Faculty

Estella Atekwana

• Distinguished Professor | Dean, College of Letters and Science

Research Areas:
• Geophysics

Eliot Atekwana

• Professor at EPS

Research Areas:
• Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Geology

• eatekwana@ucdavis.edu

Magali Billen

• Professor and Department Chair

Research Areas:
• Geophysics

• mibillen@ucdavis.edu

Kari Cooper

• Professor | Scientific Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Research Areas:
• Geology, Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

• kmcooper@ucdavis.edu

Eric Cowgill

• Professor

Research Areas:
• Geology

• escowgill@ucdavis.edu

Mark DeBlois

• Visiting Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
• Paleobiology and Evolution

• mcdeblois@ucdavis.edu

Greg Funston

• Visiting Assistant Professor

• gfunston@ucdavis.edu

David Gold

• Associate Professor

Research Areas:
• Geobiology and Paleobiology

• dgold@ucdavis.edu

Christy Grettenberger

• Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
• Earth-Life interactions

• clgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu

Alyssa Griffin

• Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
• Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Geobiology and Paleobiology

Tessa Hill

• Professor | Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Public Scholarship & Engagement

Research Areas:
• Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Geobiology and Paleobiology

• tmhill@ucdavis.edu

Isabel Montañez

• Distinguished Professor | Director of the Institute of the Environment

Research Areas:
• Geology, Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

• ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu

Ryosuke Motani

• Professor | Vice Chair for Undergraduate Programs

Research Areas:
• Geobiology and Paleobiology

• rmotani@ucdavis.edu

Michael Oskin

• Professor | Vice Chair for Graduate Programs

Research Areas:
• Geology

• meoskin@ucdavis.edu

David Osleger

• Professor of Teaching

Research Areas:
• Geology

• daosleger@ucdavis.edu

Hannah Palmer

• Visiting Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
• Geochemistry, Oceanography, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology

• hmpalmer@ucdavis.edu

Nicholas Pinter

• Professor | Associate Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Research Areas:
• Geology

• npinter@ucdavis.edu

Maxwell Rudolph

• Associate Professor

Research Areas:
• Geophysics, Planetary Science

• maxrudolph@ucdavis.edu

John Rundle

• Distinguished Professor

Research Areas:
• Geophysics

• jbrundle@ucdavis.edu

Dawn Sumner

• Professor

Research Areas:
• Geobiology and Paleobiology, Geology, Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Planetary Science

• dysumner@ucdavis.edu

Chijun Sun

• Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
• Paleoclimate

• cjsun@ucdavis.edu

Amanda Thomas

• Professor

Research Areas:
• Geophysics

• amthom@ucdavis.edu

Qing-zhu Yin

• Professor

Research Areas:
• Geochemistry, Planetary Science

• qyin@ucdavis.edu