Departments & Programs

Geological Sciences

Faculty
Chairperson
  • Lisa Pratt
Herman Wells Professor
  • Abhijit Basu
Provost Professor
  • Lisa Pratt
Applied Clay Mineralogy Chair
  • David Bish
Judson Meade Professor
  • Kaj Johnson
Robert Schrock Professor
  • Julie Fosdick
Professors
  • Simon Brassell
  • James Brophy
  • Michael Hamburger
  • Gary Pavlis
  • David Polly
  • Edward Ripley
  • Juergen Schieber
  • Robert Wintsch
  • Chen Zhu
Associate Professors
  • Claudia Johnson
Assistant Professor
  • Doug Edmonds
  • Chanh Kieu
  • Jackson Njau
  • Paul Staten
  • Laura Wasylenki
Senior Scientists
  • Chusi Li
  • Arndt Schimmelmann
Assistant Scientists
  • Peter Sauer
Senior Lecturer
  • Bruce Douglas
  • Erika Elswick
Lecturer
  • Cody Kirkpatrick
Adjunct Professors
  • Jim Handschy (Petroleum Exploration Consultant)
  • Brian Keith (Emeritus, Geological Survey)
  • Sally Letsinger (Geological Survey)
  • Adam Maltese (School of Education)
  • Maria Mastalerz (Geological Survey)
  • Bill Monaghan (Geological Survey)
  • Flynn Picardal (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • John Steinmetz (Geological Survey)
  • Jeffrey White (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
Director of Graduate Studies
  • Gary Pavlis
  • Simon Brassell
Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • James Brophy, Geology 309, (812) 855-6417
Academic Advisor
  • Kathleen Davis, Geology Building 109, (812) 855-2391