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Faculty Research Projects
While you’ll learn more about each of our faculty member’s research interests by visiting their profile page, visit our faculty research page for an overview of many of our team members' current research projects.
GNR Faculty & Staff
You will enjoy and benefit from your interactions with the department’s faculty.
| Dr. Mark Lord | Department Head; Professor, Geology |
| Dr. Peter Bates | Associate Professor, Natural Resource Conservation and Management |
| Dr. Joni Bugden-Storie | Assistant Professor, Natural Resource Conservation and Management and Geography |
| Dr. Ron Davis | Assistant Professor, Natural Resource Conservation and Management |
| Dr. Laura DeWald | Associate Professor, Natural Resource Conservation and Management, and Biology; Director, Environmental Science Program. |
| Dr. Ann Fletchall | Lecturer, Geography |
| Mr. Ken Hollingsworth | Adjunct Instructor, Geography |
| Dr. David Kinner | Assistant Professor, Geology |
| Dr. Brian Kloeppel | Associate Professor, Natural Resource Conservation and Management |
| Dr. Lawrence G. Kolenbrander | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resource Conservation and Management; Outreach Coordinator, Institute of Watershed Research and Management |
| Dr. Jerry R. Miller | Whitmire Professor of Environmental Science |
| Dr. Jeffrey Neff | Associate Professor, Geography |
| Dr. Benjamin R. Tanner | Assistant Professor, Geology |
| Mr. Blair R. Tormey | Lecturer, Geology |
| Dr. Cheryl Waters-Tormey | Assistant Professor, Geology |
| Dr. Susan Barbour Wood | Assistant Professor, Geology |
| Dr. Robert S. Young | Professor, Geology; Director, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines |
| Dr. Steven Yurkovich | Professor, Geology |
| Ms. Anna Thompson | Department Administrative Support Associate |