Ohio University Department of Geological Sciences

Faculty

**Faculty**

			Faculty Member		Specialties		Courses Taught


			Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, PhD 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

Undergraduate Chair

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 Professor lopezd@ohio.edu Web site 306 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

Graduate Chair

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
Web site
316 and 216 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 Distinguished 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 Associate Professor springeg@ohio.edu My OU Web site My Flickr Photos 219 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-1101		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 Associate Professor stigall@ohio.edu Web site Personal Web site 210 Clippinger Laboratories 740-593-0393		Paleontology Macroevolution, speciation processes, and niche evolution Quantitative methods in paleobiogeography Species invasions and macro- evolution Late Devonian Biodiversity Late Ordovician Richmondian Invasion Phylogenetics and systematics of brachiopods and arthropods, particuarly crustceans Jurassic lakes of Gondwana		Intro to Geology (1010) Principles of Paleontology (3400) Paleobiogeography (4/5430) Paleoecology (4/5480) Carbonate Depositional Systems (4/5540)


			Joyashish Thakurta, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor thakurta@ohio.edu Web site 208 Clippinger Labs 740-593-1104		Igneous Petrology Economic Geology Origin of Alaskan-type complexes Magmatic sulfide & porphyry Cu-Mo systems		Earth Materials (312/512) Mineralogy (lab; 315) Petrology (320) Petrography (4/520) Economic Geology (4/691)

**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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Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: (740) 593-1101 | Fax: (740) 593-0486
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