Geoscience Directory
Faculty and students in the Department of Geoscience encompass a broad array of disciplines. Here you will find information on their areas of specialization, current research, teaching, and outreach.
Department Faculty
| Joshua Bonde Visiting Assistant Professor Taphonomy/Vertebrate Paleontology, LFG 123 Phone: (702)895-1774 joshua.bonde@unlv.edu |
| Brenda J. Buck Professor Soil Science & Geomorphology of Desert Landscapes (Modern & Ancient) SEB 4131 Phone: (702)895-1694 buckb@unlv.nevada.edu |
| Pamela C. Burnley Associate Research Professor High Pressure Rock Deformation, Mineral Physics, Metamorphic Petrology, Geoscience Education LFG 202B Phone: (702)895-5460 pamela.burnley@unlv.edu |
| Jean S. Cline Professor Economic Geology, Geochemistry LFG 208 Phone: (702)895-1091 jean.cline@unlv.edu |
| Andrew D. Hanson Associate Professor Sedimentology, Basin Analysis, Petroleum Geology, Organic Geochemistry LFG 207 Phone: (702)895-1092 andrew.hanson@unlv.edu |
| Elisabeth (Libby) M. Hausrath
Assistant Professor Soil-forming Processes, Water-rock Interaction, Chemical Weathering, Mars Geochemistry SEB 4132 Phone: (702)895-1134 elisabeth.hausrath@unlv.edu |
| Ganqing Jiang Associate Professor Sequence and Chemostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Carbonate Diagensis SEB 3241 Phone: (702)895-2708 Ganqing.Jiang@unlv.edu |
| Gabriel L. Judkins Visiting Assistant Professor Human-Environment Interactions, Environmental Degradation, Land-Use and Land-Cover Change, Free Trade Agreements, Remote Sensing LFG 116 Phone: (702)895-4302 Gabriel.Judkins@unlv.edu |
| David K. Kreamer Professor Hydrogeology, Contaminant Transport by Groundwater LFG 205 Phone: (702)895-3553 dave.kreamer@unlv.edu |
| Matthew S. Lachniet Associate Professor Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry SEB 3240 Phone: (702)895-4388 Matthew.Lachniet@unlv.edu |
| Rodney V. Metcalf Associate Professor Metamorphic and Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry LFG 203 Phone: (702)895-4442 rod.metcalf@unlv.edu |
| Michael J. Nicholl Associate Professor Vadose Zone Hydrology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Geological Engineering LFG 227 Phone: (702)895-4616 michael.nicholl@unlv.edu |
| Scott A. Nowicki Faculty in Residence Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Environmental Modeling, Remote Sensing, GIS LFG 204B Phone: (702)895-1239 scott.nowicki@unlv.edu |
| Margaret N. (Peg) Rees Professor Executive Director of the Public Lands Institute Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Feminist Geoscience Education Phone: (702)895-3890 peg.rees@unlv.edu |
| Minghua Ren Assistant Research Professor Electron Microanalysis and Imaging Lab Phone: (702)774-1465 Lab: (702)774-1482 minghua.ren@unlv.edu |
| Stephen M. Rowland Professor Undergraduate Coordinator Paleontology, History of Geology LFG 210 Phone: (702)895-3625 steve.rowland@unlv.edu |
| Eugene I. Smith Professor Associate Chair Igneous Petrology, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Geochemistry LFG 219 Phone: (702)895-3971 gene.smith@unlv.edu |
| Terry L. Spell Associate Professor Geochronology, Volcanology LFG 206 Phone: (702)895-1171 terry.spell@unlv.edu |
| Wanda J. Taylor Professor Structural Geology, Extensional and Contractional Tectonics LFG 214 Phone: (702)895-4615 wanda.taylor@unlv.edu |
| Sylvia-Monique Thomas Assistant Research Professor High-Pressure/High-Temperature Mineral Physics, Rock Deformation, Mineral Spectroscopy, Physical Properties of Earth & Planetary Materials, ‘Water’ in Minerals & Glasses LFG 114 Phone: (702)895-3071 sylvia-monique.thomas@unlv.edu |
| Oliver Tschauner Associate Research Professor High-Pressure Experimental Physics BPB 110 Phone: (702)895-1716 olivert@physics.unlv.edu |
| Michael L. Wells Professor Department Chair Tectonics, Structural Geology, Microstructural Analysis, Thermochronology LFG 221 Phone: (702)895-0828 michael.wells@unlv.edu |
| Zhongbo Yu Professor Graduate Coordinator Hydrogeology, Hydrology LFG 204 Phone: (702)895-2447 zhongbo.yu@unlv.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Frederick W. Bachhuber:
Quaternary Geology, Palynology, Environmental Geology Emeritus |
| David L. Weide: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Environmental Geology Deceased June 25, 2008 UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1973-2004 |
| Ann Wyman: Mineralogy Deceased June 23, 2009 UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1966-1994 |
