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Evan H. Abramson Evan H. Abramson, Research Associate Professor
Interests: Learning how the properties of fluids change at high pressures and temperatures, with an eye to the development of empirical, predictive associations among such properties.
Email: evan @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-4388
Office: JHN-245
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George Bergantz George Bergantz, Professor
Interests: Physical Petrology
Email: bergantz @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-4972
Office: JHN-327
Paul Bodin Paul Bodin, Research Associate Professor
Interests: Seismology; Earthquake sources; Earthquake effects; Hazard mitigation.
Email: pbodin @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7315
Office: ATG-145
Joanne (Jody) Bourgeois Joanne (Jody) Bourgeois, Professor
Interests: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Paleoseismology & Neotectonics
Email: bourgeois @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-2443
Office: JHN-332
J. Michael Brown J. Michael Brown, Professor
Interests: Experimental and theoretical mineral physics
Email: brown @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-6058
Office: ATG-220
Roger Buick Roger Buick, Professor
Interests: Precambrian Life and Environments, Astrobiology
Email: buick @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-1913
Office: JHN-335
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David Catling David Catling, Professor
Interests: Planetary Atmospheres, Biogeochemistry, Planetary Geomorphology (surface processes), Astrobiology
Email: dcatling @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-8653
Office: JHN-325
Brian Collins Brian Collins, Lecturer
Interests:
Email: bcollins @ uw.edu
Phone: 206-685-1910
Office: JHN-347
Howard Conway Howard Conway, Research Professor
Interests: Glacier dynamics and histories of glaciers and ice sheets, Snow avalanche dynamics
Email: conway @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-8085
Office: ATG-702
Darrel Cowan Darrel Cowan, Professor
Interests: Structural Geology, Tectonics
Email: cowan @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-4033
Office: JHN-334
Kenneth Creager Kenneth Creager, Professor
Interests: Seismology, inverse theory, tectonic tremor, volcanoes
Email: kcc @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-2803, 543-6626
Office: ATG-222
Juliet Crider Juliet Crider, Assistant Professor
Interests: Neotectonics, structural geology, crustal deformation, evolution of topography, fault zone processes
Email: juliet.crider @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-8715
Office: JHN-367
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Alison Duvall Alison Duvall, Assistant Professor
Interests: Tectonics, Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution, and Applied Geosciences
Email: aduvall @ uw.edu
Phone: 206.221.8311
Office: JHN 343
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Alan Gillespie Alan Gillespie, Research Professor
Interests: Glacial geology, remote sensing, Mars landscape evolution
Email: gillespie @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-8265
Office: JHN-377C
Drew Gorman-Lewis Drew Gorman-Lewis, Assistant Professor
Interests: Geomicrobiology, Astrobiology, Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry, Thermodynamics of Natural Systems.
Email: dgormanl @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-3541
Office: JHN 426
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Bernard Hallet Bernard Hallet, Professor
Interests: Glacial, Periglacial and Arid Lands Geomorphology Planetary surface processes
Email: hallet @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-2409
Office: JHN-365
Gary Hansen Gary Hansen, Research Assistant Professor
Interests: Planetary Remote Sensing; Optical Properties of Materials; Calibration of remote sensing instruments
Email: ghansen @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-8264
Office: ATG-164
Erika Harnett Erika Harnett, Research Assistant Professor
Interests: Space Physics, Advanced Computing, Planetary Science, Astrobiology and Comparative Planetology
Email: eharnett @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-0212
Office: JHN-267
Gonzalo Hernandez Gonzalo Hernandez, Research Professor
Interests: Aeronomy, Optics
Email: hernandez @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-9055, 543-7277
Office: JHN-251
Robert Holzworth Robert Holzworth, Professor
Interests: Experimental atmospheric electrodynamics and Space and Plasma Physics
Email: bobholz @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-7410
Office: JHN-263
Heidi Houston Heidi Houston, Professor
Interests: Observational Source Seismology; Earthquakes, subduction zones, tremor and slow slip, tsunamis.
Email: hhouston @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7092
Office: ATG-204
Katharine Huntington Katharine Huntington, Assistant Professor
Interests: Tectonics, erosion, surface processes, paleotopography, paleoclimate, geochemistry. Clumped isotope thermometry, thermochronology, thermo-kinematic modeling.
Email: kate1 @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-1750
Office: JHN-353
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Michael McCarthy Michael McCarthy, Research Associate Professor
Interests: Space Plasma Physics
Email: mccarthy @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-2543
Office: JHN-261
James Mercer James Mercer, Research Professor
Interests: Underwater Acoustics
Email: mercer @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-1361
Office: Henderson Hall 457
Dave Montgomery Dave Montgomery, Professor
Interests: Geomorphology (fluvial, hillslope, tectonic, and planetary)
Email: dave @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-2560
Office:
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Bruce Nelson Bruce Nelson, Professor
Interests: Isotope Geochemistry; Igneous Petrology; Environmental Chemistry
Email: bnelson @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-4434, 206-543-9187
Office: JHN-433
Liz Nesbitt Liz Nesbitt, Associate Professor
Interests: Paleontology and Stratigraphy
Email: lnesbitt @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-5949
Office: Burke Museum 008
Charles Nittrouer Charles Nittrouer, Professor
Interests: Coastal and continental-margin sedimentation Marine geology and geophysics
Email: nittrouer @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-5099
Office: MSB-111B
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Robert Odom Robert Odom, Research Associate Professor
Interests: Underwater Acoustics, Wave Propagation, Inverse Problems
Email: odom @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-3788
Office: Henderson Hall 277
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Gerard Roe Gerard Roe, Professor
Interests: Atmospheric Dynamics, Surface Processes, Modern climate and Paleoclimate
Email: roe @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-697-3298
Office: JHN-361
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David Schmidt David Schmidt, Associate Professor
Interests: Crustal deformation; Earthquakes and faulting, slow slip processes; Subduction dynamics and tectonics; Volcanic inflation; InSAR, geodesy
Email: dasc @ uw.edu
Phone: 206-685-3799
Office: ATG 206
Ron Sletten Ron Sletten, Research Associate Professor
Interests: Permafrost physical and chemical processes; periglacial geomorphology; natural water chemistry, Mars planetary science
Email: sletten @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-0571
Office: JHN-363
Eric Steig Eric Steig, Professor
Interests:
Email: steig @ u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-3715, 543-6327
Office: JHN-351
John Stone John Stone, Associate Professor
Interests: Quaternary geology, geomorphology, geochronology, Antarctic glaciation
Email: stone @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-221-6383(lab), 221-6332
Office: JHN-345
Terry Swanson Terry Swanson, Principal Lecturer
Interests: Quaternary Geology, Glacial Geomorphology, Environmental Geology and Geochronology
Email: tswanson @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: none
Office: JHN-161
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Fangzhen Teng Fangzhen Teng, Associate Professor
Interests: isotope geochemistry; composition and evolution of the crust and mantle; origin of the early solar system
Email: fteng @ uw.edu
Phone: 206-543-7615
Office: JHN 435
Kathy Goetz Troost Kathy Goetz Troost, Senior Lecturer
Interests: GeoMapNW; The Pacific Northwest Center for Geological Mapping; A 12-yr research center is being updated to become a better resource for the community and the department.
Email: ktroost @ uw.edu
Phone: 206-221-1770
Office: JHN 333
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John Vidale John Vidale, Professor
Interests: Earthquakes, Earth structure, earthquake hazard monitoring and mitigation.
Email: vidale @ uw.edu
Phone: 206-543-6790
Office: ATG-208A
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Ed Waddington Ed Waddington, Professor
Interests: Glacier and ice sheet dynamics, paleoclimates, ice-core interpretation
Email: edw @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-4585
Office: ATG-715
Steven Walters Steven Walters, Lecturer
Interests: Geospatial analysis & modeling; landscape ecology; complex systems theory, esp. coupled human-natural systems; landscape change from human & biophysical processes; ecoliter
Email: swalt826 @ uw.edu
Phone:
Office: JHN 053
Peter Ward Peter Ward, Professor
Interests: Paleontology, Astrobiology, mass extinctions and habitability, conservation biology of coral reefs
Email: ward.biology.uw @ gmail.com
Phone: 206-543-2962, 685-3825
Office: KIN-162
Steve Warren Steve Warren, Professor
Interests: Solar radiation processes, antarctic climate
Email: warren @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-7230
Office: ATG-524
Dale Winebrenner Dale Winebrenner, Research Professor
Interests: Applied Physics, Glaciology, Remote Sensing
Email: winebrenner @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-1393
Office: APL-308
Robert Winglee Robert Winglee, Professor and Chair
Interests: Space Plasmas, Magnetospheric Physics, Advanced Propulsion
Email: winglee @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-8160
Office: JHN-070J
Stephen Wood Stephen Wood, Research Assistant Professor
Interests: Planetary surface processes; Mars polar caps, ground ice, and climate evolution; Icy satellite surface evolution; Microphysics of heat and mass transfer; Spacecraft and laboratory
Email: sewood @ ess.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-0090
Office: JHN-247