GEOFFREY COOK

Teaching Professor
GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIV.

Research Interests

  • Physical volcanology
  • Volcanic evolution of large, ignimbrite-producing calderas
  • Petrogenesis of intermediate to silicic magmas
  • Petrogenesis and geochemistry of continental, volcanic-arc systems
  • Geoscience education/pedagogy; addressing student misconceptions in geoscience classes

Degrees

  • PhD, Washington State University
  • M.S., Boise State University
  • B.A., Franklin and Marshall College

Awards

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (2023)
  • UCSD Panhellenic Chapters Outstanding Faculty Award (2018)
  • Sixth College Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award (2012)
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Undergraduate Teaching Award (2011)
  • Teacher of the Year, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island (2009)