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