Full-Time Faculty



Professors

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David W. Andersen

    Professor, Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology
    Ph.D. l973, University of Utah.
    Current projects emphasize tectonics and sedimentation in the California Coast Ranges.

Paula Messina

    Professor, Geomorphology and Pre-college Earth Science Education
    Ph.D., 1998, City University of New York.
    Current research includes automated cartography, GPS (Global Positioning System) mapping applications, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyses and remote sensing, especially as applied to aeolian landforms and processes.

Ellen P. Metzger

    Professor, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, and Earth Science Education
    Ph.D. 1984, Syracuse University.
    Current interest is in trace element geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks and thermobarometry.

Robert B. Miller

    Professor, Structural Geology and Tectonics
    Ph.D. 1980, University of Washington.
    Research is on the tectonic evolution of the North Cascades; emplacement of plutons, and processes in the deep levels of magmatic arcs. Current projects include: kinematics and timing of deformation in the Cascades; pluton emplacement in the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and White Mountains.

June A. Oberdorfer

    Professor, Hydrogeology
    Ph.D. 1983, University of Hawaii
    Specialties are in hydrogeology with particular interest in field studies of contaminant transport, vadose zone flow, and atoll island hydrogeology.

Donald L. Reed

    Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics
    Ph.D. 1985, University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Research involves study of modern subduction collision complexes in Central America, the western Pacific, as well as the structure of offshore California.

Richard L. Sedlock

    Professor and Department Chair, Structural Geology, and Tectonics
    Ph.D. 1988, Stanford University
    Current projects include geologic and tectonic evolution of Mesozoic blueschist, ophiolite, and island arc terranes in Baja California; late Cenozoic tectonic development of the Bay Area; geology of Mexico.

John W. Williams

    Professor Emeritus, Engineering Geology
    Ph.D. 1970, Stanford University.
    Ongoing research involves detection of slope instabilities, mechanics of landslide movement, seismically induced ground failures, and effective land use planning.

    Dr. Williams will be teaching in the Fall Semester only. He is no longer accepting Graduate Students.

Associate Professor

Emmanual Gabet

    Associate Professor, Engineering Geology and Applied Geomorphology
    Ph.D. 2002, Geology, University of California - Santa Barbara
    Professional interests are in sediment transport processes and landscape evolution. Projects include investigating landslides and debris flows in the Himalayas and California; examining the role of fire and vegetation in modulating erosion rates; derived sediment transport equations for different bioturbation processes; developed a computer model to predict the effects of global warming on hillslope erosion. Other interests focus on how geomorphic parameters (eg, topography) influence chemical weathering rates through their control on hydrological processes. Dr. Gabet has also investigated how river channels process large pulses of sediment via field and experimental work.

Jonathan S. Miller

    Associate Professor, Igneous Petrology; Tectonics, and Isotope Geochemistry
    Ph.D. 1994, University of North Carolina
    Research is on the physical, chemical and temporal evolution of magmatic systems, Mesozoic-Cenozoic magmatism and tectonics of the southwest U.S., and isotopic evolution of the mantle and crust.

Assistant Professors

Jonathan Hendricks

    Assistant Professor, Paleontology Ph.D. 2005, Geological Sciences, Cornell University Research is on: the intrinsic and extrinsic factors and connections responsible for evolutionary change and extinction; integration of diverse data sets (such as molecular sequence data and fossils) for the purpose of phylogeny reconstruction; quantitative paleobiogeography using tools such as GIS; and systematics of Cenozoic gastropods (snails), particularly members of the genus Conus (cone snails).

Emmanual Gabet

    Assistant Professor, Engineering Geology and Applied Geomorphology
    Ph.D. 2002, Geology, University of California - Santa Barbara
    Professional interests are in sediment transport processes and landscape evolution. Projects include investigating landslides and debris flows in the Himalayas and California; examining the role of fire and vegetation in modulating erosion rates; derived sediment transport equations for different bioturbation processes; developed a computer model to predict the effects of global warming on hillslope erosion. Other interests focus on how geomorphic parameters (eg, topography) influence chemical weathering rates through their control on hydrological processes. Dr. Gabet has also investigated how river channels process large pulses of sediment via field and experimental work.

Active Professor Emeritus

Calvin H. Stevens

    Professor Emeritus, Late Paleozoic Geologic History
    Ph.D. 1963, University of Southern California.
    Research involves study of Late Paleozoic corals, fusulinids, and stratigraphy of the Cordilleran miogeocline and various tectostratigraphic terranes.

    Dr. Stevens completed the early faculty retirement program in Spring 2002. He is no longer taking on new graduate students.