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