Nov 22, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Geoscience Faculty


Chair

Lachniet, Matthew S. 

Professor; B.S., Antioch College; M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Rebel since 2003.

Graduate Coordinator

Huang, Shichun 

Associate Professor; B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rebel since 2014.

Graduate Faculty 

Adcock, Christopher 

Assistant Research Professor; B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas. Rebel since 2015.

Bonde, Aubrey

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; M.S., Kent State University; Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas. Rebel since 2021.

Buck, Brenda 

Professor; B.S., University of Notre Dame; M.S., Ph.D., New Mexico State University. Rebel since 1998.

Burnley, Pamela C. 

Professor; B.S., Brown University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California Davis. Rebel since 2008.

Capaldi, Tomas 

Assistant Professor; B.S., University of California Los Angeles; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Rebel since 2020.

Coulthard, Bethany 

Assistant Professor; B.S., Mount Allison University, Canada; M.S., Ph.D., University of Victoria, Canada. Rebel since 2019.

Hanson, Andrew 

Associate Professor; B.S., Montana State University; M.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 2000.

Hausrath, Elisabeth 

Professor; B.S., Brown University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Rebel since 2009.

Jiang, Ganqing 

Professor; B.A., Xiangtan Mining College; M.Sc., China University of Geosciences; Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 2004.

Jowitt, Simon 

Assistant Professor; B.S. University of Edinburgh; M.S., University of Exeter; Ph.D., University of Leicester. Rebel since 2016.

Judkins, Gabriel 

Associate Professor in Residence; B.S., State University of New York Geneseo; M.S., Ph.D., Arizona State University. Rebel since 2009.

Konrad, Kevin 

Assistant Professor; B.S., City University of New York – Queens College; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University. Rebel since 2020.

Koonce, Jeremy 

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.S., University of California Santa Barbara; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas. Rebel since 2019.

Kreamer, David K. 

Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona. Rebel since 1990.

Nicholl, Michael J. 

Associate Professor; B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno. Rebel since 2004.

Odlum, Margaret L. 

Associate Professor; B.S., University of California Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Rebel since 2021.

Ren, Minghua 

Assistant Research Professor; B.S., Nanjing University; M.S., Ph.D. Baylor University. Rebel since 2011.

Tschauner, Oliver 

Research Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Cologne. Rebel since 2008.

Udry, Arya 

Associate Professor; B.S., M.S., Université de Lausanne (Switzerland); Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Rebel since 2014.

Wells, Michael L. 

Professor; B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Rebel since 1993.

Professors Emeriti  

Bachhuber, Frederick W.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of New Mexico. UNLV Emeritus 1974-2002.

Cline, Jean S. 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., Wisconsin State University; M.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. UNLV Emeritus 1990-2014.

Metcalf, Rodney V. 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico; UNLV Emeritus 1990-2020.

Rees, Margaret N. (Peg) 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., Sonoma State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kansas; UNLV Emeritus 1985-2018.

Rowland, Stephen M. 

Emeritus Professor; A.B., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. UNLV Emeritus 1979-2020.

Smith, Eugene I. 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., Wayne State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico. UNLV Emeritus 1980-2013.

Spell, Terry L. 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of West Georgia; M.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany, Emeritus 1997-2020.

Taylor, Wanda J. 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Utah. Rebel Emeritus since 1991-2021.