Who are the GES faculty?
Appalachian's GES faculty include four Fellows of the Geological Society of America, three Fellows of the Explorers Club, two National Geographic Explorers, five Board of Governors Teaching Award winners, and they have also won a number of other university-wide, local, and regional teaching/leadership/service awards. They have conducted research on every continent, from the tops of mountains to the bottom of the ocean, and have a wide range of interests and expertise.
Faculty
Faculty
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. William P. Anderson Jr. |
Professor and Chair: Hydrogeology (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-7540 |
| Dr. William H. Armstrong |
Assistant Professor: Glaciology |
(828) 262-6739 |
| Dr. Sarah K. Carmichael |
Professor: Fluid-Rock Geochemistry and Biomineralogy (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-8471 |
| Dr. Gabriele M. Casale |
Associate Professor: Structural Geology |
(828) 262-2746 |
| Dr. Ellen A. Cowan |
Professor: Sedimentary record of climate change, Geoarchaeology, Geomorphology (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-2260 |
| Dr. Cole Edwards |
Assistant Professor: Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-7820 |
| Dr. Sarah G. Evans |
Assistant Professor: Hydrogeology (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-2517 |
| Dr. Steven J. Hageman |
Professor: Invertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-6609 |
| Dr. Andrew B. Heckert |
Professor: Vertebrate Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Litho/Biostratigraphy (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-7609 |
| Dr. Christine Ogilvie Hendren |
Professor: Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Integration and Implementation Sciences (I2S) Director of RIEEE |
(828) 262-2764 |
| Dr. Jamie S. Levine |
Associate Professor: Structure, Tectonics, and Metamorphic Petrology (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-2166 |
| Dr. Cynthia M. Liutkus-Pierce |
Professor and Director of the Environmental Science Program: Sedimentology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-6933 |
| Laura Mallard |
Senior Lecturer: Geoscience Education |
(828) 262-7517 |
| Dr. Scott T. Marshall |
Professor: Geophysics, Satellite Geodesy, and Fracture Mechanics (he/him/his) |
(828) 265-8680 |
| Joey Mosteller |
Lecturer: Physical and Environmental Geology |
(828) 262-8466 |
| Dr. Hannah Riegel |
Visiting Assistant Professor: Field Methods (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-8648 |
| Dr. Bob Swarthout |
Affiliated Environmental Science Faculty (Department of Chemistry) |
(828) 262-4083 |
| Marta Toran |
Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator |
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| Dr. Lauren H. Waterworth |
Senior Lecturer: Environmental Law (she/her/hers) |
(828) 262-4980 |
| Brian W. Zimmer |
Senior Lecturer: Volcanology (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-2749 |
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Denise Akob |
Adjunct - Research Microbiologist, USGS |
(703) 648-5819 |
| Dr. Erika Kido |
Adjunct - ASU |
|
| Dr. Gregg H. Marland |
Adjunct - ASU, RIEEE |
(828) 262-6161 |
| Dr. Arthur Merschat |
Adjunct - USGS |
(703) 648-6035 |
| Dr. William Miller |
Adjunct - Professor of Geology: Humboldt State University |
|
| Dr. Cara Santelli |
Adjunct - Associate Professor: University of Minnesota |
|
| Keith C. Seramur |
Adjunct - ASU |
|
| Dr. Thomas Suttner |
Adjunct - ASU |
Staff
Staff
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Love |
Research Operations and Laboratories Manager (he/him/his) |
(828) 262-6952 |
| Lauri J. Miller |
Office Manager |
(828) 262-3049 |
Emeritus Faculty & Staff
Emeritus Faculty & Staff
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Richard N. Abbott Jr. |
Emeritus Professor: Metamorphic Petrology and Mineralogy |
|
| John E. Callahan |
Emeritus Professor: Economic Geology |
|
| Marjorie J. McKinney |
Emeritus Museum Curator |
|
| Loren A. Raymond |
Emeritus Professor: Petrotectonics |
|
| Johnny A. Waters |
Emeritus Professor: Invertebrate Paleontology |
|
| Fred Webb Jr. |
Emeritus Professor: Sedimentology |