Faculty


Del Bohnenstiehl (SE, MG) - Seismology, Tectonics, Mid-Ocean Ridge Processes


David DeMaster (MG) - Marine Radio Geochemistry


Ron Fodor  (SE) - Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, Meteorites


John Fountain (EG) - Geochemistry, Contaminant and Fractured Rock Hydrology


David Genereux (EG) - Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrogeology


James Hibbard (SE) - Structural geology, Regional and Appalachian tectonics


Michael Kimberley (SE, EG) - Sedimentary Geochemistry and Ore Deposits


Lonnie Leithold (MG, SP) - Marine Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Processes in Carbon Cycling


Paul Liu, (MG, SP) - Sea Level Change, River Deltaic deposits, Watershed and Estuarine Modeling


David McConnell (ED,SE) - Earth Science Education and Instructional Technology, Structural Geology.

Earth Science Group: Faculty & Students

Earth History (EH), Environmental Geology & Hydrology (EG), Marine Geology & Geophysics (MG), Solid Earth Systems (SE), Surface Processes (SP), Earth Geoscience Education (ED)



Helena Mitasova (SP) - Geographic Information Systems, Erosion Processes, Land Use Management


Chris Osburn (MG) - Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycling.


Mary Schweitzer (EH) - Molecular Preservation in Fossils, Dinosaur Evolution,  Exobiology


Bill Showers (EG, MG) - Stable Isotope Geochemistry; Paleoceanography, Surface Water Contamination


Karl Wegmann (SP,SE) - Tectonic and  Fluvial Geomorphology,  Landscape Evolution, Paleoseismology

Current Graduate Students 

Katherine Almquist (Leithold)

Jeff Bowman (Hibbard)

Edwin Cadena (Schweitzer)

Tim Cleland (Schweitzer)

Kimberly Cook (Bohnenstiehl)

Brian Dombroski (Fodor)

Sean Gallen (Wegmann)

John Gurley (Showers)

Steven Hughes (Hibbard)

Michael Hunt (Leithold)

Liz Johnson (Schweitzer)


Research Scientists

Dan Ksepka (EH) - Vertebrate Paleontology


Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Skip Stoddard (SE) - Metamorphic Petrology and Regional Geology

Jill Kurek (Hibbard)

Robert Lewis (Wegmann)

Nathan Lyons (Mitasova)

Lara Nagy (Genereux)

Jerry O’Connor (Bohnenstiehl)

Paul Paris (Mitasova)

Micah Reyes (Showers)

Kristen Ross (Liu)

Kyle Warren (Bohnenstiehl)

Katie Weaver (Mitasova)

Carlo Zanon (Genereux)

Zuo Xue (Liu)

2007 Field Camp in Newfoundland

Visiting Lecturers & Instructors

Chuck Harrington (SP) - Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology


Jeff Reid (EG) - Regional and Professional Geology