Ohio University Department of Geological Sciences

Faculty

**Faculty**

			Faculty Member		Specialties		Courses Taught


			Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, PhD Associate Professor gierlows@ohio.edu Web site 211 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1989		Limnogeology Limnology Fossil and modern lakes Lake paleogeography Lake basin sedimentology		Geology of National Parks (130) Physical Limnology (553) Limnogeology (555)


			Douglas Green, PhD Associate Professor green@ohio.edu Web site 204 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1843		Geophysics Seismicity Ohio Seismicity Martian mantle and core dynamics Behaviour of particulate- laden fluids		Environmental Geology (215) Geodynamics: The Earth's Interior (4/566) Forensic Geoscience (4/573) Introduction to Applied Geophysics (4/585) Applied Seismology (4/586)


			Dan Hembree, PhD Assistant Professor hembree@ohio.edu My OU Web site My Personal Web site 207 Clippinger Laboratories 740-597-1495		Ichnology Vertebrate Paleontology Paleopedology		Introduction to Geology (101) Introduction to Geology Lab Coordinator Introduction to Oceanography (211) Earth and Life History (221)


			David Kidder, PhD Associate Professor kidder@ohio.edu Web site 212 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1108		Earth System History Sedimentary Geology Evolution of silica cycle Chert genesis Phosphogenesis Pre-Cenozoic paleoclimates Biochemical linkages between marine & terrestrial realms		Metal, Stone, Energy, and Society (170) Oceanography (211) Historical Geology (255) Diagenesis (4/541) Depositional Environments (4/542)


			Eung Seok Lee, PhD Assistant Professor leee1@ohio.edu My OU Web site 307 Clippinger Laboratories 740-597-3320		Hydrogeology Contaminant Hydrogeology Environmental Isotope Hydrology Carbonate-rock Hydrogeology		Water and Pollution (231) Principles of Hydrogeology (4/580)


			Dina Lopez, PhD Associate Professor lopezd@ohio.edu Web site 210 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-9435		Geochemistry Environmental geochemistry Geochemistry of hydrothermal systems Fluid flow & heat transfer Volcanic soil degassing Acid mine drainage (AMD)		Water and Pollution (231) Modeling and Computer Methods in Geology (4/505) Water Geochemistry (4/527) Physical Geochemistry (4/528) Contaminant Geochemistry (4/529) Advanced Environmental Geology (4/571) Transport Processes in Groundwater (4/582)


			Keith Milam, PhD Assistant Professor milamk@ohio.edu Web site 213 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1106		Planetary Geology Geology of Mars Impact Cratering Remote Sensing		Geology of the Solar System (208) Planetary Geology (4/608) Geology of Mars Lunar Geology Impact Cratering

Gregory C. Nadon, PhD
Associate Professor

Department Chair

nadon@ohio.edu
316 and 307 Clippinger Labs
740-593-4212

Fluvial Sedimentology^§
Sequence Stratigraphy
Fluvial transitions
Nonmarine sequence
stratigraphy
Dinosaur tracks
Distal sequence stratigraphy
of Appalachian Basin

Introduction to Geology (101)
Environmental Geology (215)
Historical Geology (255)
Strat. & Sedimentology (3/550)
Petroleum Geology (4/557)
Fluvial Sedimentology (4/558)
Field Geology (4/575)
Subsurface Methods (4/576)
Sequence Stratigraphy (653)


			R. Damian Nance, PhD Professor nance@ohio.edu Web site 308 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1107		Structural Geology Tectonics Avalon terrane evolution Late Precambrian continental reconstructions Supercontinent cycle Carboniferous transpression & sedimentation (Canada)		The Mobile Earth (120) Internation. Field School (4/502) Metamorphic Petrology (4/521) Structural Geology (3/560) Adv. Structural Geology (4/561) Geodynamics (4/566) Basin Tectonics & Hydrocarbon Exploration (4/548)


			Gregory S. Springer, PhD Assistant Professor springeg@ohio.edu My OU Web site My Personal Web site My Flickr Photos 214 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-9436		Fluvial Geomorphology Karst Geomorphology Paleoclimate (w/ caves) Geomorphic response to climate change Paleoflood hydrology (w/ caves) Geoarcheology (w/ caves) Mountain rivers Bedrock rivers and erosion Predictors of stream health		Intro to Geology (101) Natural Disasters (135) Geology for Engineers (283) Intro to Geomorphology (3/530) Intro to Soils (4/532) Fluvial Geomorphology (4/539)


			Alycia L. Stigall, PhD Assistant Professor stigall@ohio.edu Web site Personal Web site 217 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-0393		Paleontology Macroevolutionary phenomena Species invasions & macro- evolution Late Devonian biodiversity crisis in Laurentia Arthropods, particularly crustaceans Jurassic high altitude lakes in Antarctica		Intro to Geology (101) Principles of Paleontology (340) Advanced Paleontology (4/543) Paleoecology (4/548)


			Mary W. Stoertz, PhD Associate Professor To our great sadness, Mary passed away in early 2007. Web site		Surface Hydrology Groundwater Hydrology Stream restoration Combining engineering, policy & restoration activities Acid mine drainage (AMD) Stream capture by mines Channel processes

**Staff**

			Staff Member		Contact For		Notes


			Cheri Sheets Administrative Associate sheetsc@ohio.edu 316 Clippinger Laboratories Voice: 740-593-1101 Fax: 740-593-0486		Administrative & financial issues. General inquiries. Contacting faculty, staff, & students.		OU Employment History: Administrative Assistant, 1997-08. Administrative Associate, 2008-present.


			Tim Grubb I.T. Support Specialist grubbt1@ohio.edu 315 Clippinger Laboratories Voice: 740-593-1103 Fax: 740-593-0486		All technical, computer, and printing issues

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Department of Geological Sciences
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