Earth Sciences Faculty
Valerie Sahakian
Associate Professor
P&A Program Lead, CRESCENT
Earth Sciences
Email: vjs@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3401
Office: 325D Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1272
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-4:30
Research Interests: Active Tectonics, Ground Motion Seismology, Marine Geophysics
David Sutherland
Professor
Earth Sciences
Email: dsuth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8753
Office: 204 Volcanology, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1272
Office Hours: I am on sabbatical 2025-26.
Research Interests: Coastal physical oceanography, Ice-ocean interactions
Douglas Toomey
Director, Oregon Hazards Lab
Professor of Geophysics
Earth Sciences
Email: drt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5576
Office: 105A Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: MW 11-12
Research Interests: Multi-hazards detection and monitoring, societal resilience to earthquakes and wildfires, seismology, subduction zones, oceanic hotspots
Paul Wallace
Professor
Earth Sciences
Email: pwallace@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5985
Office: 220 Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Igneous petrology, volcanology, geochemistry