Faculty

Jess F. Adkins
Associate Professor of Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science

Oded Aharonson
Associate Professor of Planetary Science

Jean-Paul Ampuero
Assistant Professor of Seismology

Paul D. Asimow
Associate Professor of Geology and Geochemistry

Jean-Philippe Avouac
Professor of Geology; Director, Tectonics Observatory

Geoffrey A. (Geoff) Blake
Professor of Cosmochemistry and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Chemistry; Master of Student Houses

Simona Bordoni
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Michael E. (Mike) Brown
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor and Professor of Planetary Astronomy

Robert W. Clayton
Professor of Geophysics; Divisional Academic Officer for Geological and Planetary Sciences

John M. Eiler
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Professor of Geochemistry

Charles Elachi
Vice President; Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science

Kenneth A. Farley
W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry; Chair, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Woodward Fischer
Assistant Professor of Geobiology

John P. Grotzinger
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology

Michael C. Gurnis
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics; Director, Seismological Laboratory

Thomas H. Heaton
Professor of Engineering Seismology

Donald V. Helmberger
Smits Family Professor of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Andrew P. Ingersoll
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science

Jennifer M. Jackson
Assistant Professor of Mineral Physics

Joseph (Joe) Kirschvink
Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology

Swaminathan Krishnan
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Geophysics

Shrinivas R. (Shri) Kulkarni
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science; Director, Caltech Optical Observatories

Michael P. Lamb
Assistant Professor of Geology

Nadia Lapusta
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics

Jared R. Leadbetter
Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology

Victoria J. Orphan
Assistant Professor of Geobiology

Mark I. Richardson
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science

George R. Rossman
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Mineralogy

Jason B. Saleeby
Professor of Geology

Tapio Schneider
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Alex L. Sessions
Assistant Professor of Geobiology

Mark Simons
Professor of Geophysics

David J. (Dave) Stevenson
George Van Osdol Professor of Planetary Science

Joann M. Stock
Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Edward M. Stolper
Provost; William E. Leonhard Professor of Geology

Paul O. Wennberg
R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering; Director, Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science

Brian P. Wernicke
Chandler Family Professor of Geology

Yuk L. Yung
Professor of Planetary Science