Isotope geochemistry, paleobiology and ecology
Michal Kopera, EPS Assistant Researcher
Geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean modeling
Don G. Korycansky. CODEP Research Planetary Scientist
Planetary impacts, asteroid dynamics
Mikhail Kreslavsky, CODEP Assistant Research Planetary Scientist
Mars surface evolution and planetary data analysis
Leo F. Laporte, Professor Emeritus
Thorne Lay, Distinguished Professor
Seismology, geophysics
J. Casey Moore, Professor Emeritus
Francis Nimmo, Professor
Icy satellites, accretion, Mars, planetary geophysics
Adina Paytan, Lecturer, IMS Research Scientist
Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental and aquatic chemistry
Dave Rubin, EPS, Researcher
Geomorphology
Hilde L. Schwartz, Senior Lecturer
Vertebrate paleontology, environmental geology, paleoecology, chemosynthetic ecosystems
Susan Y. Schwartz, Professor
Seismology, geophysics, active tectonics
Eli A. Silver, Professor Emeritus
Lisa Sloan, Professor Emerita
Myriam Telus, Assistant ProfessorSolar systems, solar system chronology
Othmar T. Tobisch, Professor Emeritus
Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Professor
Glaciology and glacial geology, soil mechanics
Steven Ward, Researcher
Geophysics, computer modeling
Gerald E. Weber, Lecturer Emeritus
Quentin Williams, Professor
Mineral physics, tectonophysics, experimental geochemistry
Ru-Shan Wu, CSIDE Research Geophysicist
Seismology, geophysics; wave propagation and subsurface imaging
Xiao-Bi Xie, CSIDE Research Geophysicist
Theoretical and applied seismology
James C. Zachos, Professor
Paleoceanography, marine stratigraphy
Xi Zhang, Assistant Professor
Planetary atmospheres, atmospheric chemistry
Xixi Zhao, Research Professor
Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism and their application to the history of Earth's magnetic field
Margaret Zimmer, Assistant Professor
Quantitative hydrology, stream-groundwater interactions and watershed hydrology
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Kenneth W. Bruland, Professor Emeritus , Ocean Sciences
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 Emeritus, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
Jonathan Fortney, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planetary atmospheres and interiors, extrasolar planets
Jeffrey Kiehl, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Studies
Climate change, Earth's changing hydrological cycle
Michael Loik, 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: 09/01/17
