Geological Sciences Faculty
Erik Brown - Professor
Ph.D. (in oceanography 1990) MIT-Woods Hole Oceano
Research Interests: Sedimentary and aquatic geochemistry, trace metal cycling in large lakes, cosmogenic radionuclides, geochronology of surficial deposits.
Office Location: 207 RLB / 221 HH
Office Phone: (218) 726-8891 /(218) 726-8471
Email: etbrown@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/geology/people/fsbios/brown.html
Steve Colman - Professor of Geological Sciences and Director of Large Lakes Observatory
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Research Interests: Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronolgy in terrestrial, lacustrine, and nearshore marine environments. Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental records from the sediments of large lakes and estuaries. Use of biogenic silica, radiocarbon dating, and high-resolution seismic-reflection stratigraphy in paleoenvironmental research.
Office Location: Research Laboratory Building 208
Office Phone: (218) 726-6723
Email: scolman@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/people/scolman.html
Christina Gallup - Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Uranium-series isotope and trace element geochemistry, geochronology, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, tectonics.
Office Location: HH 219
Office Phone: (218) 726-8984
Email: cgallup@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~cgallup/
John Goodge - Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Research Interests: Continental tectonics, structural geology, metamorphic petrology, isotope geochemistry and thermochronology, continental growth during convergent-margin and collisional orogenesis.
Office Location: HH 223
Office Phone: (218) 726-8486
Email: jgoodge@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~jgoodge/
Karen Gran - Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington
Research Interests: fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, landscape analyses/GIS, volcanic geomorphology, stream restoration
Office Location: HH 217
Office Phone: (218) 726-7406
Email: kgran@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~kgran/
James Grant - Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Cal. Tech
Research Interests: Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, phase equilibria in high-grade metamorphism and partial melting of pelitic rocks, petrology of the thermal aureole of the Laramie Anorthosite Complex, experimental melting of pelitic compositions, analysis of mass transfer
Office Location: HH 230A
Office Phone: (218) 726-7237
Email: jgrant@d.umn.edu
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John Green - Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Harvard
Research Interests: Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, Mineralogy, Petrology, volcanology, and stratigraphy of Keweenawan igneous rocks, Geochemistry of plateau lavas, Midcontinent Rift System
Office Location: HH 128
Office Phone: (218) 726-7208
Email: jgreen@d.umn.edu
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Vicki Hansen - McKnight Presidential Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Research Interests: Application of structural geology, geomorphology, metamorphic petrology, and isotope geochemistry to tectonic problems on Earth, Venus and Mars, and evolution of terrestrial planets
Office Location: HH 231
Office Phone: (218) 726-6211
Email: vhansen@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/geology/research/planetaryLab
Susan Hartley - Instructor
MS in Astronomy
Research Interests: astronomy
Office Location: HH 225
Office Phone: (218) 726-7923
Email: shartley@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~shartley/
Steve Hauck - Program Director Natural Resource Research Institute (NRRI)
M.S. University of North Carolina
Research Interests: economic geology, ore deposits
Office Location: NRRI
Office Phone: (218) 720-4273
Email: shauck@nrri.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.nrri.umn.edu/cartd/staff/profiles/steven_hauck.htm
Timothy Holst - Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor, Acad Adm, Vice Chancellor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Structural Geology, Geotectonics, Geophysics, Finite strain analysis of deformed rocks, Precambrian tectonics
Office Location: 140 Engr B
Office Phone: (218) 726-7807
Email: tholst@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/cse/tholst.html
George Hudak - Adjunct Assistant Professor (University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh)
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: volcanology, synvolcanic intrusions, volcanic-associated ore deposits, synvolcanic hydrothermal alteration
Office Location: NRRI Room 220
Office Phone: 218-720-4393
Email: ghudak@nrri.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.nrri.umn.edu/staff/ghudak.asp
Thomas Johnson - Regents Professor
Ph.D. (in oceanography 1975) Scripps Institution o
Research Interests: Sedimentary processes in large lakes, paleoclimatology and paleolimnology.
Office Location: 215 RLB
Office Phone: (218) 726-8128
Email: tcj@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/people/tjohnson.html
Phil Larson - Adjunct
Ph.D. University of Minnesota Duluth
Research Interests: Economic Geology, Glacial Geology, Glacial Sedimentology applied to mineral exploration, Iron-formation, Resource estimation, Geometallurgy
Office Location: 306 W Superior Street, Suite 610, Duluth, MN 55802
Office Phone: 218-464-4460
Email: vesterheimgeo@gmail.com
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Charles Matsch - Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Quaternary Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, Glacial Geology, Glacial-marine Sedimentation, Pre-Pleistocene Glaciations
Office Location: HH 228
Office Phone: (218) 726-7586
Email: cmatsch@d.umn.edu
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Jim Miller - Associate Professor (Precambrian Research Center Director))
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Field mapping, petrologic studies, and mineral potential evaluation of intrusions of the Duluth Complex and other igneous rocks associated with the Mesoproterozoic Mid-continent Rift.
Office Location: Rm 222 NRRI / HH 211
Office Phone: (218) 726-6582
Email: mille066@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~mille066/
Howard Mooers - Professor (Robert L. Heller Professorship in Geology)
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Glacial Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrogeology of Glaciated Regions, Geoarchaeology
Office Location: HH 227
Office Phone: (218) 726-7239
Email: hmooers@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~hmooers/
Penelope Morton - Associate Professor (Associate Dean SCSE)
Ph.D. Carleton University (Ottawa)
Research Interests: Economic Geology, Geochemistry, Magmatic Ore Deposits, Komatiites
Office Location: Engr 132
Office Phone: (218) 726-7962,(218) 726-6982
Email: pmorton@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pmorton/
Ron Morton - Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Carleton University, Ottawa
Research Interests: Economic Geology, Physical Volcanology, Massive Sulfide Deposits, Hydrothermal Alteration of Volcanic Rocks
Office Location: HH 217
Office Phone: (218) 726-7406
Email: rmorton@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~rmorton/ronshome/
Richard Ojakangas - Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Stanford
Research Interests: Sedimentary petrology, sedimentation, sedimentology of Precambrian volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks, Precambrian history of the Lake Superior region and the Baltic Shield, with emphases on economic deposits in sedimentary rocks, iron-formations, and ancient glacial deposits
Office Location: HH 225
Office Phone: (218) 726-7923
Email: rojakang@d.umn.edu
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Dean Peterson - Senior Research Associate for Natural Research Resource Institute (NRRI)
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: economic geology, ore systems
Office Location: 230 NRRI
Office Phone: (218) 720-4393
Email: dpeters1@nrri.umn.edu
Webpage:
George (Rip) Rapp - Regents Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Penn State [geochemistrty]
Research Interests: Archaeological geology, Archaeological geology of the eastern Mediterranean region, Trace-element fingerprinting of artifacts, Shang archaeology of China
Office Location: 230 A Heller Hall
Office Phone: 520- 825-9770
Email: grapp@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.rip-rapp.com
Richard Ricketts - Adjunct Assistant Professor (LLO)
Ph.D. Duke University
Research Interests: isotope geochemistry, paleoclimatology, paleolimnology
Office Location: 214 RLB
Office Phone: (218) 726-7826
Email: ricketts@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/personnel/dricketts.html
Mark Severson - Adjunct Research Fellow (NRRI)
Office Location: 212 NRRI
Office Phone: 218-720-4239
Email: mseverso@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.nrri.umn.edu/staff/mseverson.asp
John Swenson - Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Theoretical modeling of basin filling processes, Quantitative Geomorphology, Heat and mass transport in groundwater systems
Office Location: HH 224
Office Phone: (218) 726-6844
Email: jswenso2@d.umn.edu
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Nigel Wattrus - Associate Professor at Large Lakes Observatory (LLO)
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Marine geophysics: acoustic remote sensing of lake basins using high-resolution, digital, seismic reflection profiling and multibeam bathymetric systems
Office Location: HH 221, RLB 203 (Old Campus), RLB 217 (lab)
Office Phone: (218) 726-8479 (HH), 218-726-7
Email: nwattrus@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/people/wattrus.html
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