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 Ahmad Abdel-Fattah, PhD 
 Visiting Assistant Professor 
 abdel-fa@ohio.edu 
 217 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1101 

 Hydrogeology 
 Environmental Sciences 
 River bank infiltration 
 Surface water-groundwater
   interactions 
 Flow and transport modeling 
 Dead Sea black mud 


 Water and Pollution (213) 
 Principles of Hydrogeology (4/580) 
 Groundwater Flow Modeling (4/581) 


 Elizabeth
  Gierlowski-Kordesch
, PhD 
 Associate Professor 
 gierlows@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 211 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1989 

 Limnogeology 
 Limnology 
 Fossil and modern lakes 
 Lake paleogeography 
 Lake basin sedimentology 


 Geology of National Parks (130) 
 Physical Limnology (553) 
 Limnogeology (555) 


 Douglas Green, PhD 
 Associate Professor 
 green@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 204 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1843 

 Geophysics 
 Seismicity 
 Ohio Seismicity 
 Martian mantle and
   core dynamics 
 Behaviour of particulate-
   laden fluids 


 Environmental Geology (215) 
 Geodynamics: The Earth's
   Interior (4/566) 
 Forensic Geoscience (4/573)
 Introduction to Applied
   Geophysics (4/585)
 Applied Seismology (4/586)


 Dan Hembree, PhD 
 Assistant Professor 
 hembree@ohio.edu 
 My OU Web site 
 My Personal Web site 
 207 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-597-1495 

 Ichnology 
 Vertebrate Paleontology 
 Paleopedology 


 Introduction to Geology (101) 
 Introduction to Geology
   Lab Coordinator 
 Introduction to Oceanography (211) 
 Earth and Life History (221) 


 David Kidder, PhD 
 Associate Professor
 kidder@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 212 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1108 

 Earth System History 
 Sedimentary Geology 
 Evolution of silica cycle 
 Chert genesis 
 Phosphogenesis 
 Pre-Cenozoic paleoclimates 
 Biochemical linkages between
   marine & terrestrial realms 


 Metal, Stone, Energy, and
   Society (170) 
 Oceanography (211) 
 Historical Geology (255) 
 Diagenesis (4/541) 
 Depositional Environments (4/542) 


 Dina Lopez, PhD 
 Associate Professor
 lopezd@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 210 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-9435 

 Geochemistry 
 Environmental geochemistry
 Geochemistry of hydrothermal
   systems 
 Fluid flow & heat transfer 
 Volcanic soil degassing 
 Acid mine drainage (AMD) 

 Water and Pollution (231) 
 Modeling and Computer Methods
   in Geology (4/505) 
 Water Geochemistry (4/527) 
 Physical Geochemistry (4/528) 
 Contaminant Geochemistry (4/529) 
 Advanced Environmental
   Geology (4/571) 
 Transport Processes in
   Groundwater (4/582) 


 Keith Milam, PhD 
 Assistant Professor
 milamk@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 213 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1106 

 Planetary Geology 
 Geology of Mars 
 Impact Cratering 
 Remote Sensing 

 Geology of the Solar System (208) 
 Planetary Geology (4/608) 
 Geology of Mars 
 Lunar Geology 
 Impact Cratering 


 Gregory C. Nadon, PhD 
 Associate Professor
  Department Chair 
 nadon@ohio.edu 
 316 and 307 Clippinger Labs 
 740-593-4212 

 Fluvial Sedimentology 
 Sequence Stratigraphy 
 Fluvial transitions
 Nonmarine sequence
   stratigraphy 
 Dinosaur tracks 
 Distal sequence stratigraphy
   of Appalachian Basin 

 Introduction to Geology (101) 
 Environmental Geology (215) 
 Historical Geology (255) 
 Strat. & Sedimentology (3/550) 
 Petroleum Geology (4/557) 
 Fluvial Sedimentology (4/558) 
 Field Geology (4/575) 
 Subsurface Methods (4/576) 
 Sequence Stratigraphy (653) 


 R. Damian Nance, PhD 
 Professor
 nance@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 308 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-1107 

 Structural Geology 
 Tectonics 
 Avalon terrane evolution
 Late Precambrian continental
   reconstructions 
 Supercontinent cycle 
 Carboniferous transpression &
   sedimentation (Canada) 

 The Mobile Earth (120) 
 Internation. Field School (4/502) 
 Metamorphic Petrology (4/521) 
 Structural Geology (3/560) 
 Adv. Structural Geology (4/561) 
 Geodynamics (4/566) 
 Basin Tectonics & 
   Hydrocarbon Exploration (4/548) 


 David Schneider, PhD 
 david.schneider@uottawa.ca 

 Dr. Schneider has moved. 
 
 His new contact information is: 
 Department of Earth Sciences 
 University of Ottawa 
 140 Marion Hall 
 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 
 CANADA 
 613-562-5773 ext. 6155 





 Gregory S. Springer, PhD 
 Assistant Professor 
 springeg@ohio.edu 
 My OU Web site 
 My Personal Web site 
 My Flickr Photos 
 214 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-9436 

 Fluvial Geomorphology 
 Karst Geomorphology 
 Paleoclimate (w/ caves) 
 Geomorphic response to climate
   change 
 Paleoflood hydrology (w/ caves) 
 Geoarcheology (w/ caves) 
 Mountain rivers 
 Bedrock rivers and erosion 
 Predictors of stream health 


 Intro to Geology (101) 
 Natural Disasters (135) 
 Geology for Engineers (283) 
 Intro to Geomorphology (3/530) 
 Intro to Soils (4/532) 
 Fluvial Geomorphology (4/539) 


 Alycia L. Stigall, PhD 
 Assistant Professor 
 stigall@ohio.edu 
 Web site 
 Personal Web site 
 217 Clippinger Laboratories 
 740-593-0393 

 Paleontology 
 Macroevolutionary phenomena 
 Species invasions & macro-
   evolution 
 Late Devonian biodiversity
   crisis in Laurentia 
 Arthropods, particularly
   crustaceans 
 Jurassic high altitude lakes
   in Antarctica 


 Intro to Geology (101) 
 Principles of Paleontology (340) 
 Advanced Paleontology (4/543) 
 Paleoecology (4/548) 


 Mary W. Stoertz, PhD 
 Associate Professor 
 To our great sadness,
   Mary passed away
   in early 2007. 
 Web site 

 Surface Hydrology 
 Groundwater Hydrology 
 Stream restoration 
 Combining engineering, policy
   & restoration activities  
 Acid mine drainage (AMD) 
 Stream capture by mines 
 Channel processes 


 



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 Jayde ("Jay-dee") Gater 
 Administrative Associate
 gaterj@ohio.edu 
 316 Clippinger Laboratories 
 Voice: 740-593-1101 
 Fax: 740-593-0486 

 Administrative & financial
 issues.

 General inquiries.

 Contacting faculty, staff,
 & students.

 OU Employment History: 
 Records Management Assistant,
 2001-05. 

 Administrative Associate,
 2005-present. 


 Tim Grubb 
 I.T. Support Specialist
 grubbt1@ohio.edu 
 315 Clippinger Laboratories 
 Voice: 740-593-1103 
 Fax: 740-593-0486 

 All technical, computer,
 and printing issues 



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