Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Faculty Directory
![Photo of Matthew Balhoff](/media/xt-adaptive-images/1600/images/faculty/2023_Balhoff-Matthew_4x3.jpg)
Matthew Balhoff
Department Chair & Professor
Lois and Richard Folger Leadership Chair and Bank of America Centennial Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
balhoff@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3246, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 2.502
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![Photo of J.Eric Bickel](/images/faculty/Bickle-Eric.jpg)
![Photo of Hugh Daigle](/images/faculty/Daigle-Hugh.jpg)
Hugh Daigle
Associate Professor
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Centennial Fellowship #2
daigle@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-3775
Office Location: GLT 4.210
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![Photo of Mojdeh Delshad](/images/faculty/Delshad-Mojdeh.jpg)
Mojdeh Delshad
Research Professor
delshad@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3219
Office Location: CPE 4.162
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![Photo of David DiCarlo](/images/faculty/DiCarlo-David.jpg)
David DiCarlo
Associate Professor
George H. Fancher Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering
dicarlo@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-1283
Office Location: GLT 4.230
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![Photo of Nicolas Espinoza](/images/faculty/Espinoza-Nicolas.jpg)
Nicolas Espinoza
Associate Professor
Frank W. Jessen Centennial Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering
espinoza@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-8280
Office Location: CPE 3.118A
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![Photo of John Foster](/images/faculty/Foster-John.jpg)
John Foster
Associate Professor
George H. Fancher Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
jfoster@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-6972
Office Location: CPE 3.108
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![Photo of Kenneth Gray](/images/faculty/Gray-Ken.jpg)
Kenneth Gray
Professor Emeritus
ken_gray@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3242, 512-471-7190
Office Location: CPE 3.186A, PRC B-17 R2
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![Photo of Zoya Heidari](/images/faculty/Heidari-Zoya.jpg)
Zoya Heidari
Associate Professor
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Centennial Fellowship #1 in Petroleum Engineering
zoya@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-7218
Office Location: GLT 4.246
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![Photo of Chun Huh](/images/faculty/Huh-Chun.jpg)
Chun Huh
Research Professor
chunhuh@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3252
Office Location: GLT 5.246
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![Photo of Larry Lake](/images/faculty/Lake-Larry.jpg)
Larry Lake
Professor
Shahid and Sharon Ullah Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
larry_lake@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-8233, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 4.108
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![Photo of Alberto Lopez-Manriquez](/images/faculty/2022-PGE-Lopez-Manriquez-Alberto.jpg)
Alberto Lopez-Manriquez
Associate Professor of Practice
alberto.lopezmanriquez@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: CPE
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![Photo of Yingda Lu](/media/xt-adaptive-images/1600/images/Updated_Yingda_.jpg)
Yingda Lu
Assistant Professor
Chevron Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering
yingdalu@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-8337
Office Location: CPE 5.182A
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![Photo of Krishan Malik](/images/faculty/Malik-Krishan.jpg)
Krishan Malik
Adjunct Professor
kmalik@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 2.502
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![Photo of Kishore Mohanty](/images/faculty/Mohanty-Kishore.jpg)
Kishore Mohanty
Professor
W.A. (Monty) Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering
mohanty@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3077
Office Location: CPE 4.168
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![Photo of Quoc Nguyen](/images/faculty/Nguyen-Quoc.jpg)
Quoc Nguyen
Professor
J.H. Herring Centennial Professorship
quoc_p_nguyen@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-1204
Office Location: GLT 5.228
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![Photo of Ryosuke Okuno](/images/faculty/Okuno-Ryosuke.jpg)
Ryosuke Okuno
Associate Professor
Pioneer Corporation Faculty Fellow in Petroleum Engineering and Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair on Carbon Utilization and Storage
okuno@utexas.edu
512-471-3250
Office Location: GLT 5.210
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![Photo of Jon Olson](/images/faculty/Olson-John.jpg)
Jon Olson
Professor
Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering #17
jolson@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-7375
Office Location: CPE 5.168B
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![Photo of Hilary Olson](/images/faculty/Olson-Hilary.jpg)
Hilary Olson
Associate Professor of Instruction
Executive Director, TOPCORP Training Program for Oil & Gas Field Inspectors and Program Manager, Energy Science & Technology Institute for Texas High School STEM Teachers
holson@utexas.edu
512-653-8356
Office Location: CPE 5.168A
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![Photo of Gary Pope](/images/faculty/Pope-Gary.jpg)
Gary Pope
Professor Emeritus
gpope@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3235, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 2.502
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![Photo of Masa Prodanovic](/images/faculty/Prodanovic-Masa.jpg)
Masa Prodanovic
Professor and Associate Department Chair
Frank W. Jessen Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
masha@utexas.edu
512-471-0839
Office Location: GLT 4.208
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![Photo of Michael Pyrcz](/images/faculty/Pyrcz-Michael.jpg)
Michael Pyrcz
Professor
B. J. Lancaster Professorship in Petroleum Engineering and Fellow of the Herring Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
mpyrcz@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-3252
Office Location: CPE 5.174
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![Photo of Arvind Ravikumar](/images/2021-PGE-Faculty-Ravikumar-Arvind-1_1.jpg)
Arvind Ravikumar
Research Associate Professor
Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab
arvind.ravikumar@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-3630
Office Location: CPE 5.162
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![Photo of Kamy Sepehrnoori](/images/faculty/Sepehrnoori-Kamy.jpg)
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Professor
Texaco Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering
kamys@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-0231, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 4.104A
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![Photo of Mukul Sharma](/images/faculty/Sharma-Mukul.jpg)
Mukul Sharma
Professor
W.A. (Tex) Moncrief, Jr. Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering
msharma@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3257, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 5.118A
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![Photo of Wen Song](/images/faculty/Song-Wen.jpg)
Wen Song
Assistant Professor
George H. Fancher Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
wensong@utexas.edu
512-471-5789
Office Location: CPE 4.118B
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![Photo of Brian Sullivan](/media/xt-adaptive-images/1600/images/BrianSullivan.jpg)
Brian Sullivan
Professor of Practice
bsullivan@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-7238
Office Location: CPE
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![Photo of Carlos Torres-Verdin](/images/faculty/Torres-Verdin-Carlos.jpg)
Carlos Torres-Verdin
Professor
Brian James Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair and Zarrow Centennial Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
cverdin@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-4216, 512-471-3161
Office Location: GLT 4.244
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![Photo of Eric van Oort](/images/faculty/van-Oort-Eric.jpg)
Eric van Oort
Professor
Joe J. King Chair of Engineering No. 2 and B. J. Lancaster Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
vanoort@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-6262
Office Location: EER 5.614B
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![Photo of Mary Wheeler](/images/Wheeler2.jpg)
Mary Wheeler
Professor
Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair in Engineering
mfw@oden.utexas.edu
512-475-8625
Office Location: POB