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Matthew J. Pranter

Director, School of Geosciences


The School’s mission is to provide students with high-quality education and research opportunities within a creative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary environment with an emphasis on fundamental and applied geosciences.

 

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Faculty

Heather Bedle.
Heather Bedle

Associate Professor
Lissa and Cy Wagner Professor
Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professorship


hbedle@ou.edu

Data Science, Applied Geophysics, Seismic Interpretation

Brett Carpenter.
Brett M. Carpenter

Associate Professor
Willard L. Miller Professor


brett.carpenter@ou.edu

Structural Geology, Rock Mechanics, Earthquake Physics

Selina R. “Lena” Cole.
Selina R. “Lena” Cole

Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History


colesr@ou.edu

Paleontology, Community Paleoecology, Functional Morphology, Extinction, Phylogenetic Comparative Methods, Carbonate Sedimentology

Shannon Dulin.
Shannon Dulin

Assistant Professor
Chris J. Cheatwood Director, Bartell Field Camp


sdulin@ou.edu

Paleomagnetism, Sedimentary Geology, Geologic Field Methods

Andrew S. Elwood Madden
Andrew S. Elwood Madden

Professor
Joe and Robert Klabzuba Chair
Director, Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory


amadden@ou.edu

Geochemistry, Environmental and Clay Mineralogy

Megan E. Elwood Madden
Megan E. Elwood Madden

Stubbeman-Drace Presidential Professor
Robert and Doris Klabzuba Chair
Director, Center for Faculty Excellence


melwood@ou.edu

Earth and Planetary Geochemistry

Michael H. Engel.
Michael H. Engel

Professor
Clyde Becker Chair


ab1635@ou.edu

Organic/Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Timothy Filley.
Timothy Filley

Professor
Director, Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems


filley@ou.edu

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biogeochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Coupled Elemental Cycles in Soils, Soil Carbon  Sequestration, Hillslope Erosion Processes

Sarah W.M. George
Sarah W.M. George

Assistant Professor


sarahgeorge@ou.edu

Tectonics, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Geochronology, Geochemistry, Field-based geology, Paleoclimate

Caitlin Hodges.
Caitlin Hodges

Assistant Professor


chodges@ou.edu

Critical Zone Science, Terrestrial Biogeochemistry, Metal Redox Geochemistry, Soil Carbon Cycle, Mineral Weathering

Hao Hu.
Hao Hu

Assistant Professor


hao.hu@ou.edu

Energy Transition, Exploration Geophysics, Seismology

Gilby Jepson.
Gilby Jepson

Assistant Professor


gjepson@ou.edu

Tectonics, Structural Geology, Thermochronology, Geochronology, Geochemistry

Junle Jiang
Junle Jiang

Assistant Professor


jiang@ou.edu

Seismology, Geodesy, Geodynamics, and Geomechanics

Hector Lamadrid.
Hector Lamadrid

Assistant Professor


lamadrid@ou.edu

Critical Resources, Carbon Sequestration, Geochemistry of Geofluids, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Experimental Petrology, Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Thermodynamics

Xiaolei Liu.
Xiaolei Liu

Associate Professor
Norman R. Gelphman Professor


xlliu@ou.edu

Geobiology, Lipid Biomarkers, Origins of Life

Jacqueline Lungmus.
Jacqueline Lungmus

Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History


jklungmus@ou.edu

Biotic Earth history, Macroevolution, Paleobiology, Morphometrics

Richard Lupia.
Richard Lupia

Associate Professor
Frank and Henrietta Schultz Chair
Associate Director and Head Curator, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History


rlupia@ou.edu

Paleobotany, Palynology, and Paleoecology

Lynn Soreghan.
Gerilyn S. Soreghan

David L. Boren Professor
Edward L. McCollough Chair


lsoreg@ou.edu

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimatology

Michael J. Soreghan.
Michael J. Soreghan

Professor
James Roy Maxey Chair


msoreg@ou.edu

Sedimentary and Environmental Geology

David F. Wright.
David F. "Davey" Wright

Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History


wrightdf@ou.edu

Macroevolution, Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Echinoderm paleobiology, Crinoidea

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Affiliate, Adjunct and Cooperating Researchers

Thomas Fenn
Thomas Fenn

Affilitate Faculty


thomas.fenn@ou.edu

DHT 510B

 

Gail Holloway.
Gail Holloway

Adjunct Instructor


gholloway@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center 718

Ming Suriamin.
Ming Suriamin

Adjunct Professor


huangcienming-1@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center, T205

 

Netra Regmi
Netra Regmi

Affiliate Faculty


netraregmi@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center, T211

Jason Vogel.
Jason Vogel

Affiliate Faculty


jason.vogel@ou.edu

CEC 304

Jake Walter.
Jake Walter

Affiliate Faculty


jwalter@ou.edu

Molly Yunker.
Molly Yunker

Cooperating Researcher and Outreach Specialist


yunker@ou.edu

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Postdoctoral Researchers

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Christopher Geyer

Postdoctoral Research Associate


christopher.geyer@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center 912

David Lubo
David Lubo

Postdoctoral Research Associate


davidlubo@ou.edu
Sarkeys Energy Center 810C

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Nevin Kozik

Postdoctoral Research Associate


nevin.kozik@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center 818

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Natalie Tanski

Postdoctoral Research Associate


natalie.tanski@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center 818