Our Organization

The Center for Planetary Systems Habitability is an interdisciplinary research center located virtually at The University of Texas at Austin reporting to the Jackson School of Geosciences.

The Center is the result of a partnership between the College of Natural Sciences, the Jackson School of Geosciences, and the Cockrell School of Engineering.

Directors

Sean Gulick, Research Professor, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Brett Baker, Associate Professor, Marine Science Institute & Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences

Executive Committee

Timothy Goudge, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences

Romy Hanna, Research Associate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences

Brandon Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Cockrell School of Engineering

Adam Kraus, Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences

Caroline Morley, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences

Partners

The Center also thanks the McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy at the College of Natural Sciences, and the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics at the Jackson School for administrative and personnel support.