Faculty

Estella Atekwana
Distinguished Professor
College of Letters and Science Dean's Office
Geophysics

Eliot A. Atekwana
Professor
2133 Earth & Physical Sci
eatekwana@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-3690
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; Geology

Magali I. Billen
Professor and Department Chair
2129 Earth & Physical Sci
mibillen@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-4169
Geophysics

Kari M. Cooper
Professor
3127 Earth & Physical Sci
kmcooper@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-8826
Geology; Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Eric S. Cowgill
Professor
1127 Earth & Physical Sci
escowgill@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-6574
Geology

Mark Deblois
Visiting Assistant Professor
1131 Earth & Physical Sci
mcdeblois@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-0352
Paleobiology and Evolution

Gregory Funston
Visiting Assistant Professor
3121 Earth & Physical Sci
gfunston@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-6808
Paleobiology, Evolution, and Geochemistry

David A. Gold
Associate Professor
3125 Earth & Physical Sci
dgold@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-5361
Geobiology and Paleobiology

Christy Grettenberger
Assistant Professor
3115 Earth & Physical Sci
clgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu
Earth-Life Interactions

Alyssa Griffin
Assistant Professor
2131 Earth & Physical Sci
ajgriffin@ucdavis.edu
 

Tessa M. Hill
Professor
1129 Earth & Physical Sci
tmhill@ucdavis.edu | 530-875-1910
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; Geobiology and Paleobiology

Isabel P. Montañez
Distinguished Professor
3117 Earth & Physical Sci
ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-7823
Geology; Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Ryosuke Motani
Professor
2125 Earth & Physical Sci
rmotani@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-6284
Geobiology and Paleobiology

Michael E. Oskin
Professor
3123 Earth & Physical Sci
meoskin@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-3993
Geology

David A. Osleger
Professor of Teaching
3224 Earth & Physical Sci
daosleger@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-7824
Geology

Hannah Palmer
Visiting Assistant Professor
1105 Earth & Physical Sci
hmpalmer@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-5829
Geochemistry, Oceanography, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology

Nicholas Pinter
Professor
3113 Earth & Physical Sci
npinter@ucdavis.edu | 530-754-1041
Geology

Barbara C. Ratschbacher
Assistant Professor
bratschbacher@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-5615
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; Geology

Maxwell Rudolph
Associate Professor
1133 Earth & Physical Sci
maxrudolph@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-3669
Geophysics; Planetary Science

John B. Rundle
Distinguished Professor
2131 Earth & Physical Sci
jbrundle@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-6416
​​​​​Geophysics

Dawn Y. Sumner
Professor
3111 Earth & Physical Sci
dysumner@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-5353
Geobiology and Paleobiology; Geology; Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; Planetary Science

Chijun Sun
Assistant Professor
3131 Earth & Physical Sci
cjsun@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-9779
Paleoclimate

Qing-zhu Yin
Professor
3129 Earth & Physical Sci
qyin@ucdavis.edu | 530-752-0934
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; Planetary Science