Dr. Roger Creel

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Roger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Columbia University in 2024 and has served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Roger is the principal investigator of the TAMU Sea Level lab, where his research focuses on the co-evolution of sea level, ice sheets, coastlines, permafrost, and land hydrology. His group employs geophysical models, Bayesian statistics, fieldwork, and data compilation to disentangle solid surface Earth processes from the Plio-Pleistocene era to the 21st century. His research interests include sea level interactions with permafrost, ice sheets, land hydrology, and coastlines, as well as solid surface Earth dynamics, carbonate sedimentology, scalable open-source computing, and probabilistic methods for uncertainty quantification.

Research Interests

Sea Level Geophysics Paleoclimate Probabilistic Methods Solid Surface Earth Dynamics Carbonate Sedimentology Scalable Open-source Computing

Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar

— Present

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution •

Awards

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PNAS Cozzarelli Prize

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Outstanding Reviewer

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
  • Statement of Purpose (500-750 words)
  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
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  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.