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
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
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
Wanda J. Taylor
Emeritus Professor
Structural Geology, Extensional and Contractional Tectonics
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