People

Department Chair

Jeffrey A Karson

Jessie Page Heroy Professor and Department Chair: Tectonics & Magmatism of Rifts and Transform Faults

Email: jakarson@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.7976; 315.443.5298

Associate Chair

Linda Ivany

Professor and Associate Chair: Evolutionary Paleoecology and Paleoclimate

Email: lcivany@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.3626

Directors

Paul Fitzgerald

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies: Thermochronology & Tectonics

Email: pgfitzge@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.2619

Robert Moucha

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies: Geodynamics

Email: rmoucha@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.6239

Faculty

Suzanne Baldwin Michael G. and Susan T. Thonis Professor, Thermochronology & Tectonics Earth Sciences sbaldwin@syr.edu 315.443.4920

Tripti Bhattacharya Thonis Family Assistant Professor: Paleoclimate Dynamics Earth Sciences trbhatta@syr.edu 315.443.1348

Melissa Chipman Assistant Professor: Arctic Paleoecology & Paleoclimate Earth Sciences mlchipma@syr.edu 315.443.2489

Daniel Curewitz Associate Teaching Professor Earth Sciences dcurewit@syr.edu 315.443.2672

Paul Fitzgerald Professor and Director of Graduate Studies: Thermochronology & Tectonics Earth Sciences pgfitzge@syr.edu 315.443.2619

Gregory Hoke Associate Professor: Earth Surface & Tectonics Earth Sciences gdhoke@syr.edu 315.443.1903

Linda Ivany Professor and Associate Chair: Evolutionary Paleoecology and Paleoclimate Earth Sciences lcivany@syr.edu 315.443.3626

Christopher Junium Associate Professor: Geobiology, Astrobiology, Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography Earth Sciences ckjunium@syr.edu 315.443.8969

Jeffrey A Karson Jessie Page Heroy Professor and Department Chair: Tectonics & Magmatism of Rifts and Transform Faults Earth Sciences jakarson@syr.edu 315.443.7976; 315.443.5298

Christa Kelleher Assistant Professor: Comparative Hydrology, Urban Hydrology, & Hydrologic Modeling Earth Sciences ckellehe@syr.edu 315.443.1402

Laura Lautz Professor: Hydrology Earth Sciences lklautz@syr.edu 315.443.1196

Zunli Lu Associate Professor: Low-Temperature Geochemistry & Earth System Evolution Earth Sciences zunlilu@syr.edu 315.443.0281

Robert Moucha Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies: Geodynamics Earth Sciences rmoucha@syr.edu 315.443.6239

Cathryn R. Newton Professor; Dean Emerita, College of Arts and Sciences; Senior Advisor to Chancellor and Provost for Faculty Engagement : Marine Paleoecology; Modern and Ancient Extinctions Earth Sciences crnewton@syr.edu 315.443.3487

Scott D. Samson Professor: Radiogenic Isotope & Geochronology Earth Sciences sdsamson@syr.edu 315.443.3762

Christopher A. Scholz Professor: Paleolimnology and Rift Basin Evolution Earth Sciences cascholz@syr.edu 315.443.4673

Jay Thomas Assistant Professor: Petrology and Experimental Geochemistry Earth Sciences jthom102@syr.edu 315.443.4707

Sam Tuttle Assistant Professor: Hydroclimatology, Land Surface Hydrology, Remote Sensing, & Snow Hydrology Earth Sciences setuttle@syr.edu 315.443.2672

Tao Wen Assistant Professor (Fall 2020): Hydrogeochemistry, Environmental Data Science, & Noble Gas Geochemistry Earth Sciences twen08@syr.edu 315.443.2672