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Core Faculty

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Jill Vantongeren

Professor and Department Chair of Earth and Climate Sciences
Petrology and Mineralogy
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Allie Balter-Kennedy

Assistant Professor
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Jonah Bloch-Johnson

Chang Family Assistant Professor
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Athena Eyster

Assistant Professor
Atmospheric and Marine oxygenation, Supercontinent Dynamics, global vs geographic patterns of climate and oxygen evolution, Natural Geologic Hydrogen for energy
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Noel Heim

Associate Teaching Professor
Paleobiology Biodiversity over time Extinction causes and consequences Evolution of biological complexity Evolution of body size, particularly in animals
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Rebecca Jackson

Assistant Professor
polar oceanography & ocean-ice interactions
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Andrew Kemp

Associate Professor
Coastal Processes and Climate Change
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Dylan Vasey

Assistant Professor
Tectonics and Structural Geology

Affiliate Faculty

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Erin Coughlan

Associate Professor

Emeriti Faculty

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Anne Gardulski

Associate Professor Emerita
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
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Grant Garven

Professor Emeritus
Hydrogeology, Ore Deposits. Geothermal
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Robert Reuss

Associate Professor Emeritus
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John Ridge

Professor Emeritus
Glacial and Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Field Geology, Paleomagnetism

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