Faculty and Instructors

Active Faculty

	Bekken, Barbara M. Assistant Professor of Geology bekken@vt.edu
	Bodnar, Robert J. University Distinguished Professor and C. C. Garvin Professor of Geochemistry rjb@vt.edu
	Burbey, Thomas J. Associate Professor of Hydrogeosciences tjburbey@vt.edu
	Caddick, Mark J. Assistant Professor of Geology caddick@vt.edu
	Chapman, Martin C. Research Associate Professor of Geophysics mcc@vt.edu
	Chermak, John Associate Professor of Practice jchermak@vt.edu
	Dove, Patricia M. C.P. Miles Professor of Science dove@vt.edu
	Eriksson, Kenneth A. Professor of Geology kaeson@vt.edu
	Gazel, Esteban Assistant Professor of Geology egazel@vt.edu
	Gill, Benjamin C. Assistant Professor of Geology bcgill@vt.edu
	Hochella, Jr., Michael F. University Distinguished Professor hochella@vt.edu
	Hole, John A. Professor of Geophysics hole@vt.edu
	Johnson, Neil Instructor johnsonne@vt.edu
	King, Scott Professor of Geophysics sdk AT vt.edu
	Law, Richard D. Professor of Geology rdlaw@vt.edu
	Lowell, Robert P. Research Professor of Geophysics rlowell@vt.edu
	Michel, F. Marc Assistant Professor mfrede2@vt.edu
	Romans, Brian W. Assistant Professor of Geology romans@vt.edu
	Ross, Nancy L. Professor and Head of Department nross@vt.edu
	Schreiber, Madeline E. Associate Professor of Hydrogeosciences mschreib@vt.edu
	Sliko, Jennifer Instructor sliko@vt.edu
	Spotila, James A. Professor of Geology spotila@vt.edu
	Tracy, Robert J. Professor of Geosciences rtracy@vt.edu
	Weiss, Robert Assistant Professor of Geosciences weiszr@vt.edu
	Weiss, Chester J. Associate Professor of Geophysics cjweiss@vt.edu
	Xiao, Shuhai Professor of Geobiology xiao@vt.edu
	Zhou, Ying Assistant Professor of Geophysics yingz at vt dot edu

Adjunct Faculty

	Beard, James Igneous and Metamorphic Petrologist, Virginia Museum of Natural History jbeard@vmnh.net
	De Vivo, Benedetto Adjunct Professor of Volcanology and Exploration Geochemistry bdevivo@unina.it
	Dooley, Alton Curator of Paleontology, Virginia Museum of Natural History alton.dooley@vmnh.virginia.gov
	Fraser, Nicholas C. Keeper Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland Nick.Fraser@nms.ac.uk
	Henika, Bill Appalachian Regional Geology Research Associate and Adjunct Professor of Geology bhenika@vt.edu
	Houseknecht, David W. Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey dhouse@usgs.gov
	Hunter, Jerry Research Assistant Professor ICTAS-NCFL hunterje@vt.edu
	Kowalewski, Michal J. Adjunct Professor of Geobiology michalk@vt.edu
	Mikulich, Matthew Corporation Chief Geophysicist and Principal Technical Advisor (Retired), Chevron Corporation mjmikulich@msn.com
	Schiffbauer, James D. Senior Research Assistant, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory jdschiff@vt.edu
	Szabo, Csaba Professor, Eötvös University, Budapest
	Ward, Lauck (Buck) Curator Emeritus, Virginia Museum of Natural History lauck.ward@vmnh.virginia.gov
	Watts, Chester (Skip) Dalton Distinguished Professor of Geology at Radford University cwatts@radford.edu

Emeritus Faculty

	Bambach, Richard K. Professor Emeritus of Paleontology richard.bambach@verizon.net
	Bloss, F. Donald Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy and Optical Crystallography
	Bollinger, Gil Professor Emeritus of Seismology gbolling@wyoming.com
	Çoruh, Cahit Professor Emeritus of Geophysics coruh@vt.edu
	Costain, John K. Professor Emeritus of Geophysics costain@vt.edu
	Craig, James R. Professor Emeritus of Economic Geology jrcraig@vt.edu
	Gibbs, G. V. Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy and University Distinguished Professor gvgibbs@vt.edu
	Grender, Gordon C. Professor Emeritus of Geology
	Hewitt, David A. Professor Emeritus of Metamorphic and Experimental Petrology and Experimental Mineralogy dhewitt@vt.edu
	Lowry, Wallace Professor Emeritus of Geology
	McLean, Dewey M. Professor Emeritus
	Read, J. Fred Professor Emeritus of Geology jread@vt.edu
	Ribbe, Paul H. Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry ribbe@vt.edu
	Rimstidt, J. Donald Professor Emeritus of Geochemistry jdr02@vt.edu
	Robinson, Edwin S. Professor Emeritus of Geophysics esrobinson@vt.edu
	Sinha, A. Krishna Professor Emeritus of Geology pitlab@vt.edu
	Snoke, J. Arthur Professor Emeritus of Geophysics snoke@vt.edu

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