Marc A. Hesse — Wikipedia-Ready Timeline

Comprehensive Chronology with References

Early Life and Education

Undergraduate Education (Part 1)

Event: Studied Geology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Institution: Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany Date: Early undergraduate years (estimated early–mid 1990s) Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany Reference: Oden Institute faculty biography¹; JSG researcher profile²

Undergraduate Education (Part 2)

Event: BSc in Geology, University of Edinburgh Institution: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland Date: Completed ~1999–2000 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Awards: Edinburgh Geological Society Prize (2000); Mineralogical Society Student Award (1999); Total Oil Marine Prize (1999) Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Graduate Education — MIT-WHOI Joint Program

Event: MS in Oceanography, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Period: 2000–2002 Location: Cambridge, MA / Woods Hole, MA, USA Award: Presidential Graduate Fellowship, MIT (2000–2002) Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Graduate Education — University of Cambridge

Event: MPhil in Fluid Flow (Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) Institution: University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) Period: 2002–2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Awards: European Trust Bursary & EPSRC Studentship (2002–2003); David Crighton Fellowship (2009) Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Doctoral Education — Stanford University

Event: PhD in Petroleum Engineering Institution: Stanford University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering Period: ~2003–2008 Location: Stanford, California, USA Reference: JSG researcher profile²; ResearchGate profile³

Postdoctoral Research

Postdoctoral Researcher — Brown University

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Tectonophysics Institution: Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Period: ~2008–2009 Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA Reference: JSG researcher profile²; Geological Fluid Mechanics Group biography⁴

Academic Career at UT Austin

Assistant Professor — Jackson School of Geosciences

Position: Assistant Professor Institution: Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin Date Joined: Fall 2009 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Concurrent Appointment: Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES, now Oden Institute) Reference: JSG researcher profile²; Geological Fluid Mechanics Group biography⁴

Early Teaching Fellowships and Awards

Award: John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Geological Sciences Institution: Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin Year: 2011 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Award: Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics Institution: University of Texas at Austin Year: 2012 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Associate Professor (tenured)

Position: Associate Professor (with tenure) Institution: Jackson School of Geosciences / Oden Institute, UT Austin Period: ~2015 onward Location: Austin, Texas, USA Reference: Oden Institute faculty directory¹

Full Professor — Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professorship

Position: Professor, Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professorship in Geology Institution: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences / Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin Period: Current (as of 2026) Location: Austin, Texas, USA Concurrent Appointment: Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences Reference: Oden Institute faculty directory¹

Research Areas and Contributions

Geological CO2 Storage and Natural CO2 Reservoirs

Focus: Dynamics of CO2 dissolution in saline aquifers; natural CO2 reservoirs as analogues for geological carbon storage Key Study: Bravo Dome natural CO2 reservoir (New Mexico) — estimated 366 MtCO2 (22% of original 1.6 GtCO2) dissolved into brine over 1.2–1.4 Ma Key Publications: Sathaye et al. (2014, 2016a, 2016b); Akhbari & Hesse (2016); Wen et al. (2018) DOE Feature: Research featured on the front page of the U.S. Department of Energy website⁵ Reference: JSG research page⁶; Oden Institute news⁵

Dynamics of Partially Molten Materials

Focus: Partial melting and melt segregation in planetary interiors; texturally equilibrated pore networks; viscous compaction of solid matrix Key Publications: Ghanbarzadeh et al. (2014, 2015a, 2015b, 2017); Jordan & Hesse (2015); Jordan et al. (2018) Reference: JSG research page⁶

Reactive Transport in Porous Media

Focus: Chemical wave theory; hyperbolic PDE systems for multi-component reactive transport; pH-dependent sorption; noble gas partitioning Key Publications: Venkatraman et al. (2014); McNeece & Hesse (2016, 2017, 2018); Zhang et al. (2017, 2018a, 2018b) Reference: JSG research page⁶

Geomechanical Inverse Problems

Focus: Satellite geodesy and GPS data integration into poroelastic models; subsurface flow-deformation coupling; induced seismicity Key Publications: Hesse & Stadler (2014); McCormack & Hesse (2018, 2020); Alghamdi et al. (2020) Reference: JSG research page⁶

Habitability of Icy Ocean Worlds

Focus: Hydrothermal evolution of icy moons (Europa, Enceladus); primordial planetesimal evolution; ice-penetrating radar interpretation Key Publications: Ren et al. (2022, 2024a, 2024b); Wolfenbarger et al. (2021); Carnahan et al. (2021, 2022a, 2022b) Reference: Oden Institute biography¹; JSG people page⁷

Conference and Community Leadership

Gordon Research Conference — Flow and Transport in Permeable Media

Role: Member, Conference Organizing Committee Year: 2008, 2010 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Gordon-Keenan Graduate Research Seminar

Role: Chair, Conference Organizing Committee — Flow and Transport in Permeable Media Year: 2010 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

AGU Fall Meeting 2009

Role: Co-chair, Session V41: Geochemical consequences of melt migration Year: 2009 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

SIAM Mathematical and Computational Geosciences

Role: Mini-symposia organizer (multiple sessions: CO2 storage, partially molten rocks, self-similar solutions in porous media) Years: 2007, 2009 Reference: JSG researcher profile²

Teaching

Courses at UT Austin

• GEO 325C / 398C — Continuum Mechanics (undergraduate/graduate cross-listed): fluid and solid modeling in geological phenomena including mantle convection, glaciology, and climate dynamics
• GEO 325M / 398M — Numerical Modeling in Geosciences: mathematical modeling and numerical simulation for geoscience applications
• GEO 425P / 494P — Modeling Flow and Transport in Porous Media: graduate-level porous media sequence Reference: JSG teaching page⁸; JSG researcher profile²

PhD Students Supervised (Selected)

Reference: JSG people page⁷

Geographic Footprint

Munich, Germany

Institution: Technical University of Munich Period: Early undergraduate Significance: First exposure to geology and earth sciences

Edinburgh, Scotland

Institution: University of Edinburgh Period: BSc completion (~1999–2000) Significance: BSc in Geology; multiple prizes; foundation of geological identity

Cambridge, MA / Woods Hole, MA

Institution: MIT-WHOI Joint Program Period: 2000–2002 Significance: MS in Oceanography; Presidential Graduate Fellowship

Cambridge, UK

Institution: University of Cambridge, DAMTP Period: 2002–2003 Significance: MPhil in Fluid Flow; applied mathematics pivot

Stanford, California

Institution: Stanford University Period: ~2003–2008 Significance: PhD in Petroleum Engineering; porous media specialization

Providence, Rhode Island

Institution: Brown University Period: ~2008–2009 Significance: Postdoctoral research in tectonophysics

Austin, Texas

Institution: University of Texas at Austin (Jackson School of Geosciences + Oden Institute) Period: Fall 2009 – present Significance: Full academic career; research group establishment; Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professorship

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