Viterbi School of Engineering
Petroleum Engineering — Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Chair: Steven R. Nutt, Ph.D.
Director: Iraj Ershaghi, Ph.D., P.E.
Faculty
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean’s Chair in Engineering and Chester F. Dolley Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Yannis C. Yortsos, Ph.D.
Omar B. Milligan Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Iraj Ershaghi, Ph.D., P.E.
William M. Keck Professor of Energy Resources: Donald M. Paul, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: Behnam Jafarpour, Ph.D.; Kristian Jessen, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professors: Stephen Cheung, Ph.D.; Robert Ehrlich, Ph.D.; Donald G. Hill, Ph.D.; Victor M. Ziegler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Andrei Popa, Ph.D.; Ehsan Tajer, Ph.D.
Lecturers: Jincai, Chang, Ph.D.; George Chilingar, Ph.D.; Donald Gautier, Ph.D.; Martin Karrenbach, Ph.D.; Keith Millheim, Ph.D.; Bradford Pierce, M.S.; Wenlong Xu, Ph.D.; Ke-Thia Yao, Ph.D.
Research Professors: Fred Aminzadeh, Ph.D.; Dongxiao Zhang, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor: Elmer L. Dougherty, Ph.D.
Petroleum Engineering Honor Society: Pi Epsilon Tau