Christopher Adcock
Assistant Research Professor

Planetary Geochemistry and Surface Processes

SEB 4127

Phone: (702) 774-1429
Christopher.Adcock@unlv.edu

Aubrey Bonde 
Visiting Assistant Professor

LFG 115

Phone: (702) 895-1753
email: aubrey.bonde@unlv.edu

Brenda J. Buck
Professor
Director of UNLV-FIA

Medical Geology: Asbestos, arsenic, dust

SEB 4131

Phone: (702) 895-1694
buckb@unlv.nevada.edu

Pamela C. Burnley
Professor

High Pressure Rock Deformation, Mineral Physics, Metamorphic Petrology, Geoscience Education

LFG 202B

Phone: (702) 895-5460
pamela.burnley@unlv.edu

Tomas Capaldi
Assistant Professor

Sedimentology, Tectonics, Basin Dynamics, Quaternary Geology

LFG 221/221A

Phone: (702) 895-1774
Tomas.Capaldi@unlv.edu

Elisabeth (Libby) M. Hausrath
Professor

Geochemistry, Water-rock Interaction, Mars, Astrobiology, Geomicrobiology, Soil-forming Processes, Chemical Weathering, Hydrogeochemistry

SEB 4132

Phone: (702) 895-1134
elisabeth.hausrath@unlv.edu

Ganqing Jiang
Professor

Sequence and Chemostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Carbonate Diagenesis

SEB 3241

Phone: (702) 895-2708
Ganqing.Jiang@unlv.edu

Simon Jowitt 
Associate Professor

Economic geology, Geochemistry

LFG 114

Phone: (702) 895-2447
simon.jowitt@unlv.edu

Gabriel L. Judkins
Associate Professor in Residence

Landscape degradation, natural resources management, land cover change, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Sciences (GISciences)

LFG 116

Phone: (702) 895-4302
Gabriel.Judkins@unlv.edu

Kevin Konrad
Assistant Professor – Undergraduate coordinator
Director of the Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory

Geochronology; Marine Geology; Intraplate Volcanism; Mantle Geodynamics

SEB 4129

Phone: (702) 895-3696
Kevin.Konrad@unlv.edu

Jeremy Koonce
Assistant Professor in Residence

Vadose Zone Hydrology, Hydrogeology

LFG 118

Phone: (702) 895-1092
jeremy.koonce@unlv.edu

David K. Kreamer
Professor

Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Contaminant Transport by Groundwater

LFG 205

Phone: (702) 895-3553
dave.kreamer@unlv.edu

Matthew S. Lachniet
Professor – Department Chair

Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry

SEB 3240

Phone: (702) 895-4388
Matthew.Lachniet@unlv.edu

Andrew Martin
Assistant Professor

Economic Geology

LFG 206

Phone: (702) 895-4612
andrew.martin@unlv.edu

Michael J. Nicholl
Associate Professor – Associate Department Chair

Vadose Zone Hydrology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Geological Engineering

LFG 227

Phone: (702) 895-4616
michael.nicholl@unlv.edu

Margo Odlum
Assistant Professor

Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geochronology

LFG 207

Phone: (702) 895-4982
margo.odlum@unlv.edu

Carrie Tyler
Paleontology

LFG 214

Phone: (702) 895-4615
carrie.tyler@unlv.edu

Oliver Tschauner
Research Professor

Mineralogy, Crystallography, Dynamic compression

LFG 202B

Phone: (702) 774-1487
oliver.tschauner@unlv.edu

Arya Udry
Associate Professor – Garduate coordinator / Website coordinator

Planetary Science, Igneous Petrology, Martian geology, Enstatite-rich meteorites, Meteorites

LFG 204

Phone: (702) 895-1239
arya.udry@unlv.edu

Michael L. Wells
Professor

Tectonics, Structural Geology, Microstructural Analysis, Thermochronology

LFG 221

Phone: (702) 895-0828
michael.wells@unlv.edu

Frederick W. Bachhuber
Emeritus Professor

Quaternary Geology, Palynology, Environmental Geology Emeritus

Jean S. Cline
Emeritus Professor

Economic Geology, Geochemistry

LFG 208

Phone: (702) 895-1091
jean.cline@unlv.edu

Rodney V. Metcalf
Emeritus Professor

Metamorphic and Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry

LFG 203
Phone: (702) 895-4442
rod.metcalf@unlv.edu

Margaret N. (Peg) Rees
Emeritus Professor

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Feminist Geoscience Education

Phone: (702) 895-3890
peg.rees@unlv.edu

Stephen M. Rowland
Emeritus Professor

Paleontology, History of Geology

LFG 210

Phone: (702)895-3625
steve.rowland@unlv.edu

Eugene I. Smith
Emeritus Professor

Igneous Petrology, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Geochemistry

LFG 219

Phone: (702) 895-3971
gene.smith@unlv.edu

Terry L. Spell
Emeritus Professor

Geochronology and Volcanology

Terry.Spell@unlv.edu

Wanda J. Taylor
Emeritus Professor

Structural Geology, Extensional and Contractional Tectonics

wanda.taylor@unlv.edu

David L. Weide
Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Environmental Geology

Deceased June 25, 2008

UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1973-2004

John R. Wilbanks
Structural Geology (Namesake of Mount Wilbanks in Antarctica)
Deceased June, 1990

UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1971-1990

Anne Wyman
Mineralogy

Deceased June 23, 2009

UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1966-1994