John M. Eiler
Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair
Woody Fischer
Divisional Academic Officer
Zhongwen Zhan
Director and Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair, Seismological Laboratory
Andrew F. Thompson, Director
Linde Center for Global Environmental Science
Professors Emeriti
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
George Rossman, Ph.D.
Mineralogy
David J. Stevenson., Ph.D.
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Planetary Science
Edward M. Stolper, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c.
Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Geology
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
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.
Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Geobiology
Christian Frankenberg, Ph.D.
Chandler Family Professor of 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; Director, Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering
Jennifer M. Jackson, Ph.D.
William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics; Vice Provost
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.
Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science
Jonathan Lunine, Ph.D.
Professor of Planetary Science
Brent Minchew, Ph.D.
Professor of Geophysics
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
Zachary Ross, Ph.D.
Professor of Geophysics; William H. Hurt Scholar
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
Andrew F. Thompson, Ph.D.
John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of 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; Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair and Director, Seismological Laboratory; Director, Seismological Laboratory
Assistant Professors
Katherine de Kleer, Ph.D.
Planetary Science and Astronomy; Hufstedler Family Scholar
S. Furkan Ozturk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geobiology and Geochemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar
Julia Tejada, Ph.D.
Geobiology; William H. Hurt Scholar
Lecturers
Nathan Dalleska, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Research Professor
Allen Husker, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Visiting Associates
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
Andrew Klesh, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Albion Lawrence, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Junjie Liu, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Yang Liu, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Dimitri Menemenlis, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Klaus Pontoppidan, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Morgan Raven, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Paul Rosen, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Paul Siqueira, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Sue Smrekar, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Joao Teixeira, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
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
Rahul Arun, Ph.D.
Foster and Coco Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering
Amirhossein Bagheri, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Samuel Brenner, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Maria Camarca, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Tristan Caro, Ph.D.
Foster and Coco Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geobiology
Swaroop Chandra, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Zhiang Chen, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Jinhui Cheng, Ph.D.
Geology
Ray Chew, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Nick Choksi, Ph.D.
Heising Simons 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science
Emma Dahl, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Junjie Dong, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar in Comparative Planetary Evolution
Justus Fink, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Ratnakar Gadi, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Huazhi Ge, Ph.D.
Heising Simons 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science
Huiyun Guo, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Yongzhao Guo, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
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
Evan Kramer, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Lara Krisst, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Tingan Li, Ph.D.
Geology
Meichen Liu, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Yaowei Li, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Zhen Li, Ph.D.
Geology
Harrison Martin, Ph.D.
Geology
Samson Marty, Ph.D.
Geology
Magdalena Mayr, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Alexander Meshoulam, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Benedict Mittelbach, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Claire Mondro, Ph.D.
Geology
Jeffrey Osterhout, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Henry Peterson, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Emma Reich, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Rebecca Ryan, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Alexis Saez Uribe, Ph.D.
Geology
Jeremy Schreier, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Amanda Steckel, PhD.
Planetary Science
Bryn Stewart, Ph.D.
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar in Environmental Science and Engineering
Elena Stiles, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Xue Su, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Theo Tacail, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Mattia Tagliavento, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Alexander Thelen, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Kevin Trinh, Ph.D.
Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Jingchuan Wang, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Taiyi Wang, Ph.D.
O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar in Geophysics
Hao Zhang, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Shane Zhang, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Xihan Zhang, PhD.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Yijian Zhou, Ph.D.
Geology
Visitors
Piyush Agram, Ph.D.
Geophysics
Andrew Annex, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Narayanarao Bhogapurapu, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Anthony Bloom, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Max Coleman, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Chloe Daudon, Ph.D.
Geology
Gilamichael Domenico, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
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
Isaac Malsky, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Lucia Mandon, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Anna Michalak, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Kelsey Moore, Ph.D.
Geology
Mayank Narang, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Vijay Natraj, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Paul Nerenberg, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Hugo Plombat, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Channing Prend, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Alba Rodriguez Padilla, Ph.D.
Geology
Lee Saper, Ph.D.
Geology
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
Paolo Vasconcelos, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Jessica Weber, Ph.D.
Planetary Science
Thomas Wieloch, Ph.D.
Geobiology
Debra Wunch, Ph.D.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Anastasia Yanchilina, Ph.D.
Geochemistry
Hank Yu, Ph.D.
Geobiology