Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies Faculty

Jeffrey S. Barker, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003-2004

Juliet Berling, Adjunct Lecturer

BS, °®¶¹´«Ã½; MS, Baylor University; PhD, Texas A&M University

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program; Environmental sustainability planning

Barrett P. Brenton, Adjunct Lecturer

BA, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; MA, PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: Indigenous knowledge creation; food systems

John S. Bridge, Professor Emeritus

PhD, St. Andrews University (Scotland)

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2004-2005

Sean Cummings, Adjunct Lecturer

MA, PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Food systems

Robert V. Demicco, Professor Emeritus

PhD,  Johns Hopkins University

 

Steven R. Dickman, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2000-2001

Thomas W. Donnelly, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Princeton University

 

Joseph R. Graney, Professor

BS, University of Wisconsin at Platteville; MS, University of Nevada at Reno; PhD, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Environmental Studies Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Environmental geochemistry

Divya Gupta, Assistant Professor

PhD Ohio State University

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Environmental policy, justice, and natural resources

George C. Homsy, Associate Professor

MRP, PhD, Cornell University

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Sustainability and local government policymaking

Dylan A. Horvath, Senior Research Assistant

BS, University at Albany (SUNY); MS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

David M. Jenkins, Professor Emeritus

BS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Chicago

Provost's Award for Outstanding Graduate Director, 2020-2021; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2003-2004

Specialty: Experimental petrology and geochemistry of metamorphic rocks, amphibole stability and crystal chemistry

Michael P. Kane, Adjunct Lecturer

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Organic farming theory and practice

Peter L. Knuepfer, Associate Professor

BS, MS, Stanford University; PhD, University of Arizona

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2004-2005

Affiliated: Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Neotectonics; geomorphology

Joyce Kruger-Knuepfer, Instructional Support Associate

BA, University of Colorado-Boulder; MS University of Arizona

Thomas Kulp, Associate Professor

PhD, Indiana University

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Environmental Studies Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Geomicrobiology; environmental microbiology; chemistry of toxic metals

Adriane Lam, Assistant Professor

BS, James Madison University; MS, Ohio University; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Affiliated: First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Paleozoic invertebrates and Cenozoic plankton; plankton biostratigraphy and taxonomy; paleoceanography;  geochemistry; science communication

Tim K. Lowenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor

BA, Colgate University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University

University Award for Excellence in Research, 2000-2001

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Aqueous geochemistry; geomicrobiology; paleoclimatology; fluid inclusions

William D. MacDonald, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Princeton University

Howard Richard Naslund, Professor

BS, University of Illinois; MS, PhD, University of Oregon

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Igneous petrology; experimental petrology; volcanology

Alex Nikulin, Associate Professor

BS, SUNY °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY); PhD, Rutgers University

Specialty: Seismology; shallow geophysics

Molly Patterson, Associate Professor

BA, Colgate University; MS, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; PhD, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI), 

Specialty: Polar and marine sciences; paleoclimatology and paleoceanography

Jeffrey T. Pietras, Associate Professor

BS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY); MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin

Affiliated: First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Sedimentology; basin analysis; petroleum geology

Susan Ryan, Adjunct Lecturer

BS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program; Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Jonathan P. Schmitkons, Research Assistant Professor

BS, Calvin University; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Environmental Studies Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Environmental geochemistry; undergraduate research

James E. Sorauf, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Syracuse University

Sara H. Velardi, Instructor

MS, PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Charles L. Wage, Adjunct Lecturer

BS, MS, West Virginia University; JD, Duquesne University

Specialty: Environmental law

Yuxin Wang, Assistant Professor

PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Francis T. Wu, Professor Emeritus

PhD, California Institute of Technology

University Award in Excellence in Research, 1997-1998