The Geophysics and Space Physics program offers study in Earth's interior (seismology, gravity, thermal regime, geomagnetism, tectonics), geophysical fluid dynamics (turbulence, rotating systems, stability, hydromagnetism), nonlinear dynamics, planetology (orbital dynamics, planetary interiors, surfaces and atmospheres, solar-system origin), and space physics (magnetosphere, radiation belts, solar wind, magnetic fields, cosmic rays). Many of our faculty are interdisciplinary in their research. These faculty below have research interests in the disciplines covered in our graduate program in Geophysics and Space Physics (G&SP). Although our Geophysics and Space Physics emeriti faculty do not directly advise graduate students, they provide a valuable resource in student research:
| Vassilis Angelopoulos | Professor | vassilis@ucla.edu |
| Jon Aurnou | Associate Professor | aurnou@gmail.com |
| Caroline Beghein | Assistant Professor | cbeghein@ucla.edu |
| Peter Bird | Professor Emeritus | pbird@ess.ucla.edu |
| Paul Davis | Professor | pdavis@ess.ucla.edu |
| David Jackson | Professor Emeritus | david.d.jackson@ucla.edu |
| David Jewitt | Professor | jewitt@ucla.edu |
| Abby Kavner | Associate Professor | akavner@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Vladimir Keilis-Borok | Professor Emeritus | vkb@ess.ucla.edu |
| Margaret Kivelson | Professor Emeritus | mkivelson@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Jean-Luc Margot | Associate Professor | jlm@ess.ucla.edu |
| Robert McPherron | Professor Emeritus | rmcpherron@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Jonathan Mitchell | Assistant Professor | mitchell@ess.ucla.edu |
| William Newman | Professor | win@ucla.edu |
| David Paige | Professor | dap@moon.ucla.edu |
| Gilles Peltzer | Professor | peltzer@ess.ucla.edu |
| Christopher Russell | Professor | ctrussel@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Gerald Schubert | Professor | schubert@ucla.edu |
| Ray Walker | Professor in Residence | rwalker@igpp.ucla.edu |