EPS Advisory Board
The mission of the Advisory Board is to provide external perspective, advice, recommendations, resources and related assistance as requested by the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (students and faculty). The Board provides opportunities for alumni and associated supporters to become better acquainted with the activities and accomplishments of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and to use their combined professional experience, expertise, and resources to influence and promote the Department’s ongoing success.
Board members are available for students to contact regarding career and resume advice, or other general mentoring. If you want to get in touch with a specific board member, please contact the EPS department head or administrative assistant.
| Name | Degree/Year | Advisor | Research | Area of Expertise | Occupation |
| Mike Allison | MS 1984 | Misra | Economic Geology | Upstream E&P IT Management, Drone Services | Business Owner, Consultant |
| Roger Bohanan | MS 1975 | Kopp | Petrology & Geoarcheology | Petroleum Geology | Petroleum Geologist |
| Vicki Brumback | MS 1990 | McSween | Metamorphic Petrology & Structure | Groundwater | Sampling and Analysis Coordinator/Geologist |
| Brent Couzens-Schultz | MS 1991 | Dunne | Structure & Tectonics | Geomechanics, pore pressure, fold-thrust belts | Petroleum Geologist |
| Thomas Cronin (acting chair) |
BA 1980; MS 1983 |
Misra | Economic Geology | oil & gas field development; geology education | Petroleum Geologist |
| Dennis Cumbie | MS 1997 | McKay | Hydrogeology | Groundwater, watershed mgt, stormwater | Water Programs Div. Mgr. |
| Tim Davis | PhD 1993 | Hatcher | Structure & Tectonics | Structure, New Ventures, Fract/Geomech | Petroleum Geologist |
| Wesley Diehl | MS 1982 | Walker | Carbonate Paleoecology | operations geology | Petroleum Geologist |
| Emily Goodman | BS 2003, MS 2005 | Kah | Carbonate Geochem | petroleum geology | Petroleum Geologist |
| Stefan Higgins | MS 1996 | Taylor | Igneous Petrology | Petroleum geology/geophysics | Petroleum Geologist/Geophysicist |
| David Jackson (Award nominating committee) |
BA 1978; MS 1982 | Taylor | Igneous Petrology | Environmental Quality and Remediation | Environmental Geologist |
| Hart Knight | BA 2002; JD 2006 | Byerly &McKay | Environmental Studies, Major; Geography and Business, Minors | Environmental Law | Attorney |
| Brent Lockhart | Petroleum geology/geophysics | Petroleum Geologist | |||
| Steve Martin | MS 1997 | Hatcher | Structure & Tectonics | Geologic mapping | Geologist |
| Arthur Merschat (Membership committee) |
MS 2003; PhD 2009 | Hatcher | Structure & Tectonics | Geologic Mapping | Research Geologist |
| Valerie S. Reynolds | PhD 2005 | McSween | Planetary Geology | Igneous Petrology | Lecturer |
| Dibyendu "Dibs" Sarkar | PhD 1997 | Misra/Essington | Environmental Geochemistry | Environmental Quality and Remediation | Professor of Environmental Engineering |
| Bryan Schultz | BS 2002, MS 2005 | McKay & Driese | Geology / Pedology / Morphology | Multi-discipline / Public Education | Educator |
| Elizabeth Smith | BA 2008 | McKinney | Evironmental | Land Reclamation; NEPA | Program Specialist |
| Ron Tisdale (Finance Committee) |
MS 1974 | Briggs | Depositional Modeling | Petroleum Geology, Sedimentology | Petroleum Geologist , consultant |
| Syreeta Dickerson Vaughn | MS 2005 | McKay | Environmental Geology/Hydrology | Uranium contamination & safety controls | Nuclear Safety Specialist |
| Christina Vivano | PhD 2012 | Moersch | Planetary Geology | Planetary spectroscopy; Mars Geology | Staff Scientist |
| John White (Member of Finance Committee) |
MS 1975 | Briggs | Clastic Depositional Evironments | Geophysical Interpretation, Con/Uncon Reservoris | Consulting Geophysicist |