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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

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Emeritus Faculty

Younane Abousleiman.
Younane N. Abousleiman
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Judson L. Ahearn
Doug Elmore.
R. Douglas Elmore
Charles Gilbert.
M. Charles Gilbert
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Charles W. Harper, Jr.
Randy Keller.
G. Randy Keller
David London.
David London
Kurt Marfurt.
Kurt J. Marfurt
Shankar Mitra.
Shankar Mitra
Paul Philp.
R. Paul Philp
Ze'ev Reches.
Ze'ev Reches
Barry Weaver.
Barry L. Weaver
Steve Westrop.
Steve Westrop