Department Committees
Personnel, Tenure, and Promotion (Last updated 07/2025)
Merit Review (Last updated 09/2024)
Undergraduate Studies
- Regina Capuano (Committee Chair)
- Yunsoo Choi
- Daniel Hauptvogel
- Michael Murphy
- Alexander Robinson
- Yingcai Zheng
Material and Planning
- Qi Fu (Committee Chair)
- Jinny Sisson
- Robert Stewart
- Yunsoo Choi
- Yingcai Zheng
Fundraising/Development/Alumni Relations
- Julia Wellner (Committee Chair)
- Hua-Wei Zhou
- Paul Mann
- Robert Stewart
- Jinny Sisson
- Leon Thomsen
- Yingcai Zheng
- Margarita Pérez Frinsco at mperez42@uh.edu or 713-743-2234, or Olivia Thompson at onthomps@central.uh.edu or 713-743-8026
Industry Recruiting
- JiaJia Sun (Committee Chair)
- Paul Mann
- Don Van Nieuwenhuise
Graduate Studies
- Shuhab Khan (Committee Chair)
- Regina Capuano
- Xun Jiang
- Jinny Sisson
- Aibing Li
- Hua-Wei Zhou
EAS Website Committee
- Paul Mann (Committee chair)
- JiaJia Sun
- Yingcai Zheng
- Jay Krishnan
- Jason Ognosky
Computer Software Support
- Robert Stewart (Committee Chair)
- Jay Krishnan
- Shuhab Khan
- Paul Mann
- Don Van Nieuwenhuise
- JiaJia Sun
Scholarships and Awards
- Daniel Hauptvogel (Committee Chair)
- Shuhab Khan
- Regina Capuano
- Xun Jiang
- Jiaxuan Li
EAS Student Travel Grants Committee
Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture
- William Struble (Committee Chair)
- Jiaxuan Li
Annual Milton Dobrin Lecture
- Tom Lapen (Committee Chair)
- Yingcai Zheng
Seminars
- Yuxuan Wang (Committee Chair)
- William Sager
- Voarintsoa, Ny Riavo
- Julia Wellner
- Jinny Sisson
Student body committee
- Sarah Garcia (Chair and graduate student representative)
- Qiongrui Zhu (Atmospheric sciences representative)
- Zoonash Arshad (Geophysics representative)
- Asmara Lehrmann (Geology representative)
- Isabela Garcia (Undergraduate representative)
- Makenna Harris (Events coordinator)
Student Research Day committee
- Amberlee Enger (Chair)
- Brandee Carlson (Faculty advisor)
Advisor/Coordinator Positions
Undergraduate Advisors
- Regina Capuano (Environmental Science)
- Daniel Hauptvogel (Geology and Geophysics)
Graduate Advisors
- Shuhab Khan (Geology and Geophysics)
- Xun Jiang (Atmospheric Sciences)
Department Academic Honesty
- Jinny Sisson (officer)
- Daniel Hauptvogel (adjudicator)
- Alexander Robinson (adjudicator)
- Michael Murphy (adjudicator)
Study Abroad Liaison
Newsletter Coordinator
Class Scheduling
Field Camp Directors
Geology Field Camp
Geophysics Field Camp
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Committees
College Academic Honesty
College Undergraduate Studies
- Daniel Hauptvogel (2024-2026)
College Governance
College Graduate Studies
- Shuhab Khan (09/23-08/25)
College Policy
- Robert Stewart (9/22-8/24)
SR1 Building Committee (representatives shown for each floor of the building)
1. Robert Stewart (First floor and basement - EAS)
2. Jay Krishnan (Second floor - EAS)
3. Qi Fu (Third floor - EAS)
4. Paul Mann (Fourth floor - EAS - Committee chair)
5. Rebecca Forrest (Fifth floor - Physics)
6. Claudia Ratti (Sixth floor - Physics)
Ex officio: Fred McGhee, Mike Mahanay, NSM Dean’s Office; Dan Wells, NSM Dean.