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The School of Geosciences currently has 22 full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty, 8 adjunct faculty and instructors, coorperating researchers and affiliate faculty, and 12 emeritus faculty. Our faculty are assisted by 8 staff members.

Matthew J. Pranter

Matthew J. Pranter

Director, School of Geosciences and Eberly Chair
Professor of Geosciences
Affiliate Faculty, Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering

Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Sedimentary Geology
Petroleum Geosciences and Energy Resources

matthew.pranter@ou.edu

Younane N. Abousleiman

Younane N. Abousleiman

Professor and Larry W. Brummett / ONEOK Chair
Director, integrated PoroMechanics Institute (iPMI)

Reservoir Characterization and Mechanics of Porous Media

yabousle@ou.edu

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Heather Bedle

Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Data Science, Applied Geophysics, Seismic Interpretation

hbedle@ou.edu

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Brett M. Carpenter

Willard L. Miller Professor
Associate Professor of Geosciences

Structural Geology, Rock Mechanics, Earthquake Physics

brett.carpenter@ou.edu

Michael J. Soreghan

Selina R. “Lena” Cole

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum

Paleontology, community paleoecology, functional morphology, extinction, phylogenetic comparative methods, carbonate sedimentology

colesr@ou.edu

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Shannon Dulin

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Director, Bartell Field Camp

Paleomagnetism, Sedimentary Geology, Geologic Field Methods

sdulin@ou.edu

Andrew S. Elwood Madden

Andrew S. Elwood Madden

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

Geochemistry; environmental and clay mineralogy

amadden@ou.edu

Megan E. Elwood Madden

Megan E. Elwood Madden

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

Earth and Planetary Geochemistry

melwood@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Michael H. Engel

Clyde Becker Chair

Organic / Stable Isotope Geochemistry

ab1635@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Timothy Filley

Professor
Director of Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems

filley@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Sarah W.M. George

Assistant Professor

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

sarahgeorge@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Caitlin Hodges

Assistant Professor

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

chodges@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Gilby Jepson

Assistant Professor

Tectonics, structural geology, thermochronology, geochronology, geochemistry

gjepson@ou.edu

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Junle Jiang

Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Seismology, Geodesy, Geodynamics, and Geomechanics

jiang@ou.edu

 

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Hector Lamadrid

Assistant Professor of Geosciences

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

lamadrid@ou.edu

 

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Xiaolei Liu

Norman R. Gelphman Professor 
Associate Professor of Geosciences

Geobiology, Lipid Biomarkers, Origins of Life

xlliu@ou.edu

Michael J. Soreghan

Jacqueline Lungmus

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum

Biotic Earth history, macroevolution, paleobiology, morphometrics

jklungmus@ou.edu

Richard Lupia

Richard Lupia

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

Paleobotany, Palynology, and Paleoecology

rlupia@ou.edu

Michael H. Engel

Sina Saneiyan

Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Near Surface Geophysics, Engineering Geophysics, Biogeophysics, Electrical Methods

saneiyan@ou.edu

Gerilyn S. Soreghan

Gerilyn S. Soreghan

Edward L. McCollough Chair
David L. Boren Professor

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimatology

lsoreg@ou.edu

Michael J. Soreghan

Michael J. Soreghan

James Roy Maxey Chair
Professor of Geosciences

Sedimentary and Environmental Geology

msoreg@ou.edu

Michael J. Soreghan

David F. “Davey” Wright

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum

Macroevolution, Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Echinoderm paleobiology, Crinoidea

wrightdf@ou.edu

Affiliate & Adjunct Faculty and Cooperating Researchers

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Thomas Fenn
Affiliate Faculty

thomas.fenn@ou.edu

G.B. Morgan, VI

Gail Holloway
Adjunct Instructor
Undergraduate Recruiter


gholloway@ou.edu

 
 
 


Fnu "Ming" Suriamin
Adjunct Professor
Geologist IV, Oklahoma Geological Survey Petroleum Geology and Petrophysics 

Fnu.suriamin-1@ou.edu


Netra Regmi
Affilitate Faculty
Hazards Geologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey

netraregmi@ou.edu

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Jason Vogel
Affiliate Faculty
Director, Oklahoma Water Survey

jason.vogel@ou.edu


Jake Walter
Affilitate Faculty
Geophysicist and State Seismologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey

jwalter@ou.edu


Molly Yunker
Cooperating Researcher and Outreach Specialist 
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Oklahoma Geological Survey

yunker@ou.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Judson L. Ahern

Judson L. Ahern
Professor Emeritus

Geomechanics, Gravity and Magnetics, and Environmental Geophysics
jahern@ou.edu

R. Douglas Elmore

R. Douglas Elmore
Professor Emeritus


Sedimentology, Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks, and Diagenesis
delmore@ou.edu

M. Charles Gilbert

M. Charles Gilbert
Professor Emeritus

Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Systems
mcgilbert@ou.edu

Charles W. Harper, Jr.

Charles W. Harper, Jr.
Professor Emeritus

Paleontology
charper@gcn.ou.edu

G. Randy Keller

G. Randy Keller
Professor Emeritus

Geophysics, Structure and Evolution of the Lithosphere from basins to the upper mantle, and Geoinformatics
grkeller@ou.edu

David London

David London
Professor Emeritus
 

Experimental Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Igneous and
Metamorphic Petrology, and Geology of Metals
dlondon@ou.edu

Kurt J. Marfurt

Kurt J. Marfurt
Professor Emeritus
 

Seismic Processing, Seismic Interpretation, and Reservoir Characterization
kmarfurt@ou.edu

Shankar Mitra

Shankar Mitra
Professor Emeritus
 

Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology, and Fractured and Faulted Reservoirs
smitra@ou.edu

R. Paul Philp

R. Paul Philp
Professor Emeritus

 

Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry
pphilp@ou.edu

Ze'ev Reches

Ze'ev Reches
Professor Emeritus
 

Structural Geology, Earthquakes, and Rock Mechanics
reches@ou.edu

Barry L. Weaver

Barry L. Weaver
Professor Emeritus

 

Trace Element Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
bweaver@ou.edu

Steve Westrop

Steve Westrop
Professor Emeritus


Invertebrate Paleontology
swestrop@ou.edu