title: Brian P. Wernicke
text: # Brian P. Wernicke
  
  Brian Philip Wernicke (born 26 June 1958) is an American geologist and a professor of geology. He has been the Chandler Family Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California since 2001.
  
  Wernicke has a BS (1978) in Geology from the University of Southern California and Ph.D. (1982) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a professor at Harvard University from September 1983 to January 1992.
  
  Wernicke received the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) in 1991.
  
  