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Affiliated Center Faculty and Staff
Click on name, if highlighted, for information on that faculty member. Click on department for information on that particular department.

*Please note: Faculty associated with the Center must belong to a 'home' department, therefore no one is listed as 'geosciences' since we are a program, not a department.

NAME DEPARTMENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dave Benson

Molecular and Cell Biology

Microbial physiology

Andy Bush Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology, mass extinctions
Tim Byrne Marine Sciences and Geography Structural geology/tectonics
Daniel L. Civco Natural Resources Management and Engineering Geomatics - Remote sensing/GIS
Vernon Cormier Physics Geophysics/deep Earth structure
Jean Crespi Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Structural geology
Melinda Daniels Geography Fluvial geomorphology
Bill Fitzgerald Marine Sciences Global biogeochemical cycles
Joerg Graf Molecular and Cell Biology Bacteria/animal interaction
Peter Gogarten Molecular and Cell Biology Origin and evolution of cellular life
Ray Joesten Chemistry and Marine Sciences Geochemistry/petrology
Lanbo Liu Civil and Environmental Engineering Geophysics/subsurface imaging
Allison MacKay Civil and Environmental Engineering Environmental organic chemistry
Sally McBrearty Anthropology Human evolution
George McManus Marine Sciences Marine protozoa
Thomas Meyer

Natural Resources Management and
Engineering

Geomatics/GPS
Ken Noll Molecular and Cell Biology Evolution of hyperthermophilic org.
Gary Robbins

Natural Resources Management and
Engineering

Hydrology/ground water
Annelie Skoog Marine Sciences Organic geochemistry
Robert Thorson Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
and Anthropology
Glacial geology/geomorphology
Tom Torgersen Marine Sciences Aqueous geochemistry
Pieter Visscher Marine Sciences Organic compounds in marine env.
Penny Vlahos Marine Sciences Carbon geochemistry
Guiling Wang Civil and Environmental Engineering Hydroclimatology

Center Staff:

Program Assistant II: Abi Hastillo

Program Director: Dr. Pieter Visscher