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.
Christopher Adcock
Assistant Research Professor
Geochemistry
SEB 4127
Phone: (702) 774-1429
adcockc2@unlv.nevada.edu
Brenda J. Buck
Professor
Medical Geology: Asbestos, arsenic, dust
SEB 4131
Phone: (702) 895-1694
buckb@unlv.nevada.edu
Pamela C. Burnley
Associate 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
Starts in Spring 2020
tomas.capaldi@usu.edu
Bethany Coulthard
Assistant Professor
Hydroclimate, Water Resources, Global Change, Paleoscience, Tree Rings
LFG 206
Phone: 702-895-4612
Bethany.coulthard@unlv.edu
Andrew D. Hanson
Associate Dean, Honors College
Associate Professor, Geology
Sedimentology, Basin Analysis, Petroleum Geology, Organic Geochemistry
RLL 145
Phone: (702) 895-1092
andrew.hanson@unlv.edu
Elisabeth (Libby) M. Hausrath
Associate Professor – Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Geochemistry, Water-rock Interaction, Mars, Astrobiology, Geomicrobiology, Soil-forming Processes, Chemical Weathering, Hydrogeochemistry
SEB 4132
Phone: (702) 895-1134
elisabeth.hausrath@unlv.edu
Shichun Huang
Assistant Professor
High Temperature Geochemistry; Petrology; Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes; Cosmochemistry
LFG 201B
Phone: (702) 895-2635
shichun.huang@unlv.edu
Ganqing Jiang
Professor – Graduate Program Coordinator
Sequence and Chemostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Carbonate Diagenesis
SEB 3241
Phone: (702) 895-2708
Ganqing.Jiang@unlv.edu
Simon Jowitt
Assistant Professor
Economic geology, Geochemistry
LFG 204B
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
Jeremy Koonce
Assistant Professor in Residence
Vadose Zone Hydrology, Hydrogeology
LFG 207
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
Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry
SEB 3240
Phone: (702) 895-4388
Matthew.Lachniet@unlv.edu
Rodney V. Metcalf
Associate Professor – Department Chair
Metamorphic and Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry
LFG 203
Phone: (702) 895-4442
rod.metcalf@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
Minghua Ren
Assistant Research Professor – Electron Microanalysis and Imaging Lab
SEB 1111/1112
Phone: (702) 774-1465 Lab: (702) 774-1482
minghua.ren@unlv.edu
Wanda J. Taylor
Professor – Undergraduate Coordinator
Structural Geology, Extensional and Contractional Tectonics
LFG 214
Phone: (702) 895-4615
wanda.taylor@unlv.edu
Oliver Tschauner
Research Professor
Mineralogy, Crystallography, Dynamic compression
LFG 202B
Phone: (702) 774-1487
olivert@physics.unlv.edu
Arya Udry
Assistant Professor – Website coordinator
Planetary Science, Igneous Petrology, 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
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
Margaret N. (Peg) Rees
Emeritus Professor
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Feminist Geoscience Education
Phone: (702) 895-3890
peg.rees@unlv.edu
David L. Weide
Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Environmental Geology
Deceased June 25, 2008
UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1973-2004
Anne Wyman
Mineralogy
Deceased June 23, 2009
UNLV Geoscience Faculty Member 1966-1994