Below is a very rough break down of research faculty by field of study. If you are a prospective graduate student you should look more closely at each faculty member's home page as there are a lot of crossover from one area to another.
| Geochemistry / Mineralogy / Petrology / Volcanology |
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| BUSTIN, R.M. | Sedimentology / Organic Petrology / Petroleum Geology / Coal Geology | |
| DIPPLE, G.M. | Metamorphic Geology / Fluid-Rock Interaction / Hydrothermal Systems | |
| GRIMM, K.A. | Earth's Environmental Evolution/Geophysiology/Laminated Sediments/Phosphorites (Not currently accepting students.) | [1] |
| GROAT, L.A. | Mineralogy / Crystallography / Granitic Pegmatites / Environmental Mineralogy | |
| HICKEY, K. | Mineral Deposits / Thermochronology Fluid Flow / Structural Geology | |
| JELLINEK, M. | Volcanology / Geodynamics / Planetary Science | |
| JOHNSON, C.L. | Thermal Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets | |
| KENNEDY, L. | Structural Geology | |
| KOPYLOVA, M.G. | Mantle Petrology / Diamonds and Diamondiferous Rocks | |
| MORTENSEN, J. | Geochronology / Cordilleran Geology / Tectonics / Mineral Deposits | |
| RUSSELL, J.K. | Igneous Petrology / Volcanology / Geochemistry | |
| SCOATES, J. | Mineral Deposits / Petrology / Geochemistry | |
| SMITH, Paul | Paleontology / Jurassic Geology / Stratigraphy | |
| TOSDAL, R.M. | Metallogeny / Structural Geology / MDRU | |
| WEIS, D. | Isotope Geochemistry/Mantle Plumes & Large Igneous Provinces/Environmental Geochemistry | |
| Hydrology / Engineering Geology |
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| BECKIE, R.D. | Groundwater Hydrology / Geotechnical Engineering | |
| EBERHARDT, E | Rock Mechanics / Geotechnical Engineering / Landslides | |
| HUNGR, O. | Engineering Geology (M.A.Sc., M.Eng., and Ph.D. only) | |
| MAYER, U. | Groundwater / Hydrology / Reactive Solute Transport | |
| SMITH, Les | Groundwater Hydrology | |
| Geophysics |
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| BALMFORTH, N. | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | |
| BOSTOCK, M.G. | Earthquake Seismology / Elastic Wave Propagation | |
| HEARN, E. | Lithosphere Geodynamics / Active Tectonics | |
| HERRMANN, F. | Reflection Seismology / Inversion Theory / Signal Processing / Wavelet Theory / Wave Propagation | |
| OLDENBURG, D.W. | Inverse theory / Electromagnetic Geophysics | |
| Chemical Oceanography |
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| ANDERSEN, R.J. | Chemical / Geochemical Oceanography (Please apply to Chemistry Department.) | [2] |
| FRANCOIS, R. | Chemical Oceanography / Sediment Geochemistry / Marine Biogeochemical Cycles / Paleoceanography | |
| ORIANS, K.J. | Trace metals in seawater: biogeochemical processes | |
| Biological Oceanography |
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| MALDONADO, M. | Phytoplankton Trace Metal Physiology / Biological Oceanography / Marine Biogeochemistry | |
| PAKHOMOV, E.A. | Biological & Fisheries Oceanography / Antarctic Ecology | |
| SUTTLE, C. | Bacteria and Viruses in Marine Systems | |
| TORTELL, P. | Biological Oceanography | |
| Physical Oceanography |
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| ALLEN, S.E. | Ocean and Atmosphere Dynamics: Laboratory, Numerical and Field Studies | |
| PAWLOWICZ, R.A. | Acoustical / Physical Oceanography / Arctic Hydrography | |
| Atmosphere / Climate / Global Environmental Change |
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| AUSTIN, P. | Cloud Physics / Boundary Layer | |
| CLARKE, G.K.C. | Glaciology / Physics of Glaciers and Ice Sheets | |
| HSIEH, W.W. | Atmosphere-Ocean Climate Dynamics / Machine Learning | |
| SCHOOF, C. | Glaciology / Fluid Dynamics | |
| STEYN, D. | Air Pollution / Boundary Layers | |
| STULL, R. | Numerical Weather Prediction / Mesoscale Meteorology | |
| Other UBC Faculty who accept students in Programs Administered by Earth and Ocean Sciences |
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| BLACK, A. | Climatic Variability / Carbon & Water Balances / Biometeorology | |
| CHRISTEN, A. | Experimental Micrometeorology / Surface-Atmosphere Interactions / Atmospheric Turbulence | |
| McKENDRY, I.G. | Air Pollution / Boundary Layers / Synoptic Climatology | |
| NOVAK, M.D. | Soil Atmosphere Interactions/Turbulence/Boundary Layers / hydrology | |
Notes:
[1] (Not currently accepting students.)
[2] Apply to Chemistry Department.