Faculty Directory
Richard Allen
Regional seismic structure and dynamics, mantle upwelling processes. Earthquake rupture mechanisms. Seismic hazard mitigation including earthquake early warning systems.Read more about Richard Allen
Walter Alvarez
Stratigraphy and Earth history, tectonics and structural geology, stratigraphy of pelagic limestones.
Please note that Prof. Álvarez is active in research, but not in teaching, and does not accept new graduate students.Read more about Walter Alvarez
Jill F. Banfield
I am a Professor in the Departments of Earth and Planetary Science and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (see contact information below). I also have an appointment in the geochemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My primary research interests are in...Read more about Jill F. Banfield
James Bishop
Degrees: B.Sc. (hon) Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of British Columbia; Sc.D. in Marine Chemistry, MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography.
Path to Berkeley: Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and NASA...Read more about James Bishop
Kristie A. Boering
William Boos
William Boos is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science and leads a research group in climate dynamics. He works to improve understanding of the mechanisms controlling tropical climate, with a particular...Read more about William Boos
Bruce Buffett
Roland Bürgmann
Eugene Chiang
B.S. (Physics), 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (Astronomy), 2000, California Institute of TechnologyRead more about Eugene Chiang
Ronald Cohen
Cohen's research combines satellite, in situ and laboratory observations of nitrogen oxides aimed at understanding the role chemical reactions have in Earth’s climate, in producing unhealthy levels of ozone and fine particles and in the exchange of nitrogen oxides with ecosystems. Cohen...Read more about Ronald Cohen
William Collins
Please visit my homepage at: https://eesa.lbl.gov/profiles/william-collins/
EPS 230 will be offered in Fall 2019.Read more about William Collins
Kurt Cuffey
Donald DePaolo
Don DePaolo has been teaching and conducting research at University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1988. He is the Director of the Center for Isotope Geochemistry, a joint-...Read more about Donald DePaolo
William E. Dietrich
Please go to http://calm.geo.berkeley.edu/geomorph/ for information about the Berkeley Geomorphology Group and Gilbert Club; Director, Eel River Critical Zone Observatory
The Berkeley web...Read more about William E. Dietrich
Douglas Dreger
Bethanie Edwards
By pairing integrated meta-omics with microbial and chemical oceanography, the Edwards lab explores microbial interactions, metabolic processes, and chemical turnover rates in the lab and at sea. We are particularly interested in carbon export, the Biological Carbon Pump, and the impact of...Read more about Bethanie Edwards
Inez Fung
S.B. in Applied Mathematics (1971), ScD Meteorology (1977), MIT.Read more about Inez Fung
Benjamin Gilbert
Dr. Gilbert has made important contributions to the rapidly evolving field of nanogeoscience – the study of the properties and geochemical interactions of natural nanoscale minerals. Much of his research involves the development and application of synchrotron x-ray experiments and analysis...Read more about Benjamin Gilbert
Matthew Gleeson
Raymond Jeanloz
Raymond Jeanloz and his group study the nature and evolution of planetary interiors, as well as the properties of materials at high pressures. Much of their work is based on experiments with laser-heated diamond-anvil cells, and they also pursue shock-wave experiments and quantum...Read more about Raymond Jeanloz
Harriet Lau
I am interested in understanding the large-scale properties of Earth, but in particular, the anelastic/viscous and buoyancy structure of the mantle. My work involves studying processes across different timescales, from solid earth tides (~ hours) to post-glacial rebound (~ 10,000 years), making...Read more about Harriet Lau
Kanani K. M. Lee
Michael Manga
Michael Manga studies the geological processes that shape Earth’s surface. This includes understanding the reasons why planets have volcanoes, why those volcanoes erupt in so many different ways, and how those volcanic eruptions affect climate and other...Read more about Michael Manga
Burkhard Militzer
Steve Pride
James Rector
Paul Renne
Barbara A. Romanowicz
David Romps
Stephen Self
David Shuster
Noble gas geochemistry, thermochronometry, and cosmogenic nuclide observations applied to problems involving alpine glacial erosion, chemical weathering, lunar impacts and magnetism, and thermal conditions of Martian meteorites; Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission and sample collection....Read more about David Shuster
Daniel Stolper
I’m a geochemist with interests in a variety of problems related to the rock record, microbiology, and biogeochemical cycles in the present and past. My approach to scientific problems is centered around linking experiments and physically based models to natural observations in an integrated...Read more about Daniel Stolper
Nicholas Swanson-Hysell
Nicholas Swanson-Hysell is an Earth scientist whose research seeks to place quantitative constraints on the long-term evolution of Earth through integrating geophysical and geochemical data sets that are developed within a rigorous geologic context. A major focus of this research is on...Read more about Nicholas Swanson-Hysell
Chi-Yuen Wang
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Rudy Wenk joined the Department in 1967. His research is in crystallography, mineralogy, structural geology and rock deformation. Most recently (see research interests and publications), emphasis has been on understanding seismic anisotropy in the earth by investigating the development of...Read more about Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Penny Wieser
Weiqiang Zhu
Weiqiang Zhu (Way-Chyang)
My research focuses on understanding earthquake physics and statistics by applying cutting-edge artificial intelligence and scientific computing methods to gain new insights from large seismic datasets.
Machine Learning/Deep Learning for Geophysical...Read more about Weiqiang Zhu