Jay L. Banner is the F. M. Bullard Professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences and Director of the Environmental Science Institute at UT-Austin. His research investigates the impacts of urbanization on aquifers and streams, and the reconstruction of past climate change, soil erosion and ocean chemistry. Banner co-teaches UT-Austin’s first Signature Course, Sustaining a Planet, and helped develop the university’s interdisciplinary degree in Environmental Science. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a member of UT-Austin’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
