Department of Geoscience: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Brenda J. Buck Associate Professor Soil Science (modern and ancient), Soil Processes, Applications to Land Use, Air Pollution, Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Contamination, Paleoclimate Interpretation, Salt Tectonics, Landscape Evolution, Soil Genesis, Geomorphic Hazards	LFG 212 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 202A Phone: (702) 895-2536 burnley@physics.unlv.edu
Jean S. Cline Professor Economic Geology, Geochemistry	LFG 208 Phone: (702) 895-1091 jean.cline@unlv.edu
Andrew Hanson Associate Professor Sedimentology, Basin Analysis, Petroleum Geology and Organic Geochemistry	LFG 207 Phone: (702) 895-1092 andrew.hanson@unlv.edu
Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath Assistant Professor Joining Faculty in January 2009 Soil-forming Processes, Water-rock Interaction, Chemical Weathering, Mars Geochemistry	Phone: (281) 244-6723 Elisabeth.M.Hausrath@nasa.gov
Ganqing Jiang Assistant Professor Sequence and Chemostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Carbonate Diagensis	LFG 206 Phone: (702) 895-2708 Ganqing.Jiang@unlv.edu
David Kreamer Professor Hydrogeology, Contaminant Transport by Groundwater	LFG 205 Phone: (702) 895-3553 kreamerd@unlv.nevada.edu
Matthew S. Lachniet Assistant Professor Undergraduate Coordinator Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry	LFG 201A Phone: (702) 895-4388 Matthew.Lachniet@unlv.edu
Rodney V. Metcalf Associate Professor Metamorphic and Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry	LFG 203 Phone: (702) 895-4442 metcalfr@unlv.nevada.edu
Sean R. Mulcahy Assistant Research Professor Structural Geology, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochronology, Tectonics	TEC 101 Phone: (702) 895-3250 sean.mulcahy@unlv.edu
Michael J. Nicholl Associate Professor Vadose Zone Hydrology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and 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
Stephen M. Rowland Professor Paleontology, History of Geology	LFG 210 Phone: (702) 895-3625 steve.rowland@unlv.edu
Adam Simon Assistant Professor Economic Geology, High-Temperature Geochemistry	LFG 204 Phone: (702) 895-2916 Adam.Simon@unlv.edu
Eugene I. Smith Professor Igneous Petrology, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Geochemistry	LFG 219 Phone: (702) 895-3971 gene.smith@unlv.edu
Terry L. Spell Associate Professor Associate Chair Geochronology, Volcanology	LFG 201B 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
Michael L. Wells Professor Department Chair Tectonics, Structural Geology, Microstructural Analysis, Thermochronology, Synconvergent Extension	LFG 221 Phone: (702) 895-0828 michael.wells@unlv.edu
Zhongbo Yu Associate Professor Graduate Coordinator Hydrogeology, Hydrology	LFG 118 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
Emeritus

Ann Wyman
Mineralogy
Emeritus