About our faculty and staff

Our nationally recognized faculty, researchers and professional staff are dedicated to excellence in research, education, innovation and service. Learn more about the individuals who make up the Department of Petroleum Engineering by visiting their profiles.

Sara Abedi

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Stephen A. Holditch Faculty Fellow
  • Affiliated Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Sara Abedi

I. Yucel Akkutlu

  • Assistant Department Head, Academics, Petroleum Engineering
  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • John Edgar Holt '27 Chair
I. Yucel Akkutlu

Gia Alexander

  • Lecturer, Petroleum Engineering
Gia Alexander

Ibere Alves

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Ibere Alves

Maria A. Barrufet

  • Assistant Department Head, Staff Administration, Petroleum Engineering
  • Director, Online Learning, Petroleum Engineering
  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Baker Hughes Endowed Chair
  • Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Maria A. Barrufet

Peter Bastian

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Peter Bastian

Thomas A. Blasingame

  • Department Head, Petroleum Engineering
  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Robert L. Whiting Professor
  • Director, Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research
Thomas A. Blasingame

Akhil Datta-Gupta

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • L.F. Peterson '36 Chair I
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Regents Professor
  • Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Akhil Datta-Gupta

Birol Dindoruk

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering

Iskander Diyashev

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Iskander Diyashev

Eduardo Gildin

  • Associate Department Head, Graduate Studies, Petroleum Engineering
  • Director, Graduate Studies, Petroleum Engineering
  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • L.F. Peterson '36 Professor
Eduardo Gildin

Berna Hascakir

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Michael and Heidi Gatens Professor
Berna Hascakir

A. Daniel Hill

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Noble Chair
  • Regents Professor
A. Daniel Hill

Wencheng Jin

  • Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
Wencheng Jin

Valerie Jochen

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Valerie Jochen

Jihoon Kim

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
Jihoon Kim

Kiseok Kim

  • Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Class of ’75 DVG Development Professor
Kiseok Kim

Michael King

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Michael King

Marcelo Laprea-Bigott

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Marcelo Laprea-Bigott

John Lee

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Kelly L. '87 and William D. '87 Von Gonten, Jr. DVG Chair in Petroleum Engineering
  • Regents Professor
John Lee

Heitor Lima

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Heitor Lima

J. Bryan Maggard

  • Senior Lecturer, Petroleum Engineering
Bryan Maggard

Duane McVay

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Albert B. Stevens Chair Professor in Petroleum Engineering
  • Associate Director, Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research
Duane McVay

D. Nathan Meehan

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • L.F. Peterson '36 Endowed Professorship
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
D. Nathan Meehan

Srikanta Mishra

  • Research Professor, Petroleum Engineering
Srikanta Mishra

Siddharth Misra

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Ted H. Smith, Jr. ’75 and Max R. Vordenbaum ‘73 DVG Associate Professor
Siddharth Misra

George Moridis

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
George Moridis

Hadi Nasrabadi

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Aghorn Energy Career Development Professor
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Hadi Nasrabadi

Sam Noynaert

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Sam Noynaert

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

  • Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Chevron Faculty Fellow
Rita Okoroafor

Hamidreza Samouei

  • Research Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
Hamidreza Samouei

Roman Shor

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Douglas Von Gonten Faculty Fellow
Roman Shor

Cathy Sliva

  • Director, Undergraduate Advising, Petroleum Engineering
  • Associate Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Cathy Sliva

Glenn Sliva

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
Glenn Sliva

Jeff Spath

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • George E. Hickox Professor
Jeff Spath

George Voneiff

  • Professor of Practice, Petroleum Engineering
George Voneiff

Kan Wu

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Class of ’75 DVG Associate Professor
  • Chancellor EDGES Fellow
Kan Wu

Rami Younis

  • Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • Marilyn and W.F. Albers '47 Faculty Fellow
Rami Younis

Ding Zhu

  • Professor, Petroleum Engineering
  • McCain Engineering Chair
Ding Zhu