Theodore J. Bornhorst, PG Department Chair & Professor of Economic and Engineering Geology
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Geochemistry (mineral deposits and environmental), mineral deposits, geology of the Lake Superior region, statistical analysis of geoscience data
Suzanne J. Beske-Diehl Professor of Geophysics
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, sedimentology, geophysics
Gregg J. S. Bluth Associate Professor of Geology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Earth/atmosphere interactions, remote sensing of volcanic emissions, watershed geochemistry
Judith Wells Budd Research Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
Remote Sensing of Lake Water Quality
Jimmy F. Diehl Professor of Geophysics
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Applied geophysics, paleomagnetism, tectonics
John S. Gierke, PE Associate Professor of Geological and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
Hydrogeology, contaminant transport, soil remediation
William J. Gregg Associate Professor of Geological Engineering
Ph.D., State University of New York--Albany
Structural geology, tectonics, mineral deposits, mining geology, rock slope stability
Jacqueline E. Huntoon Associate Professor of Geology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, petroleum geology, basin analysis
Alex S. Mayer, PE Associate Professor of Geological and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Multi-phase fluid flow and contaminant transport in porous media, experimental and computational hydrogeology
S. Douglas McDowell Professor of Geology
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Metamorphic petrology, geothermal geology, clay mineralogy
Wayne D. Pennington
Professor of Geophysical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin--Madison
Petroleum geophysics, well logging, seismology, induced seismicity
George W. Robinson Curator of Mineral Museum and Professor of Mineralogy
Ph.D., Queens University
Mineralogy
William I. Rose Professor of Petrology
Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Volcanology, geochemistry, remote sensing, volcano/atmosphere interactions, global change
James W. Vallance Research Assistant Professor of Geology
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
Volcanic hazards, debris flows, geomorphology, mechanics of granular materials
James R. Wood Jr. Professor of Geology
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Geochemistry, environmental geology, diagenesis, petroleum geology
Charles T. Young, PE Associate Professor of Geophysical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin--Madison
Exploration geophysics, electrical and electromagnetic geophysics, geophysical signal analysis, ground-penetrating radar, environmental geophysics
Adjunct Faculty in the Department
Last updated 12/11/98