Geology Faculty

Full-time Faculty

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Joseph R. Graney

Professor

Environmental Studies Program; Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 264

Research Interests

  • Environmental Geochemistry
  • Environmental Hydrogeology

Teaching Interests

  • Environmental Hydrology
  • Environmental Measurements
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Robert A. Holahan

Associate Professor

Environmental Studies Program
S1 142

Research Interests

  • Environmental Policy
  • Political Science and Sustainability

Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Policy Analysis
  • Sustainability and Urban Policy
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • American Public Policy
  • Global Environmental Politics
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Peter L. Knuepfer

Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Program; Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 161

Research Interests

  • Geomorphology
  • Glacial Geology
  • Neotectonics

Teaching Interests

  • Surface Processes
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Thomas Kulp

Associate Professor; Sustainable Communities Program Director

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 252

Research Interests

  • Geomicrobiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Chemistry of Toxic Metals

Teaching Interests

  • Geomicrobiology
  • Paleobiology
  • Environmental Geology
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Adriane Lam

Assistant Professor

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1

Research Interests

  • Paleobiogeography
  • Paleoecology
  • Planktic foraminiferal biostratigraphy
  • Planktic foraminiferal taxonomy
  • Paleoceanography
  • Science Communication

Teaching Interests

  • Mass Extinctions
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Howard Richard Naslund

Professor

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 266

Research Interests

  • Layered Intrusions
  • Igneous Differentiation
  • Crystallization Textures
  • Magmatic Ore Deposits
  • Igneous Petrology
  • Experimental Petrology
  • Volcanology

Teaching Interests

  • Planet Earth
  • Earthquakes and Volcanoes
  • Igneous Petrology
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Alex Nikulin

Associate Professor; Undergraduate Director

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 164

Research Interests

  • Natural and Induced Seismicity
  • Subduction Zone Processes
  • Natural Resources Exploration and Development

Teaching Interests

  • Geophysics
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Molly Patterson

Assistant Professor

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 159

Research Interests

  • Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Cyclostratigraphy
  • Paleoceanography
  • Paleoclimatology

Teaching Interests

  • Climate and Paleoclimate
  • Global Change: A Geological Perspective
  • Oceanography
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Jeffrey T. Pietras

Associate Professor

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 G60A

Research Interests

  • Sedimentology
  • Basin Analysis
  • Petroleum Geology
  • Lacustrine Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  • Geospatial Data Integration
  • Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry
  • Tectonics

Teaching Interests

  • Basin Analysis
  • Structural Geology
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Jonathan Schmitkons

Biogeochemistry, Research Assistant Professor

First-year Research Immersion Program; Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
S1 141B

Research Interests

  • Urban watersheds: transport and storage of traffic derived pollutants, pollutant cycling through constructed wetlands
  • Biogeochemical cycling in meromictic lakes: whiting events, sulfur oxidizing bacteria, microbialite
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