Dr. Davide Oppo

Pioneer Production Endowed Professor of Geology

2024 Un. of Louisiana at Lafayette Outstanding Master's Mentor Award
2023 AAPG Foundation Inspirational Geosciences Educator

I am a broadly trained Geological Oceanographer, with my core research interests at the intersection of sedimentology, biogeochemistry, and geophysics.


Most of my research focuses on the multidisciplinary study of methane escape and sedimentary processes along continental margins.

Doctoral

  • Gracie Babineaux

    NSF Graduate Fellow

    Methane seepage, Sedimentology, Marine geology

  • Ferdinando Cilenti

    Energy systems, Gas hydrates, Reservoir geophysics

  • Precious Batubo

    Chair: Dr. G. Morra

    Machine Learning, Mars

Master’s

  • Peyton Dardeau

    Sedimentology, Reflection seismic

  • David starkovich

    Reflection Seismic

Bachelor’s

  • Caitlyn Mullis

    Sedimentology

  • Anna-Sophia Henry

    Sedimentology

AlUMNI

BIBI ASEEYA MOHAMED, MSc Geology, 2024, WSP USA

MARGARET DITTMAN, MSc Geology, 2024, Fugro Marine

DAVID MATTE, MSc Geology, 2023, Fugro Marine

ABIGAIL WATSON, MSc Geology, 2023

JULIET C. ARALU, MSc Geology, 2022, Fugro

MANDI LALONDE, MSc Geology, 2022, Camalo Energy Resources

KRISTEN HOLMES, MSc Geology, 2021 - Oceaneering

ERNEST ANTWI, MSc Geology, 2021, Ph.D. student at UL Lafayette

CYLE CHAPMAN, MSc Geology, 2020, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

MARY ‘KATIE’ FEARN, MSc Geology, 2019, Shell