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Research Expertise Database

The Jackson School has more than 150 researchers and faculty in all facets of the earth sciences. Use this database to find experts in any of our academic and research units. Media can also contact the Communications Office (jbird@jsg.utexas.edu) for information or call (512) 232-9623. Use our update form to suggest changes to this guide.

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Langston, Wann
Areas of Expertise: Vertebrate paleontology
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Primary Title: The First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professor Emeritus
Primary Unit: Department of Geological Sciences
Email: wannl@mail.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-7736
Fax: (512) 232-5518
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Geological Sciences
    1 University Station C1100
    Austin, TX 78712
UT Mailcode: R7600
Office: PRC VP
Lassiter, John C
Areas of Expertise: Earth's origin and evolution, isotope and trace element geochemistry, the role of crust and lithospheric mantle recycling in the generation of mantle chemical heterogeneity, the origin and distribution of water and other volatile elements in the Earth's interior, and the thermal and chemical evolution of the Earth's core and core/mantle boundary
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Primary Title: Associate Professor
Primary Unit: Department of Geological Sciences
Email: lassiter1@mail.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-4002
Fax: (512) 471-9425
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Geological Sciences
    1 University Station C1100
    Austin, TX 78712
UT Mailcode: C1100
Office: JGB 4.118
Laubach, Stephen
Areas of Expertise: Structural diagenesis, application of borehole-imaging geophysical logs to stress and fracture evaluation, tectonics and structural evolution of North American Cordillera, rock mechanics, structural geology fracture analysis, evolution of fault systems, physical modeling of faults, structural petrology, petrographic fluid inclusion, cathodoluminescence studies, hydrocarbon exploration and development in deep and/or structurally complex areas, tight gas sandstone and coalbed methane resources
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Primary Title: Senior Research Scientist
Primary Unit: Bureau of Economic Geology
Email: steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-7721
Fax: (512) 471-0140
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Bureau of Economic Geology
    University Station, Box X
    Austin, Texas 78713-8924
UT Mailcode: E0630
Office: BEG 3.102J
Lavier, Luc L
Areas of Expertise: Tectonics; the structural and geodynamical evolution of continental and oceanic rifts, as well as collisional environments; numerical techniques to model tectonic processes on crustal and lithospheric scales; deformation; subduction
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Primary Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Unit: Department of Geological Sciences
Email: luc@ig.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-0455
Fax: (512) 471-0348
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Institute for Geophysics
    10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 196 (R2200)
    Austin, TX 78758-4445
UT Mailcode: R2200
Office: ROC 3.102A
Lawver, Lawrence A
Areas of Expertise: Marine geophysics, plate tectonics, magnetics, gravity, heat flow, seismic studies, paleogeographic reconstructions of Gondwana, the Polar Regions, East Asia, and the Western Pacific
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Primary Title: Senior Research Scientist
Primary Unit: Institute for Geophysics
Email: lawver@ig.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-0433
Fax: (512) 471-0348
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Institute for Geophysics
    10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 196 (R2200)
    Austin, TX 78758-4445
UT Mailcode: R2200
Office: ROC 3.102B
Lee, Keumsuk
Areas of Expertise: Seismic sequence stratigraphy, GPR reservoir characterization
+ Contact
Primary Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Primary Unit: Bureau of Economic Geology
Email: keumsuk.lee@beg.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-0318
Fax: (512) 471-0140
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Bureau of Economic Geology
    University Station, Box X
    Austin, TX 78713-8924
UT Mailcode: E0620
Lin, Jung-Fu "Afu"
Areas of Expertise: Mineral physics, planetary ices and interiors, iron and iron alloys in Earth's core, solid-Earth geophysics and geochemistry.
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Primary Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Unit: Department of Geological Sciences
Email: afu@jsg.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-8054
Fax: (512) 471-9425
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Geological Sciences
    1 University Station C1100
    Austin, TX 78712
UT Mailcode: C1100
Office: JGB 4.140
Liu, Yang
Areas of Expertise: Seismic imaging and data processing, geotectonics, velocity structure of underground media, seismic data regularization and noise attenuation using novel transform methods
+ Contact
Primary Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Primary Unit: Bureau of Economic Geology
Email: yang.liu@beg.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 475-9555
Fax: (512) 471-0140
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Bureau of Economic Geology
    University Station, Box X
    Austin, TX 78713-8924
UT Mailcode: E0620
Long, Leon E
Areas of Expertise: Geochemistry, isotope geology including Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd geochronology, and radioactive isotopes used as geochemical tracers to date ancient geologic events
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Primary Title: Professor and The Second Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professorship
Primary Unit: Department of Geological Sciences
Email: leonlong@mail.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-7562
Fax: (512) 471-9425
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Geological Sciences
    1 University Station C1100
    Austin, TX 78712
UT Mailcode: C1100
Office: JGB 4.156
Loucks, Robert
Areas of Expertise: Reservoir characterization, sedimentology, stratigraphy, diagenesis, pore networks
+ Contact
Primary Title: Senior Research Scientist
Primary Unit: Bureau of Economic Geology
Email: bob.loucks@beg.utexas.edu
Work Phone 1: (512) 471-0366
Fax: (512) 471-0140
Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Bureau of Economic Geology
    University Station, Box X
    Austin, Texas 78713-8924
UT Mailcode: E0630
Office: BEG 3.112K

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