Gail M. Ashley, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., British Columbia
Sedimentology; geomorphology; quaternary geology; modern processes
Marie-Pierre Aubry, Research Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; D.Sc., Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Biostratigraphy; calcareous nannoplankton evolution; geological time and the stratigraphic record
Michael J. Carr, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Convergent plate margins; volcanology, tectonics, igneous petrology
Jeremy S. Delaney, Research Scientist, Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Queens (Belfast)
Microbeam analysis of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials
Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., British Columbia
Biogeochemical cycles; evolution; astrobiology
Craig S. Feibel, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Utah
Geoarchaeology; paleoenvironments; paleoecology; microstrati- graphy; geochronology
Mark D. Feigenson, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton
Geochemistry of igneous rocks and other geologic samples
Claude T. Herzberg, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Edinburgh
Solid and liquid silicate solutions; applications to planetary interiors
Gregory F. Herzog, Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Meteoritics: radiometric dating and cosmic ray exposure; trace elements
Roger H. Hewins, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Toronto
Petrology of meteorites, mafic and ultramafic rocks; mineral chemistry
Dennis V. Kent, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Paleomagnetics; paleogeography; stratigraphy
Richard A. Lutz, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, IMCS; Ph.D., Maine
Marine ecology and paleoecology; malacology; invertebrate paleontology; ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents
George R. McGhee, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Rochester
Evolutionary theory; mass extinction; community paleoecology and
evolution; functional and theoretical morphology; Paleozoic
stratigraphy
Kenneth G. Miller, Sr., Chair and Professor of
Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in
Oceanography
Late cretaceous to Cenozoic sea-level and
paleoceanographic changes; integration of isotope, bio-, magneto-, and
seismic stratigraphy
Gregory S. Mountain, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Seismic stratigraphy; paleoceanography; sea-level studies; continental margin evolution
Richard K. Olsson, Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton
Micropaleontology; stratigraphy; paleoecology; paleobathymetry of Cretaceous and Cenozoic formaminifera
David A. Robinson, Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Climatology; cryosphere; solar radiation; physical geography
Peter A. Rona, Professor of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, FAS-NB/IMCS; Ph.D., Yale
Oceanic ridge crest processes; sea floor hydrothermal processes; marine geology and geophysics
Yair Rosenthal, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Geochemistry, paleoceanography, trace metal
biogeochemistry, metal cycling in estuarine and coastal sediments
Roy W. Schlische, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Extensional tectonics; structural and stratigraphic development of rift basins; growth of faults
Robert E. Sheridan, Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Seismic reflection and refraction; seismic stratigraphy; general geophysics; geology of the Atlantic continental margin
Robert M. Sherrell, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences and
Marine and Coastal Sciences, FAS-NB/IMCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Geochemistry of marine and fresh waters; paleochemical records in ice cores
Carl Swisher III, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Geochronology; vertebrate paleontology; human origins
Martha O.
Withjack, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Brown
Experimental structural geology; seismic stratigraphy
James D. Wright, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Marine geology; paleooceanography; stable isotopes; stratigraphy
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Lloyd Burckle, Adjunct Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., New York
Micropaleontology (diatoms), paleoceanography, ice volume history
Colomban de Vargas, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Geneva
Molecular genetics of planktonic foraminifera and coccolithophores
Alexander E. Gates, Associate Professor of Geology, FAS-N; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Tectonics; structural geology; deformational-chemical interactions in orogenic belts
Michelle Goman, Lecturer in Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Coastal geomorphology; geoarchaeology; paleoecology
Michael J. Kennish, Research Marine Scientist, IMCS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biology and geology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents; anthropogenic impacts on coastal and estuarine waters
John R. Reinfelder, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, CC; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Metals in marine phytoplankton and coastal waters
Ying-Fan Reinfelder, Lecturer in Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Utah State
Mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and its relationships to
rocks and sediments; weathering and erosional/depositional processes
Kathleen M. Scott, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Yale
Functional morphology; paleoecology of ungulates; mammalian evolution
Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty
William A. Berggren, Distinguished Visiting Professor, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Stockholm
Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography of Mesozoic and Cenozoic
planktonic and benthic foraminifera; global marine-continental
stratigraphic correlations and time scales; paleoceanography
Peter Sugarman, Supervising Geologist, New Jersey Geological Survey; Ph.D., Rutgers
Sequence stratigraphy; hydrogeology
Brigitte M. Zanda, Maître de Conférences des Universités II, Muséum National d`Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Ph.D., Paris
Meteoritics: chondrule formation, evolution and metamorphism; cosmic ray exposure
