Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Director, School of Geosciences
and Eberly Chair
David L. Boren Professor
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimatology
lsoreg@ou.edu
Faculty
The School of Geosciences currently has 20 full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty, 1 research faculty, 4 adjunct faculty and instructors and 8 emeritus faculty. Our faculty are assisted by 5 research staff and 4 administrative staff.
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
Heather Bedle
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Applied Petroleum Geophysics, Seismic Interpretation
hbedle@ou.edu
Michael Behm
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Exploration Geophysics, Solid Earth Geophysics, Seismic Imaging/Monitoring, Seismic Interferometry and Earthquakes/Tectonics
michael.behm@ou.edu
Brett M. Carpenter
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Structural Geology
brett.carpenter@ou.edu
Xiaowei Chen
Lissa and Cy Wagner Professor
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Seismology and Earthquake Processes
xiaowei.chen@ou.edu
Shannon Dulin
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Paleomagnetism, Sedimentary Geology, Geologic Field Methods
sdulin@ou.edu
R. Douglas Elmore
Edward L. McCollough Chair
Sedimentology, Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks, and Diagenesis
delmore@ou.edu
Andrew S. Elwood Madden
Frank and Henrietta Schultz Chair
Geochemistry; environmental and clay mineralogy
amadden@ou.edu
Megan E. Elwood Madden
Robert & Doris Klabzuba Chair
Stubbeman-Drace Presidential Professor of Geosciences
Earth and Planetary Geochemistry
melwood@ou.edu
Michael H. Engel
Clyde Becker Chair
Organic / Stable Isotope Geochemistry
ab1635@ou.edu
Junle Jiang
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
jiang@ou.edu
Xiaolei Liu
Assistant Professor of Organic Geochemistry
Geobiology, Lipid Biomarkers, Origins of Life
xlliu@ou.edu
Richard Lupia
Norman R. Gelphman Professor
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Associate Curator of Paleobotany and Micropaeontology,
The Sam Noble Museum
Paleobotany, Palynology, and Paleoecology
rlupia@ou.edu
Kurt J. Marfurt
Research Professor
Seismic Processing, Seismic Interpretation, and Reservoir Characterization
kmarfurt@ou.edu
John D. Pigott
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Ancient and Modern Carbonates, Basin Analysis, and Seismic Stratigraphy
jpigott@ou.edu
Matthew J. Pranter
Victor E. Monnett Chair in Energy Resources
Professor of Geosciences
Director, Institute for Reservoir Characterization and
Reservoir Characterization and Modeling Laboratory
Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Modeling, Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology, Unconventional Reservoirs
matthew.pranter@ou.edu
Michael J. Soreghan
James Roy Maxey Professor
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Sedimentary and Environmental Geology
msoreg@ou.edu
Barry L. Weaver
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Trace Element Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
bweaver@ou.edu
Steve Westrop
Willard L. Miller Professor
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology,
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Invertebrate Paleontology
swestrop@ou.edu
Cooperating and Adjunct Faculty
Gail Holloway
Adjunct Instructor
Undergraduate Recruiter
gholloway@ou.edu
Kyle E. Murray
Cooperating Researcher
Hydrogeologist IV, Oklahoma Geological Survey
Water and Energy Resources, Groundwater
Jake Walter
Cooperating Researcher
Geophysicist III, Oklahoma Geological Survey
Seismology
Molly Yunker
Cooperating Researcher and Outreach Specialist
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Oklahoma Geological Survey
Emeritus Faculty
Judson L. Ahern
Professor Emeritus
Geomechanics, Gravity and Magnetics, and Environmental Geophysics
jahern@ou.edu
M. Charles Gilbert
Professor Emeritus
Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Systems
mcgilbert@ou.edu
Charles W. Harper, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Paleontology
charper@gcn.ou.edu
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
Professor Emeritus
Experimental Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Igneous and
Metamorphic Petrology, and Geology of Metals
dlondon@ou.edu
Professor Emeritus
Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology, and Fractured and Faulted Reservoirs
smitra@ou.edu
R. Paul Philp
Professor Emeritus
Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry
pphilp@ou.edu
Ze'ev Reches
Professor Emeritus
Structural Geology, Earthquakes, and Rock Mechanics
reches@ou.edu
