Faculty
- Tenure-Track Faculty
- Instructional and Research Faculty
- Emeritus Faculty
- Adjunct Faculty
- Research Scientists & Researchers
- Post-Doctoral Researchers
Tenure-Track Faculty
Antonelli, Michael
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Isotope Geochemistry
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
maantonelli@uh.edu
713-743-2213
Office: 331 SR1
Capuano, Regina
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Geology, Hydrogeology, Geochemistry
Advisor, Environmental Science
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
capuano@uh.edu
713-743-2957
Office: 221 SR1
Carlson, Brandee
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Geomorphology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
bncarlson@uh.edu
Office: 336C-SR1
Castagna, John
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Applied Seismology
Margaret S. and Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Faculty Chair in Applied Seismology
Accepting Graduate Students? No
jpcastagna@uh.edu
713-743-8699
Office: 121-A SR1
Choi, Yunsoo
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
ychoi6@uh.edu
713-743-9748
Office: 426F SR1
Copeland, Peter
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Thermochronology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
copeland@uh.edu
713-743-3649
Office: 304 SR1
Fu, Qi
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Organic Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
qfu3@uh.edu
713-743-3660
Office: 328-B SR1
Hu, Jinping
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
jinpinghu@uh.edu
713-743-
Office: 323 SR1
Jiang, Xun
Curriculum Vitae
Atmospheric Science Graduate Advisor
Professor, Atmospheric Science
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
xjiang7@uh.edu
713-743-3156
Office: 432-D SR1
Khan, Shuhab
Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Advisor (Geology and Geophysics)
Professor of Geology (Tectonics, Geological Remote Sensing)
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
sdkhan@uh.edu
713-743-5404
Office: 234 SR1
Lapen, Thomas
Curriculum Vitae
Chair, EAS Department
Professor of Geology, Isotope Geochemistry, Geochronology, Petrology
Accepting Graduate Students? No
tjlapen@uh.edu
713-743-6122
Office: 315-A SR1
Li, Aibing
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Seismology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
ali2@uh.edu
713-743-2878
Office: 125-B SR1
Li, Jiaxuan
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Seismology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
jxli@uh.edu
Office: 125-A SR1
Maddocks, Rosalie
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Paleontology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
rmaddocks@uh.edu
713-743-2772
Office: 227-A SR1
Mann, Paul
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Tectonics, Petroleum Geology
Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Professor
Director, Conjugate Basins, Tectonics and Hydrocarbons Consortium
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
pmann@uh.edu
713-743-3646
Office: 427 SR1
Murphy, Michael
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Structural Geology, Tectonics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
mmurphy@central.uh.edu
713-743-3564
Office: 335 SR1
Rappenglueck, Bernhard
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
brappenglueck@uh.edu
713-743-2469
Office: 426J SR1
Robinson, Alexander
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Geology, Structural Geology, Tectonics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
acrobinson@uh.edu
713-743-2547
Office: 315-B SR1
Sager, William
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics
Accepting Graduate Students? No
wwsager@uh.edu
713-743-3108
Office: 127-B SR1
Stewart, Robert
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics
Director, Allied Geophysical Labs
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair in Exploration Geophysics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
rrstewart@uh.edu
713-743-3081
Office: 131-C SR1
Struble, William
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Geomorphology, Surface Processes
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
wstruble@uh.edu
Office: SR1 Rm.327
Sun, Jiajia
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Geophysics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
jsun20@uh.edu
713-743-7380
Office: 127A SR1
Suppe, John
Curriculum Vitae
Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
jsuppe@uh.edu
Office: 312 SR1
Voarintsoa, Ny Riavo
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Sedimentary Geology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
ngvoarintsoa@uh.edu
Office: 328-A
Wang, Guoquan
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Geodesy, and Geosensing Systems Engineering
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
gwang@uh.edu
713-743-3224
Office: 231 SR1
Wang, Yuxuan
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Atmospheric Chemistry
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
ywang140@uh.edu
713-743-9049
Office: 426 SR1
Wellner, Julia
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, NSM
Professor, Glacial and Marine Geology
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
jwellner@uh.edu
713-743-2887
Office: 315-C SR1
Yuan, Kunxiaojia (Tammy)
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
kyuan@Central.UH.EDU
Office: 225-B SR1
Zhang, Honghai
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Tropical Climate Dynamics and Global Hydrological Cycle
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
hzhang83@central. uh.edu
713-743-4701
Office: SR1 415
Zheng, Yingcai
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Robert and Margaret Sheriff Professor in Applied Geophysics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
yzheng24@central.uh.edu
713-743-6513
Office: 129-B SR1
Zheng, Youtong
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Climate Physics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
yzheng29@central.uh.edu
713-743-
Office: SR1 233B
Zhou, Hua-Wei
Curriculum Vitae
Margaret S. Sheriff College Professorship in Geophysics
Accepting Graduate Students? Yes
hzhou@uh.edu
713-743-3440
Office: 335 SR1
Instructional and Research Faculty
Bhatia, Mukul
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor
Resource Sustainability, Carbon Management (CCUS), Hydrogen Storage, Oil and Gas Field
Development, Deep Water Developments, Unconventional Shale Development, Water management
and Seismicity
Bird, Dale
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Geophysics, Potential Fields
Consultant, Bird Geophysical
dale@birdgeo.com
Office: 312 SR1
Bissada, Adry
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor of Geology, Organic Geochemistry, Petroleum Systems
For student inquiries and UH-CPG related matters, please reach out to Dr. Radovic ( jradovic@uh.edu)
kbissada@uh.edu
713-743-4026
Office: 103/105 SR1
Dravis, Jeffrey
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer
Flynn III, James Howard
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor
jhflynn@uh.edu
713-743-3262
Office: 432-G SR1
Gao, Yongjun
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor, Geochemistry, Petrology
yongjungao@uh.edu
713-743-4382
Office: 332-B SR1
Hauptvogel, Daniel
Curriculum Vitae
Instructional Associate Professor
Geology, Geophysics, and Earth Science Undergraduate Advisor
dwhauptv@central.uh.edu
713-743-0532
Office: 225-D SR1
Hilterman, Fred
Curriculum Vitae
Distinguished Research Professor of Geophysics, Reflection Seismology
Margaret S. and Robert E. Sheriff Endowed Chair
fhilterman@uh.edu
713-850-7600 ext. 3318
Lytwyn, Jennifer
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Instructional Professor, Geology
jlytwyn@uh.edu
713-743-3296
Office: 227 SR1
Malloy, Thomas
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor
Radovic, Jagos
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Director of Center for Petroleum Geochemistry (UH-CPG)
jradovic@central.uh.edu
713-743-8866
Office: 103/105 SR1
Sayers, Colin
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor
Sisson, Jinny
Curriculum Vitae
Instructional Professor
Director of Summer Field Geology
Co-director of Geoscience Learning Center
vbsisson@uh.edu
713-743-7634
Office: 236-A SR1
Thomsen, Leon
Curriculum Vitae
Research Professor of Exploration Geophysics
lathomsen@uh.edu
713-743-3386
Office: 121-B SR1
Van Nieuwenhuise, Donald
Curriculum Vitae
Director, Petroleum Geoscience Programs
Instructional Professor, Petroleum Geology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy,
and Sedimentology
donvann@uh.edu
713-743-3423
Office: 227 SR1
Weglein, Arthur
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Reflection Seismology
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair in Physics
Director, Mission-Oriented Seismic Research Program
aweglein@uh.edu
713-743-3848
Office: 605 SR1
Wiley, Robert
Curriculum Vitae
Research Associate Professor, Reflection Seismology
rwiley@uh.edu
713-743-9151
Office: 510-H SR1
Emeritus Faculty
Casey, John
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Tectonics, Geochemistry
jfcasey@uh.edu
713-743-2824
Office: 323 SR1
Chafetz, Henry
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Carbonate Petrology
hchafetz@uh.edu
713-743-3227
Office: 221 SR1
Dupre, William
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer/Professor Emeritus
wdupre@uh.edu
713-743-4987
Office: 225 SR1
Hall, Stuart
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, Potential Fields
sahgeo@uh.edu
713-743-3416
Office: 225-B SR1
Han, De-Hua
Curriculum Vitae
Active Faculty Retiree
dhan@uh.edu
713-743-9293
Office: 123-A SR1
Reid, Archibald
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geology, Igneous Petrology, Planetary Geology
areid@uh.edu
713-893-1327
Office: 328-B SR1
Adjunct Faculty
Li, Liming
Curriculum Vitae
Professor, Department of Physics
lli7@central.uh.edu
713-743-3283
Office: 530C SR1
Li, Yingping
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, EAS
lyingpin@cenntral.uh.edu
Office:
Matteucci, Gianni
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Exploration Geophysics and Paleoclimatology
GWRMatteucci@gmail.com
832-614-3818
Milillo, Pietro
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
pmilillo@central.uh.edu
713-743-7792
Office: UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm 216
Naruk, Steve
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, structural geology and oil and gas exploration
steve.naruk@gmail.com
Office: 221
Pepper, Andrew
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Petroleum exploration, basin modeling
asp.tips@mac.com
Office: 281-222-4154
Rotzien, Jon
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Stratigraphy
Rudolph, Kurt
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor, Petroleum Geology
Van Wijk, Jolante
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Geophysics, New Mexico Tech
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wong, David
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct Professor
wong.david-c@epa.gov
919-541-3400
Research Scientists & Researchers
Han, Jangmi
Curriculum Vitae
Research Scientist, Cosmochemistry
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Bugti, Muhammad Nawaz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Dr. Rob Stewart
Research Interests :Natural hydrogen exploration, regional geology and remote sensing.
Cornelius, Sharon
Researcher 2
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Mann, CBTH project
Research Interests : Seismic and well interpretation, basin modeling
Ding, Zhaomin
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Honghai Zhang
Research Interests : Climate change and climate variability, Climate modeling
zding4@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 225C SR1
Gorosabel, Jose
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor : Dr. Paul Mann, CBTH project
Research Interests : Seismic data processing and interpretation, basin modeling, GIS database management
jmgorosa@Central.UH.EDU
Office: 427 SR1
Hsieh, Yu-Huan
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor : Dr. John Suppe
Research Interests :Multi-scale transects of the Taiwan arc-continent collision and role of overriding-plate
deformation with forearc subduction.
yhsieh2@Central.uh.edu
Office: 238 SR1
Li, Rui
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Qi Fu
Research Interests :Water-rock reaction, Carbon cycle.
rli32@Central.UH.EDU
Office: 328 SR1
Park, Jincheol
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor: Dr. Yunsoo Choi
Research Interests :Air quality modeling, numerical weather prediction, emissions, inverse problem, remote
sensing, GIS, aviation weather forecast, urban forest.
jpark56@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 426A SR1
Yan, Tianfan
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor:Dr. Jiaxuan Li
Research Interests :Earthquake seismology, Seismic imaging and Inversion
tyan3@central.uh.edu
Office: SR1
Zhang,Meng
Curriculum Vitae
Supervisor:Dr. Youtong Zheng
Research Interests :Cloud microphysics, convection and precipitation; Climate model evaluation and development;
Aerosol and cloud interactions in mixed-phase clouds.
Office: 233A SR1