Faculty      


Coastal hydrogeology, groundwater tracer, nutrient biogeochemistry, microbial ecology


Organic biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, arctic oceanography


Coastal environmental planning, natural hazards mitigation, spatial analysis, dispute resolution


Economic impacts of natural disasters, vulnerability, adaptation, and general public policy concerning disaster mitigation and recovery


Coastal marine sedimentology, applications of high-resolution marine geophysics (e.g., side scan sonar, seismic reflection surveys)


Coastal physical oceanography, numerical modeling, changing climate and extreme weather events


Interactions between marine biogeochemical cycles, ocean chemistry and the climate system


Chemistry education; Organic compounds for novel applications


Estuarine and coastal hydrodynamics and water quality conditions.


Cartographic communication of sea level rise and other climate hazards


Disaster resilience policy and perceptions; rural community resilience; emergency management; adaptive management; climate change perceptions and policy among Millennials, Latinos, and other sub-populations


Paleobiology (including marine micropaleontology and vertebrate paleontology), anthropogenic impacts on marine environments


Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, coastal landscape change, hurricanes, micropaleontology




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Faculty with Joint Appointment      


Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry


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Grace L. Townsend
Director of Chemistry Labs & Instructional Associate Professor




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Adjunct Faculty      


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Bruce Bodson
Adjunct Lecturer


NASA Planetary Scientist




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Emeritus      


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Ernest Estes
Professor Emeritus (Retired)

Evaluation of Pleistocene material for shoreline protection; Sedimentology and stratigraphy


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Gerald E. Hite
Professor Emeritus (retired)

Interplay between theory and experiment, ie. application of mathematical models to describe physical phenomena


Paleoceanography, Arctic Ocean, climate change, Black Sea, and accelerator mass spectrometry and radiocarbon dating


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Douglas J. Klein
Professor (Retired)

Interactions between marine biogeochemical cycles, ocean chemistry and the climate system


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Susan L. Knock
Instructional Associate Professor Emeritus (Retired)

Avian diversity studies for an energy company that is planning to develop a wind generator plant near West Galveston Bay


Chemical Oceanography, Limnology and Hydrology, including tracer applications using radioactive and stable isotopes, relationships between trace element and natural organic matter geochemistry, and importance of exopolymeric substances for pollutants


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Wyndylyn von Zharen
Professor Emeritus (Retired)




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Research Scientist      




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Staff      


Advises students with last names N-Z

409-740-4539


Advises students with last names A-M

409-740-4531




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