Name pronunciation: /Huan Tsui/
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology at Kansas State University
Associate Editor, Sedimentology
I teach a broad range of courses in sedimentology, stratigraphy, biogeochemistry, paleoclimate, Earth history, and geoenergy.
Born and raised in an oil city in China
First-generation college student and immigrant, lived in China until 2011
I enjoy exploring the Midwest and spending time with my two daughters.
Places I’ve lived since 2011:
Maryland (2011–2015), Wisconsin (2016–2018), Brussels (2018–2020), Paris (2020–2022), Mississippi (2022–2024), Kansas (2024–present)
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Huan Cui in front of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 2025
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
2024-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Kansas State University
2022-2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University
2020-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher, IPGP, Université Paris Cité (on-site) & University of Toronto (remote)
2018-2020, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geochemistry Group, Free University of Brussels (VUB)
2016-2018, Postdoctoral Researcher, WiscSIMS and NASA Astrobiology Institute, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2011-2015, Ph.D., Geology, University of Maryland, College Park
(Advisor: Alan Jay Kaufman, Distinguished University Professor)2008-2011, M.S., Geology, Peking University, Beijing, China
2004-2008, B.S., Geology/Petroleum Geology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP
Voting Member (2024-present), Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy
Member, Geological Society of America (GSA): Sedimentary Geology Division & Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member, Geochemical Society
Member, Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
Lifetime Member, International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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