Laurent Montési

Laurent Montési, a professor in the Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, was selected to serve as CMNS interim associate dean for faculty affairs in October 2026.

Laurent received his Ph.D. in geophysics from MIT in 2002 and joined the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he worked as a postdoc and then staff scientist. Since joining UMD in 2007, his research has focused on developing theoretical models of how the Earth and other planets work and comparing the predictions with observations. He is particularly interested in magma transport, plate boundary development and earthquake generation.

He currently serves on the University Senate Faculty Affairs Committee and previously served as a member and chair of the APT/AEP Committees.