Prof. Claudia Mora
- Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin
Biography
Since February 2020, Prof. Claudia Mora has served as Dean of world renowned Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas, Austin. For over 13 years, she served the Los Alamos National Laboratory as Group Leader in Earth Systems Observations and subsequently Deputy Division Leader of the Chemistry Division. She also held leadership roles at Los Alamos in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division and the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Program Office. Prior to Los Alamos, she was a faculty member at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and served as department head. A defining factor of distinction is Prof. Mora’s leadership of collaborative research at the intersection of geology, soil science, and dendrochronology. Her research has focused on stable isotope proxy records of climate and environment captured in terrestrial archives, including soils and fossil soils, tree rings, and lake sediments. Prof. Mora has been recognized nationally and globally for her expertise and professional service. She served as President of the Geological Society of America from 2015-2018 and has been appointed as a Councilor to the International Union of Geological Sciences, as a U.S. delegate to the International Geological Congress, and as a member of both the U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences and the U.S. National Committee for Soil Sciences.