John M. Eiler
Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair
Heather Knutson
Divisional Academic Officer
Michael C. Gurnis
Director and Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair, Seismological Laboratory
Andrew F. Thompson, Director
Linde Center for Global Environmental Science
Professors Emeriti
Arden L. Albee, Ph.D.
Geology and Planetary Science
Donald S. Burnett, Ph.D.
Nuclear Geochemistry
Robert W. Clayton, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Charles Elachi, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science
Peter Goldreich, Ph.D.
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics
Thomas H. Heaton, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering Seismology
Andrew P. Ingersoll, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Hiroo Kanamori, Ph.D.
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics
David J. Stevenson., Ph.D.
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Planetary Science
Brian Wernicke, Ph.D.,
Chandler Family Professor of Geology
Peter J. Wyllie, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c.
Geology
Professors
Jess F. Adkins, Ph.D.
Smits Family Professor of Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science
Paul D. Asimow, Ph.D.
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geology and Geochemistry
Jean-Philippe Avouac, Doctorat
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies
Konstantin Batygin, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Geoffrey A. Blake, Ph.D.
Cosmochemistry and Planetary Science and Chemistry
Michael E. Brown, Ph.D.
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy; Terence D. Barr Leadership Chair and Director of Caltech Center for Comparative Planetary Evolution
Claire E. Bucholz, Ph.D.
Geology
Jörn Callies, Ph.D.
Oceanography and Environmental Science
Bethany L. Ehlmann, Ph.D.
Planetary Science; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Chair, Keck Institute for Space Studies; Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies
John M. Eiler, Ph.D.
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry; Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair
Kenneth A. Farley, Ph.D.
W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry
Woodward W. Fischer, Ph.D.
Professor of Geobiology
Christian Frankenberg, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist
John P. Grotzinger, Ph.D.
Harold Brown Professor of Geology
Michael C. Gurnis, Ph.D.
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics; Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair and Director, Seismological Laboratory; Director, Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering
Jennifer M. Jackson, Ph.D.
William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics
Joseph L. Kirschvink, Ph.D.
Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology
Heather A. Knutson, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Ph.D.
George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science
Michael P. Lamb, Ph.D.
Geology
Nadia Lapusta, Ph.D.
Lawrence A. Hanson, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics
Jared R. Leadbetter, Ph.D.
Environmental Microbiology
Laurie Leshin, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science
Dianne K. Newman, Ph.D.
Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology; Merkin Institute Professor
Victoria J. Orphan, Ph.D.
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Microbial Interactions; Director, Center for Microbial Interactions
George R. Rossman, Ph.D.
Professor of Mineralogy
Tapio Schneider, Ph.D.
Theodore Y. Wu Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; JPL Senior Research Scientist
Alex L. Sessions, Ph.D.
Nico and Marilyn van Wingen Professor of Geobiology
Mark Simons, Ph.D.
John W. and Herberta M. Miles Professor of Geophysics; Director, Brinson Exploration Hub
Joann M. Stock, Ph.D.
Geology and Geophysics
Edward M. Stolper, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c.
Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Geology
Andrew F. Thompson, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering; Director, Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science; Executive Officer for Environmental Science and Engineering
Francois Tissot, Ph.D.
Geochemistry; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
Michael M. Watkins, Ph.D.
Aerospace and Geophysics
Paul O. Wennberg, Ph.D.
R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering
Yuk L. Yung, Ph.D.
Planetary Science; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Zhongwen Zhan, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Assistant Professors
Katherine de Kleer, Ph.D.
Planetary Science and Astronomy; Hufstedler Family Scholar
Zachary Ross, Ph.D.
Geophysics; William H. Hurt Scholar
Julia Tejada, Ph.D.
Geobiology; William H. Hurt Scholar
Lecturers
Nathan Dalleska, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Emily Zakem, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Research Professor
Allen Husker, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Visiting Associates
Jim Bell, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Gerrit Budde, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Elizabeth Cochran, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Abigail Fraeman, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Gerald Haug, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Amy Hofmann, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Renyu Hu, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Lucile M. Jones, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Laura Kerber, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Patrice Klein, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Keith Klepeis, Ph.D.
Geology
Andrew Klesh, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Oswald Knoth, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Albion Lawrence, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Cheng Li, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Junjie Liu, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Yang Liu, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Franco Marcantonio, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Charles Miller, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Vijay Natraj, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Klaus Pontoppidan, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Paul Rosen, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Stanley P. Sander, Ph.D.
Planetary Science and Environmental Science and Engineering
Paul Siqueira, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Sue Smrekar, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Sarah Stamps, Ph.D.
Geology
Joao Teixeira, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Paulo Vasconcelos, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Duane Waliser, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Glenn Waychunas, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Cinzia Zuffada, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Members of the Professional Staff
Paula Antoshechkin, Ph.D.
Geology
Michael B. Baker, Ph.D.
Geology and Geochemistry
Julian J. Bunn, Ph.D.
Geophysics
John D. Crounse, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Nathan F. Dalleska, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Yunbin Guan, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Chi Ma, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Sally Newman, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Postdoctoral Scholars
Abdulrahman Aljurbua, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Solene Antoine, Ph.D.
Geology
Amirhossein Bagheri, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Abdalla Bakri, Ph.D.
Geology
Yinon Bar-On, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Narayanarao Bhogapurapu, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Samuel Brenner, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Swaroop Chandra, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Jinhui Chen, Ph.D.
Geology
Zhiang Chen, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Tristan Caro, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar in Geobiology
Junjie Dong, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar in Comparative Planetary Evolution
Justus Fink, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Huazhi Ge, Ph.D.
Heising Simons 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science
Huiyun Guo, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Anna Gulcher, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Daniel Halford, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Yinuo Han, Ph.D.
Barr Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science
Yuanyuan He, PhD.
Geochemistry
Oscar Kamps, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Yutian Ke, Ph.D.
Geology
Tingan Li, Ph.D.
Geology
Meichen Liu, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Tianshi Liu, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Wei Mao, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Harrison Martin, Ph.D.
Geology
Francisco Martinez Hernandez, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Samson Marty, Ph.D.
Geology
Magdalena Mayr, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Alexander Meshoulam, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Yoshinori Miyazaki, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral in Comparative Planetary Evolution
Claire Mondro, Ph.D.
Geology
Maya Nasr, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
William Palfey, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Gabriele Pichierre, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Simone Puel, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Maria Raguso, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Alexandre Renchon, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Alba Rodriguez Padilla, Ph.D.
O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar in Geology
Alexis Saez Uribe, Ph.D.
Geology
Jeremy Schreier, Ph.D.
Geobiology
William Schroer, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Anamika Shreevastava, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Jack Skinner, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Amanda Steckel, PhD.
Planetary Science
Bryn Stewart, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar in Environmental Science and Engineering
Xue Su, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Theo Tacail, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Mattia Tagliavento, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Jonas Didero Takodjou Wambo, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Alexander Thelen, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Dongchen Wang, Ph.D.
Geology
Taiyi Wang, Ph.D.
O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar in Geophysics
Xiaozhuo Wei, Ph.D.
Barr Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar in Geophysics
Anastasia Yanchilina, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Yitong Yao, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Qian Yuan, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Qiushi Zhai, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Shane Zhang, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Xihan Zhang, PhD.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Visitors
Piyush Agram, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Alexander Akins, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Thamer Alotaibi Aldaajani, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Andrew Annex, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Anthony Bloom, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Max Coleman, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Gilamichael Domenico, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Eryn Eitel, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Shana Goffredi, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Josh Goldford, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Matthew Golombek, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Robert W. Graves, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Lisa Guan, Ph.D.
Geobiology
John M. Harris, Ph.D.
Geology
Sina Hasheminassab, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Jamshid Hassanzadeh, Ph.D.
Geology
Bryana Henderson, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Gregory Holk, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Martha House, Ph.D.
Geology
Robert Housley, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Atsuko Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Cheng Li, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Yaowei Li, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Rishav Mallick, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Lucia Mandon, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Paul Nerenberg, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Jeff Osterhout, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Channing Prend, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Lee Saper, Ph.D.
Geology
Haley Sapers, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Marshall Seaton, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Yanan Shi, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Jack Skinner, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Wolfgang Sturhahn, Ph.D.
Geophysics
David Thompson, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Yao-Ping Wang, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Thomas Wieloch, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Debra Wunch, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Hank Yu, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Qing Yue, Ph.D.
Planetary Science