People

Faculty

Terrence J Blackburn

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- terryb@ucsc.edu
Website
- UCSC geochronology
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A108
Office Hours
- By appointment
Summary of Expertise
- U-Pb Geochronology

Emily Elizabeth Brodsky

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- brodsky@ucsc.edu
Website
- Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, c370
Summary of Expertise
- - Earthquake Physics
  - Geohazards
  - Granular flow
  - Friction, strength of materials and tribology
  - Reservoir engineering and borehole geophysics
  - Machine learning and prediction

Patrick Y Chuang

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-1501
Campus Email
- pchuang@ucsc.edu
Website
- My website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A254
Summary of Expertise
- Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry

Matthew E Clapham

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-1276
Campus Email
- mclapham@ucsc.edu
Website
- Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A208
Summary of Expertise
- Invertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology

Nicole A Feldl

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-3693
Campus Email
- nfeldl@ucsc.edu
Website
- Climate Dynamics Group
- Curriculum Vitae
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A247
Summary of Expertise
- Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics

Noah Finnegan

Title
- Department Chair & Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-5110
Campus Email
- nfinnega@ucsc.edu
Website
- Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A115
Summary of Expertise
- Geomorphology

Andrew T Fisher

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-5598
Campus Email
- afisher@ucsc.edu
Website
- UCSC Hydrogeology
- The Recharge Initiative
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A209
Office Hours
- varies by quarter
Summary of Expertise
- Hydrogeology, Water Resources, Crustal Studies, Heat Flow, Coupled Modeling, Geothermal Tool Development

Ian Garrick-Bethell

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-1277
Campus Email
- igarrick@ucsc.edu
Website
- Web Page
Summary of Expertise
- Planetary Interiors, Paleomagnetism

Gary B Griggs

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-5006
Campus Email
- griggs@ucsc.edu
Website
- gary-griggs.com
- Gary’s personal web site
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A-361
Summary of Expertise
- Coastal Processes and Hazards, Coastal Engineering, Impacts and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise

Mathis P Hain

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 1234567890
Campus Email
- mhain@ucsc.edu
Website
- Earth System Biogeochemistry
- Google Scholar
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A308A
Summary of Expertise
- I am looking for PhD student applications before the January deadline. If you think about applying, please check out earth-system-biogeochemistry.net and get in touch.

Jeremy Keith Hourigan

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-2873
Campus Email
- hourigan@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A221
Summary of Expertise
- Thermochronology, structural geology and tectonics

Paul L Koch

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- cpevc@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A115
Summary of Expertise
- Isotope biogeochemistry, paleobiology, ecology and evolution

Francis Nimmo

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-1783
Campus Email
- fnimmo@ucsc.edu
Website
- Web Page
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A219
Summary of Expertise
- Summary of expertise: Planetary geophysics Satellite interiors and evolution Planet formation

Adina Paytan

Title
- Faculty
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 650-274-6084
Campus Email
- apaytan@ucsc.edu
Website
- Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, C308
Summary of Expertise
- Biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry

Tamara Pico

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 8315214828
Campus Email
- tpico@ucsc.edu
Website
- Pico group website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A202

Heather M Savage

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-3222
Campus Email
- hsavage@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, C340

Myriam Telus

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- mtelus@ucsc.edu
Website
- UCSC Planetary webpage
- Dr. Telus personal webpage
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A232

Slawomir M Tulaczyk

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- stulaczy@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A112
Summary of Expertise
- Glaciology and Glacial Geology, Glacial Geomorphology, Soil Mechanics

Ethan Williams

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Campus Email
- ewilli18@ucsc.edu
Website
- Personal website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, C316

Quentin Williams

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-3132
Campus Email
- qwilliam@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A212
Office Hours
- On Sabbatical, Fall 2021
Summary of Expertise
- Mineral Physics, Experimental Geochemistry

Xi Zhang

Title
- Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-502-8126
Campus Email
- xiz@ucsc.edu
Website
- Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A261

Affiliated Faculty

Elliott Elliot Campbell

Title
- Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food Sustainability
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Phone
- (831)854-7948
Campus Email
- jojcampb@ucsc.edu
Website
- Elliott Campbell Faculty Website
- Office hours sign-up
Office Location
- Nat Sci 2 Main Building, Room 461

Weixin Cheng

Title
- Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Phone
- 831-459-5317
Campus Email
- wxcheng@ucsc.edu
Website
- Cheng’s Web page at UCSC
- Rhizosphere Image Gallery
Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 430

Christopher A Edwards

Title
- Professor
Department
- Ocean Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-3734
Campus Email
- cedwards@ucsc.edu
Website
- UC Santa Cruz Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, 447

Jonathan J Fortney

Title
- Chair and Professor
Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
Phone
- 831-459-1312
Campus Email
- jfortney@ucsc.edu
Website
- Professional Web Site
- Other Worlds Laboratory
Office Location
- Center for Adaptive Optics, 205

Michael E Loik

Title
- Professor
Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Phone
- 831-459-5785
Campus Email
- mloik@ucsc.edu
Website
- The Loik Lab
- Sign up for Office Hours here
Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 473
Office Hours
- W 10:45-11:45 h live, Th 14:00 – 15:00 h on Zoom, or by appt

Pratigya J Polissar

Title
- Professor
Department
- Ocean Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-5846
Campus Email
- ppolissa@ucsc.edu
Website
- Professional Website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A441

Margaret A Zimmer

Title
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-502-8714
Campus Email
- mzimmer1@ucsc.edu
Website
- Zimmer lab website
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A305

Emeriti Faculty

Erik Asphaug

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-2260
Campus Email
- easphaug@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Remote work location, N/A

Kenneth L Cameron

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-4089
Campus Email
- rocks@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, A232

Robert S Coe

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-4089
Campus Email
- rscoe@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, Earth & Marine Sciences A202

James B Gill

Title
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-3842
Campus Email
- gillord@ucsc.edu
Website
- Webpage

Gary A Glatzmaier

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 541-214-5882
Campus Email
- glatz@ucsc.edu

Elise Knittle

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Phone
- 831-459-4089
Campus Email
- eknittle@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Earth & Marine Sciences, EMS C448 (Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences office)