Our Team
GBDS Core Research Staff:

Richard A. Denne
Program Director
Interests: biostratigraphy, mudstones, paleoceanography, sequence stratigraphy

Michael L. Sweet
Co-Program Director
Interests: clastic sedimentology, marine geology, reservoir connectivity

John W. Snedden
Research Professor
Interests: sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, reservoir connectivity, process sedimentology

Tim Whiteaker
Research Scientist
Interests: cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems, data management

Robert Cunningham
Sr. Research Fellow
Interests: petroleum systems, geochemistry, source rocks

Ian Norton
Sr. Research Fellow
Interests: tectonics, structure, continental margins

Summer Li
Project Manager
ArcGIS Geoscience database management, Project management

Annie Walker
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
Structural Geology

Marcie Purkey Phillips
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
Biostratigraphy
GBDS Graduate Research Assistants:

Juan Gutierrez
Interests: deepwater sedimentology, salt tectonics

Jake Margoshes
Interests: Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis, Marine Geology, and Petroleum Geology
GBDS Undergraduate Research Assistants:

Corbin C Poehl

Lucero A Tunjar Cruz

Camryn Scott

Raleigh L Burton

Arthith Iyer Keezhapanthal Sa

Venancio Ingersoll

Charlotte Trakselis

Kevin Barry

Mason Miranda
