Faculty & Research Interests
Name
 Research Interests Contact information
Tania Anders

Instructor of Geology
PhD. University of Kiel

 Sedimentary geology, paleoclimatology (361) 825 3755
tania.anders@tamucc.edu
personal webpage
office: CS 202
Mark Besonen

Assistant Professor of Earth System Science
PhD. University of Massachusetts

 Mark Besonen Geoarchaeology, Holocene Geology, Geomorphology & Surficial Processes, Quaternary Paleoclimatology, Micropaleontology of Recent Marginal Marine Ostracods & Forams

(361) 825 2309
mark.besonen@tamucc.edu
personal webpage
office: HRI 103
Thomas Naehr

Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Science, Geology Program Coordinator
PhD. University of Kiel
Geomar Research Center

 Geology and geochemistry of hydrocarbon seeps along continental margins; fluid and sediment geochemistry with emphasis on gas hydrate-bearing sediments (361) 825 2470
thomas.naehr@tamucc.edu
personal web page
office: HRI 119
Jennifer Smith-Engle

Professor of Geology and Environmental Science
PhD. Univ. Georgia

 Coastal geology, coastal management, sedimentary geology, regional geology
(361) 825 2436
jennifer.smith-engle@tamucc.edu
personal web page
office: CS 203
Egon Weber

Assistant Professor of Geology Director, Center for Water Supply Studies
PhD. Univ. Michigan

 Hydrogeologic modeling and geophysical surveying to solve problems related water supplies in the coastal bend region with particular interest in the saline/freshwater interface
(361) 825 2309
egon.weber@tamucc.edu
personal web page
office: NRC 3100


Affiliated Faculty & Researchers
Name
 Research Interests Contact information
Richard Davis

Research Associate and Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Coastal Geology & Sedimentology
Ph.D. University of Illinois

 photo of Davis Coastal Geology and Sedimentology (361) 825 2254
richard.davis@tamucc.edu
office: HRI 310
James Garrison, Jr.

Research Associate and Adjunct Professor of Geology
PhD. University of Texas at Austin

 photo of Garrison Sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, ecology, and ichnology of modern and ancient coastal depositional systems (361) 825 2254
james.garrison@tamucc.edu
personal web page
office: NRC 3101
James Gibeaut

HRI ENDOWED ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR
PhD. University of South Florida

 Coastal processes assessment, remote sensing, GIS (361) 825 2060
james.gibeaut@tamucc.edu
personal web page
office: HRI 215A
Jim Silliman

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Geology
PhD. Univ. Michigan


 Organic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, climate and environmental change (361) 825 3718
james.silliman@tamucc.edu
office: HRI 120

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