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The faculty and research staff in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences 51¸£ÀûÉç Michigan University perform a wide-range of geosciences research. From geomorphology to the study of Mars' hydrology, our faculty actively contribute to today's most pressing environmental conversations.

Faculty

• Dan Cassidy: Hydrogeology, contaminant hydrogeology, environmental geology, environmental engineering, environmental remediation

• Mine Dogan: Geophysics, geochemistry, groundwater modelling, and stochastic hydrology

• Johnson Haas: Aqueous geochemistry, astrobiology, geochemistry of microbial-mineral interactions

• Stephen Kaczmarek: Sedimentology and stratigraphy, sedimentary petrology, carbonate diagenesis, geochemistry
  Learn more: Carbonate Petrology and Characterization Laboratory

• Michelle Kominz: Geophysics, basin dynamics

• R.V. Krishnamurthy: Low-temperature stable isotope geochemistry with a focus on hydrological and meteorological applications
  Learn more: Stable Isotope Laboratory

• Heather Petcovic: Earth science education, expert and novice approaches to geoscience problem-solving, spatial thinking, broadening participation in the geosciences, and K-12 teacher preparation and professional development

• Matt Reeves: Applied and theoretical hydrogeology, contaminant transport and fractured rock

• Mohamed Sultan: Remote sensing, GIS, environmental sciences
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• David Zakharov: Petrology, water-rock interaction, stable isotope geochemistry

FACULTY SPECIALISTS

• Peter Voice: Sedimentology, provenance analysis

Research Staff

• William Harrison, III: Energy resources, Michigan basin geology
  Learn more: Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education

• John Yellich: Mineral exploration and development, environmental geology and brownfields projects, groundwater assessments and remediation
  Learn more: Michigan Geological Survey
• Andrew Caruthers: Mass extinction/radiation events, paleo-climate change and paleo-environmental biogeochemistry, subsurface lithostratigraphic correlation

• Robb Gillespie: Petroleum geology, sedimentology, glacial geomorphology