email: abrodrig@email.unc.edu
Mailing address:
121 South Road, CB#330
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
I moved to Chapel Hill in 2025, but the research enterprise is still located at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.
Education
Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX, May 1999- Major: Geology and Geophysics.
B.A., Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, May 1994- Major: Geology.
Professional Experience:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– Professor July 2021 to present, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Professor July 2014 to June 2021, Associate Professor January 2006 to June 2014 and Visiting Associate Professor August 2005 to January 2006, Institute of Marine Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences. Adjunct Professor, July 2014 to December 2019 and Adjunct Associate Professor, July 2006 to July 2014, Department of Geological Sciences.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– Department Chair July 2025 to Present, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– Associate Chair of Academic Programs July 2023 to June 2025, Associate Chair July 2021 to June 2023, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– Director, Institute for the Environment’s Morehead City Field Site at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, April 2020 to June 2024.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Marine Sciences, July 2021 to June 2022.
University of Alabama– Adjunct Professor, August 2005 to May 2009 and Assistant Professor August 2000 to August 2005, Department of Geological Sciences.
Rice University– Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, January 2000 to August 2000.
Rice University– Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, May 1999 to January 2000.