Alan Whittington, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5458
Email: Alan.Whittington@utsa.edu
Lab website

Areas of Specialization

• Petrology
• Planetary Geology
• Volcanology

Education

Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Open University
B.A. in Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Dr. Whittington's research interests are in the transport, emplacement and/or and eruption of magma. His group makes high-temperature experimental measurements of rheology and thermal properties of rocks and magmas to understand lava flow emplacement and effusive-explosive transitions on Earth and other planets. His teaching interests are in Volcanology, Rheology of Earth Materials, and Geologic Hazards.