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All department faculty and affiliated researchers are available as potential graduate advisors.
 Adjunct Professor Earthquake seismology; imaging and tectonics of active plate boundaries. (845) 365-8539 |
 Associate Professor Continental deformation using structural geology, seismology, and and other disciplines. (845) 365-8361 |
 Adjunct Professor Chemical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, paleoclimatology. (845) 365-8508 |
 Adjunct Professor Energy research, development and deployment, the smart electric grid, command and control, lean energy management, 4D earth imaging using seismology, gravity gradiometry, stress and hydraulic fracturing. (713) 398-7430 |
 Associate Climate and ENSO forecasting, outreach, and training. (845) 680-4447 |
 Newberry Professor Using isotopes to better understand the role of the oceans in climate change. (845) 365-8413 |
 Adjunct Professor Development of theoretical models for processes that affect the solid earth. (845) 365-8592 |
 G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Tropical oceanography, climate modeling, paleoclimate, impacts of climate on society, El Niño forecasting, data analysis methods. (845) 365-8344 |
 Professor Sedimentary geology and tectonics. (845) 709-2320 (Cell Phone #) |
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 Professor Public health, populations, infectious diseases, mathematical models, demography, ecology, epidemiology, population genetics. (212) 327-8883 |
 Adjunct Professor Role of clouds and water vapor in climate; dynamics of planetary atmospheres. (212) 678-5588 |
 Professor and Chair Using stable isotopic and trace metal (Mg/Ca) analyses of marine sediment to reconstruct past changes in ocean circulation and terrestrial climate. (845) 365-8483 |
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 Associate Professor Microbial oceanography; environmental genomics; microbial biogeochemistry, phytoplankton physiological ecology; phosphorus cycling; ocean acidification; climate; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms. (845) 365-8165 |
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 Professor Global earthquake seismology, including detailed study of individual earthquake ruptures, and the relationship between seismicity and large scale tectonic deformation of the crust and mantle over geologic time. (845) 365-8427 |
 Associate Professor Interactions among atmospheric composition, climate, regional air quality, anthropogenic and natural pollutant emissions. (845) 365-8580 |
 Adjunct Professor Vertebrate paleontology, systematics and biogeography, relationships between environmental and faunal changes through time, paleomagnetism. (212) 769-5806 |
 Adjunct Associate Professor Climate change in the semi-arid tropics, climatic and human determinants of environmental change, impacts/vulnerability/adaptation. (845) 680-4473 |
 Adjunct Associate Professor Climate prediction, near term climate change, ENSO. (845) 680-4430 |
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 Professor Ocean stratification, circulation and mixing and the ocean's role in Earth's climate system. (845) 365-8325 |
 Professor Plant respiration, global carbon cycle, forest ecology. (845) 365-8371 |
 Adjunct Professor Radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres; modeling current climate trends and projecting humans' potential impacts on climate. (212) 678-5619 |
 Professor Emeritus Tectonics of the circum-Antarctic ocean; origin and evolution of southeast Asian marginal seas; long-lived tectonic corridors of the global mid-ocean ridge system. (845) 365-8470 |
 Professor Emeritus Climate change history; evolutionary history of microfossils. (845) 365-8403 |
 Professor Geochronology, sedimentary geochemistry, paleoclimate, continental crust evolution. (845) 365-8417 |
 Associate Professor Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, biology. (845) 365-8828 |
 Adjunct Professor Emeritus Hydrodynamics of large lakes; Arctic oceanography. (845) 365-8383 |
 Adjunct Associate Professor Plankton ecology; phytoplankton growth and physiology; zooplankton grazing; harmful algae; dinoflagellate blooms; physical/biological interactions; nutrient/microbial pollution of coastal waters; sea-ice algae. (845) 365-8837 |
 Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor Melting and melt transport in the Earth's mantle; igneous processes forming the Earth's crust; ductile deformation and evolution of the lower crust. (845) 365-8728 |
 Adjunct Professor Seismology; focusing on upper mantle structures. (845) 365-8348 |
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 Lecturer Gas hydrates and methanogenesis in continental margin sediments; quantitative stratigraphy and the geological time scale; geophysical inversion methods. (845) 365-8577 |
 Adjunct Professor Oceans and their role in climate; onset and termination of ice ages. (845) 365-8830 |
 Professor Seismology, volcanology, data analysis, inverse theory. (845) 304-5381 |
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 Adjunct Professor Atmospheric and climate dynamics. (212) 678-5577 |
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 Adjunct Professor Description and relationships of coelurosaurs; Asian Mesozoic fauna; theoretical methods for better understanding phylogenetic relationships and pattern in the fossil record. (212) 769-5804 |
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 Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor Paleontology, stratigraphy; evolution of continental ecosystems (climate change, mass extinctions). (845) 365-8491 |
 Lecturer Climate change and glacier retreat, with an emphasis on water, natural hazards and the loss of iconic landscapes. (212) 845-3239 |
 Adjunct Professor Paleoclimate, paleoecology, climate modeling, wetland carbon storage, palynology. (845) 365-8420 |
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 Hirschorn Professor (Barnard College) Role of sea ice in the redistribution of sediments and pollutants in the Arctic. (845) 365-8475 |
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 Adjunct Professor Sea-level change with regard to the sedimentary record, climate change and human history. (845) 365-8397 |
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 Professor Atmospheric and climate dynamics; geophysical fluid dynamics; numerical methods for weather and climate modeling; planetary atmospheres. (845) 365-8347 |
 Executive Vice President for Research Michael Purdy assumed the role of Executive Vice President for Research on February 1, 2011. (212) 854-1656 |
 Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences, Emeritus Theory of seismic wave propagation; physics of earthquakes; Earth's inner core; improvements in estimating earthquake locations; monitoring underground nuclear explosions, nuclear arms control. (845 365-8389 |
 Adjunct Professor Emeritus Past and future climate changes, climate modeling, stratospheric processes, solar-climate studies, sea ice, land surface effects, remote sensing. (212) 678-5593 |
 Lecturer Regional climate variability, predictability and change; probabilistic daily rainfall modeling; predictability of weather-within-climate; climate downscaling methodologies; climate risk management. (845) 680-4491 |
 Adjunct Professor Emeritus Ocean floor and sediments. (845) 365-8312 |
 Adjunct Associate Professor Application of isotope physics on environmental processes; Mass spectrometry; Dynamics of earth surface processes and their interaction with climate; Paleoclimate. (845) 365-8703 |
 Professor Aqueous geochemistry, physical oceanography, climate, contaminant transport. (845) 365-8707 |
 Assistant Professor Atmospheric and climate dynamics; wave mean-flow interaction; transport and mixing; general circulation dynamics; stationary-transient interactions. (845) 365-8571 |
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 Professor Emeritus Geochemistry of natural waters and implications for mitigation strategies. |
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 Adjunct Professor Marine geophysics; remote sensing; population and environment. 347-525-4274 |
 Professor Atmospheric and climate dynamics, tropical meteorology. (845) 365-8527 |
 William B. Ransford Professor of Earth and Planetary Science (845) 365-8714 |
 Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor Dynamic fluid flow, from magma migration theory to sedimentary basins and groundwater hydrology. (845) 704-2323 |
 Ann Whitney Olin Professor (Barnard College) Isotope hydrology, water resources, paleoclimate. (845) 365-8704 |
 Higgins Professor Emeritus Earthquake studies, control of nuclear weapons, tectonics, natural hazards. (845) 365-8880 |
 Adjunct Professor CO2 cycling through oceans and atmosphere; industrial CO2 accumulation. (845) 365-8537 |
 Assistant Director - Climate & Society Program (212) 854-9896 |
 Lecturer Abyssal circulation and mixing; physical oceanography near mid-ocean ridges. (845) 365-8816 |
 Adjunct Professor Atmospheric impacts of global climate change at regional scales; dynamics of naturally occuring and anthropogenically-forced climate changes, droughts and floods; regional climate modeling. (845) 365-8374 |
 Higgins Professor Examination of the chemical and physical evolution of the terrestrial planets by the methods of experimental petrology; development of new experimental techniques and new materials. (845) 365-8658 |
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 Adjunct Professor Marine seismology, ocean mantle dynamics, marine electromagnetism. (845) 365-8439 |
 Adjunct Associate Professor Marine geochemistry, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, tracer oceanography, dust, paleoclimate. (845) 365-8756 |
