John A and Katherine G Jackson School of Geosciences

UT Austin

Data obtained: 9/22/2025

Total Employees

390

Median Salary

$107,532

Minimum Salary

$50,000

Maximum Salary

$337,913


Employees By Gender

Most employees of this department identify as male.

GenderEmployeesPercentMedian Salary
Female173
44%
$71,200
Male217
56%
$112,522

Employees By Race

Most employees of this department identify as White.

RaceEmployeesPercentMedian Salary
American Indian or Alaskan Native1
0.26%
$82,340
Asian48
12%
$108,871
Black or African American8
2.1%
$65,517
Not Provided4
1%
$67,563
Two or More Races53
14%
$67,043
White276
71%
$99,404

Employees By Employment Time

Most employees of this department work full-time.

Employment TimeEmployeesPercentMedian Salary
Full-time308
79%
$107,304
Part-time82
21%
$46

Department Employees

All 390 employees in department.

EmployeeSalary
$337,913
Michael Young
Associate Dean
$325,000
Demian Saffer
Director, Organized Research Unit
$310,505
Lorena Moscardelli
Director, Organized Research Unit
$300,000
David Mohrig
Professor
$290,492
$289,500
Donald Blankenship
Research Professor
$265,822
Jay Kipper
Deputy Director
$259,502
Mark Shuster
Deputy Director
$259,491
$253,064
Michael Young
Research Professor
$250,523
Robert Loucks
Research Professor
$249,520
$241,706
Bridget Scanlon
Research Professor
$241,595
Ian Dalziel
Senior Research Scientist
$239,529
$239,111
Julia Clarke
Professor
$235,560
Kerry Cook
Professor
$234,454
Michael Hudec
Research Professor
$233,939
$226,101
Dev Niyogi
Professor
$225,133
Susan Hovorka
Research Professor
$220,993
Brian Horton
Professor
$220,770
James Austin
Research Professor
$220,378
Sergey Fomel
Professor
$216,129
$215,021
Ginny Catania
Professor
$214,285
Mrinal Sen
Professor
$214,234
Jean Nicot
Research Professor
$211,119
Sean Gulick
Research Professor
$209,599
Jung-Fu Lin
Professor
$206,600
Jay Banner
Professor
$202,888
Seyyed Hosseini
Program Director
$200,000
Jeffrey Paine
Research Professor
$199,637
Hongliu Zeng
Research Professor
$199,609
Laura Wallace
Research Professor
$192,386
Nathan Bangs
Research Professor
$192,006
Marc Hesse
Professor
$191,926
Jaime Barnes
Professor
$191,154
Peter Hennings
Research Professor
$190,871
Tip Meckel
Research Professor
$189,442
James Gardner
Professor
$188,339
Peter Eichhubl
Research Professor
$188,311
Adam Mena
Executive Director
$186,900
Mark Blount
Assistant Director
$183,790
Tim Dooley
Research Professor
$182,971
Zoltan Sylvester
Research Professor
$181,539
Andrey Bakulin
Research Professor
$180,000
Luc Lavier
Professor
$179,553
Tongwei Zhang
Research Professor
$178,158
Jacob Covault
Research Professor
$176,791
Alexandros Savvaidis
Research Professor
$176,489
Ramon Trevino
Program Manager
$175,100
Xavier Janson
Research Professor
$175,055
$173,259
Tim Mcmahon
Project Manager
$173,056
$172,164
Krista Soderlund
Research Associate Professor
$170,704
John Goff
Research Professor
$169,075
Katherine Romanak
Research Professor
$168,704
$168,526
Harm Van Avendonk
Research Professor
$166,342
Veronica Vasquez
Assistant Dean
$164,575
Mohsen Ahmadian
Program Manager
$164,057
Ning Lin
Program Manager
$164,055
Richard Denne
Program Director
$160,000
Marek Locmelis
Associate Professor
$159,234
Robin Dommisse
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$157,343
Toti Larson
Research Associate Professor
$157,053
Katie Smye
Research Associate Professor
$155,820
Timothy Shanahan
Associate Professor
$154,743
Brent Elliott
Research Associate Professor
$154,644
Yuko Okumura
Research Associate Professor
$154,467
Osareni Ogiesoba
Research Associate Professor
$153,662
David Chapman
Program Manager
$153,547
Anton Caputo
Director I
$153,360
Duncan Young
Research Associate Professor
$151,328
Christopher Zahm
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$149,438
Alex Bump
Research Associate Professor
$149,176
Estibalitz Ukar
Research Associate Professor
$148,495
Ronald O'Neill
Senior Information Technology Manager
$148,122
Ponien Chen
Senior Information Technology Manager
$147,012
Nikolas White
Director I
$146,640
Vanessa Nunez Lopez
Program Manager
$146,000
Elizabeth Catlos
Associate Professor
$145,277
John Lassiter
Professor
$144,960
Qilong Fu
Research Associate Professor
$143,582
Cyril Grima
Research Associate Professor
$143,313
Rowan Martindale
Associate Professor
$143,134
Marcus Gary
Research Associate Professor
$142,140
Daniella Rempe
Associate Professor
$142,000
Sheng Peng
Research Associate Professor
$141,814
David Carr
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$139,533
Christopher Lowery
Research Associate Professor
$139,384
Peter Flaig
Research Associate Professor
$139,065
Zhe Jia
Research Assistant Professor
$138,375
Shuvajit Bhattacharya
Research Associate Professor
$138,212
Tim Weiss
Director
$138,210
Andras Fall
Research Associate Professor
$137,532
Timothy Goudge
Assistant Professor
$135,200
Sara Sieberath
Associate Director
$135,105
Shuoshuo Han
Research Assistant Professor
$134,463
Dallas Dunlap
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$133,984
Jakub Felkl
Project Manager
$133,942
Eric Attias
Research Assistant Professor
$133,900
Ashley Matheny
Associate Professor
$132,206
Eric Radjef
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$129,621
Benjamin Keisling
Research Assistant Professor
$128,794
Fred Beach
Professor Of Practice
$128,700
Kehua You
Research Associate Professor
$128,194
Robert Reed
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$127,845
Timothy Urban
Program Director
$127,476
Nicola Tisato
Associate Professor
$125,931
Tiffany Caudle
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$125,893
Kyle Spikes
Associate Professor
$125,612
Mariana Olariu
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$125,569
Judson Partin
Research Associate Professor
$125,358
Romy Hanna
Research Scientist
$125,243
Danielle Touma
Research Assistant Professor
$124,800
Cornelia Rasmussen
Research Assistant Professor
$124,800
Matthew Malkowski
Assistant Professor
$124,300
Geeta Persad
Assistant Professor
$122,750
Adrian Huh
Senior Systems Administrator
$122,004
Justin Thompson
Research Assistant Professor
$120,644
Craig Martin
Assistant Professor
$120,028
Erin Parr
Director I
$120,000
Tingwei Ko
Research Assistant Professor
$119,200
Chenguang Sun
Assistant Professor
$119,200
Brian Hunt
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$118,818
Cornel Olariu
Research Associate Professor
$118,416
Shujuan Mao
Assistant Professor
$118,000
David Spindler
Senior Systems Administrator
$117,957
Guo-Chin Huang
Research Assistant Professor
$117,718
Joel Johnson
Associate Professor
$117,545
David Chang
Senior Systems Administrator
$116,695
Philip Guerrero
Coordinator
$115,566
John Andrews
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$115,405
Kutalmis Saylam
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$114,986
Yangkang Chen
Research Associate Professor
$114,665
Jon Pierre
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$114,400
Nathaniel Miller
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$114,024
Jessica Maisano
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$113,556
Mahdi Heidari moghadam
Research Assistant Professor
$112,522
Staci Loewy
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$112,046
Brian Zavala
Senior Systems Administrator
$111,718
Ashraf Mohamed
Research Assistant Professor
$111,625
Luciano Correa
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$111,501
Mahdi Haddad
Research Assistant Professor
$111,234
James Thompson
Research Assistant Professor
$110,880
Amelia Bridges
Administrative Services Officer Ii
$110,157
Mayda Perez
Assistant To The Dean
$110,000
Kristen Tucek
Director Of Development
$109,675
Aaron Averett
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$109,487
Scott Kempf
Senior Software Engineer
$109,482
Desmond Patterson
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$109,140
Jesse Houghton
Senior Project Manager
$109,069
Gregory Ng
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$108,941
Xun Sun
Research Assistant Professor
$108,800
Hassan Dashtian
Research Assistant Professor
$108,495
Jerry Jensen
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$108,212
Athma Bhandari
Research Engineer
$107,698
Jeff Cullen
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$107,532
Joshua O'Connell
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$107,532
Edward Vizy
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$107,532
James Buttles
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$107,075
Jun Ge
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$105,359
Lijing Yao
Research Associate
$105,010
Thomas Hess
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V
$104,612
Roxana Darvari
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$104,404
Bissett Young
Project Manager
$102,543
Caroline Breton
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$102,477
Kenneth Befus
Associate Professor Of Practice
$102,375
Kim LaValley
Administrative Services Officer Ii
$102,288
Priyanka Periwal
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$101,907
Linda McCall
Project Manager
$101,649
Benjamin Hester
Administrative Services Officer I
$101,224
Courtney Vletas
Director Of Development
$101,088
Dunyu Liu
Senior Software Engineer
$100,882
Christopher Stella
Facility Manager
$100,728
Adam Kirk
Senior Software Developer/Analyst
$100,154
Estela Sosa
Administrative Services Officer Ii
$100,055
Ander Martinez-Doñate
Research Assistant Professor
$100,000
Kelly Hattori
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$99,143
Donald Brooks
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$98,654
Markie Troutman
Administrative Services Officer I
$95,000
$95,000
Tera Sherrard
Senior Grants And Contracts Specialist
$94,921
Daniel Duncan
Engineering Scientist
$94,674
Vincent O'Sullivan
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$94,316
Marcy Davis
Engineering Scientist
$94,315
Aaron Satkoski
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$93,829
Daniel Siervo
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$93,409
Christine Simurda
Assistant Professor Of Practice
$92,250
Lisa Stockli
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$91,969
Jennifer Jordan
Director I
$90,000
Edna Rodriguez Calzado
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$89,758
Dillon Buhl
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$89,556
Gwen Hebert
Senior Grants And Contracts Specialist
$89,016
Anthony Wright
Executive Assistant
$88,106
Mary Poteet
Associate Professor Of Practice
$87,966
Michelle Harper
Administrative Manager
$87,500
Kyleen Piejko
Senior Financial Analyst
$87,371
Didey Montoya
Senior Grants And Contracts Specialist
$87,122
Gale Ashley
Finance Manager
$87,099
Nathan Ivicic
Facility Manager
$86,969
Rosalind Gamble
Executive Assistant
$86,442
Dolores van der Kolk
Communications Coordinator
$85,656
Melissa Coffman
Senior Human Resource Coordinator
$85,089
Tony Hollenback
Assistant Professor Of Practice
$85,000
Nichole Robinson
Senior Grants And Contracts Specialist
$84,885
Michael Wang
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$84,712
Jason Suarez
Manager, Media Production Services
$84,615
Ramon Gil Egui
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$84,416
Amanda Calle
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$83,994
Sara Elliott
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$83,965
Jessica Yeager
Executive Assistant
$83,554
Jessica Woollard-Adair
Administrative Manager
$83,460
Monica Kortsha
Communications Manager
$83,280
Jennifer Morris
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$82,751
Jamie Coggin
Senior Graphic Designer
$82,340
Victor Ozuna
Senior Financial Analyst
$81,829
Elizabeth Horne
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$81,737
Lisa Boucher
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$81,510
Nancy Cottington
Program Coordinator
$81,200
Ben Grunau
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$80,990
Michael Prior
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$80,752
Josh Lambert
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$80,289
Georgia Sanders
Administrative Manager
$79,640
David Edey
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$79,528
Maria Carlsen
Executive Assistant
$79,310
Matthew Brown
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$78,000
Angela Luciano
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Ii
$77,875
Talia Jurgens
Project Manager
$77,520
James Sagebiel
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iv
$77,250
Laura Burrows
Facilities Maintenance Manager
$77,000
Brandon Minton
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$76,911
Jaimi Gray
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$76,128
Todd Beaudreau
Systems Administrator Ii
$76,000
Chuanming Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow
$75,000
Abdallah Zaki
Postdoctoral Fellow
$75,000
Julia Sames
Social Media Coordinator
$73,913
Harold Rogers
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$72,742
Travis Hobbs
Technical Writer/Editor I
$72,583
Alisha Lombardi
Executive Assistant
$72,000
Gregory Gosselin
Postdoctoral Fellow
$72,000
Angela Marable
Senior Research Program Coordinator
$71,899
Jennifer Raymond
Administrative Program Coordinator
$71,200
Mary Eminue
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$71,070
Jason Visser
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$70,794
Fran Peña
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator
$70,747
Jessica Rowling
Senior Administrative Associate
$70,550
Yiming Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
$70,000
Laura Hernandez
Senior Graphic Designer
$70,000
Elsa Jimenez
Accountant Iii
$70,000
Cameron Cummins
Software Engineer
$70,000
Micah Jackman
Academic Advising Coordinator
$70,000
Francine Mastrangelo
Computer Illustrator
$69,197
Christopher Rose
Senior Administrative Associate
$69,010
Elizaveta Rybina
Administrative Program Coordinator
$68,994
Kenneth Bader
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$68,390
Melissa Armstrong
Senior Events Program Coordinator
$68,051
$67,897
Liath Appleton
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Iii
$67,892
Shelby Short
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Ii
$67,600
Susanne Morrison
Senior Human Resource Coordinator
$67,043
Stephanie Thomsen
Academic Advising Coordinator
$67,000
Jeffrey Stuenkel
Senior Administrative Associate
$67,000
Naveen Sudharsan
Postdoctoral Fellow
$66,975
Xueying Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow
$66,975
Shuo Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
$66,950
Carlos Garza
Senior Desktop Support Specialist
$66,240
Lynette Villasana
Senior Departmental Buyer
$66,000
Jason Cannon
Human Resource Coordinator
$66,000
Tracey Wilson
Administrative Program Coordinator
$65,941
Cindy Kralis
Events Program Coordinator
$65,483
Qiqi Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
$65,000
Arefe Ghazi Nezami
Postdoctoral Fellow
$65,000
Anna Titova
Postdoctoral Fellow
$65,000
Shree Moorthy
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$65,000
Shyama Mohanty
Postdoctoral Fellow
$65,000
Mitchel Lambert
Senior Outreach Program Coordinator
$63,550
Brandon Williamson
Facilities Technical Staff
$63,440
Lee Sparks
Senior Administrative Associate
$63,300
Yi Jin Shi
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate Ii
$63,300
Devin Krieg
Accountant Ii
$63,063
John Tagle
Technical Staff Assistant Iv
$62,400
Kenneth Edwards
Administrative Associate
$62,143
Erin DeConcini
Human Resource Assistant Iii
$61,854
Rick Sierra
Buyer Ii
$61,389
Gary Becker
Senior Facilities Technical Staff
$61,000
Lisa Pausback
Administrative Associate
$61,000
Susan Quaglino
Publications Editor
$60,320
Roanne Draker
Administrative Associate
$60,147
Eleanor Cote
Outreach Program Coordinator
$60,109
Jennifer Pena
Outreach Program Coordinator
$60,109
Mashal Awais
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
$60,000
Lulu Curry
Accountant I
$60,000
Jasmine Atobajeun
Outreach Program Coordinator
$59,963
Mia Spanyers
Senior Academic Program Coordinator
$59,500
Brandi Bankhead
Administrative Associate
$59,000
Emma Hardin
Placement Specialist
$58,760
Valerie Tran
Graphic Designer
$58,406
Farah Metzger
Administrative Associate
$58,275
Adriana Alvarado
Grants & Contracts Specialist
$58,000
Elissa Mroski
Accountant I
$58,000
Rudy Lucero
Stores Clerk Iii
$57,573
Elizabeth Kelton
Senior Administrative Associate
$57,250
Michelle Lopez
Administrative Associate
$57,200
Jennifer Galaviz
Administrative Associate
$56,819
Chase Cobb
Academic Program Coordinator
$56,650
Shari Sims
Administrative Associate
$56,513
Phyllis Gesch
Senior Administrative Associate
$56,425
Tiffany Sun
Departmental Buyer
$56,160
Kristi Fleming
Administrative Associate
$55,120
Evan O'Donnell
Administrative Associate
$55,084
Marie Victor
Accountant Ii
$54,293
Shelby Escobar
Administrative Associate
$54,075
Nina Martinez
Communications Specialist
$51,934
JJ Dupont
Senior Administrative Associate
$51,170
Terri Muir
Senior Administrative Associate
$51,170
Claudia Garza
Development Associate
$51,000
Nancy Krail
Administrative Associate
$50,400
Gregory Young
Administrative Associate
$50,000
Iliana Solheim
Administrative Associate
$50,000
$120
Marcie Phillips
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
$116
John Snedden
University Professional
$115
Raymond Eastwood
A&P Hourly Employment
$100
Brent Porter
University Professional
$86
Emery Goodman
A&P Hourly Employment
$80
Carla Thomas
Program Manager
$70
Meredith Faber
A&P Hourly Employment
$70
Julia Gale
University Professional
$70
Kevin Meyer
A&P Hourly Employment
$70
Mark Wiederspahn
University Professional
$70
Stephen Laubach
A&P Hourly Employment
$67
William Ambrose
A&P Hourly Employment
$65
Roy Burnstad
A&P Hourly Employment
$65
Gurcan Gulen
A&P Hourly Employment
$65
Charles Woodruff
A&P Hourly Employment
$64
David Hoffman
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$60
Brian Casey
A&P Hourly Employment
$60
Robert Reedy
University Professional
$60
$60
Leah Turner
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
$57
Jeffrey Horowitz
University Professional
$55
Jeffrey Lehman
It Professional
$50
Thomas Richter
Program Manager
$49
Annie Walker
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
$47
Beverly Dejarnett
Research Engineering/Scientist Professional
$45
Timothy Lawton
University Professional
$44
John Maisano
University Professional
$42
John Gerboc
It Professional
$41
Tyson Mckinney
Camp Counselor
$40
Jiandong Su
Computer User Services Specialist
$40
Luis Martinetti
Camp Counselor
$40
Cheyenne Kleiner
Camp Counselor
$40
Nicole Guinn
Camp Counselor
$40
Emily Pasek
Camp Counselor
$40
Nick Soltis
Camp Counselor
$40
Daja Elum
Camp Counselor
$40
Jessica Valdes
Camp Counselor
$40
Sharon Campos
A&P Hourly Employment
$39
Katherine Elliot
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$32
Janis Braboy
Senior Administrative Associate
$31
Jeffrey Horowitz
It Professional
$30
Morgan Tansiongco Kim
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$30
Emily Hugo
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$30
Carolyn King
Administrative Associate
$27
Kelsey Minatra
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$25
Eddie Riccio
Camp Counselor
$25
Kimberly Schiaretti
Camp Counselor
$25
Andrea Saavedra
Camp Counselor
$25
Grace Bartunek
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$24
Jasmeen Kaur
Camp Counselor
$22
Isabel Johnson
Camp Counselor
$22
Alexandra Orona
Camp Counselor
$22
Skye Hospod
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$20
Christina Raymond
Camp Counselor
$20
Trinity Chou
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$20
Mia Chicas
Camp Counselor
$20
Eric Medina
Camp Counselor
$20
Nolan Chapman
Camp Counselor
$20
Jili Muriel
Camp Counselor
$20
$20
Adan Melchor
Camp Counselor
$20
Christopher Frausto
Camp Counselor
$20
Zoe Clark
Camp Counselor
$20
James Magallanez
Camp Counselor
$20
John Moretti
Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant
$20