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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

Adam C. Simon
Assistant Professor

Economic Geology, High-Temperature Geochemistry 

LFG 212
Phone: (702)895-2916
Adam.Simon@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

 

Office:Lilly Fong Geoscience Building (LFG) 104B
Tel: 702.895.3262; FAX 702.895.4064
Email: geodept@unlv.edu
Department of Geoscience
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
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