Iowa State University

Iowa State University

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

Faculty

Carl Jacobson
Chair

Tectonics of Western North America, Structure, Metamorphic Petrology
251 Science I
294-1837
cejac@iastate.edu

William Gallus
Meteorology Program Director

Synoptic and Mesoscale Meteorology, Numerical Weather Prediction
3025 Agronomy
294-2270
wgallus@iastate.edu

Igor Beresnev

Geophysics
164 Science I
294-7529
beresnev@iastate.edu
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Cinzia Cervato

Geoscience Education, Geoarchaeology, Biostratigraphy, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
224 Science I
294-7583
cinzia @iastate.edu

Mike T.C. Chen

Dynamic Meteorology
3017 Agronomy
294-9874
tmchen@iastate.edu

Jane Pedrick Dawson

Metamorphic Petrology
153 Science I
294-6302
jpdawson@iastate.edu

Jiasong Fang

Environmental Geochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Chemical Oceanography, Geomicrobiology
360 Science I
294-6583
jsfang@iastate.edu

David Flory

Regional Climate Modeling
3101 Agronomy
294-0264
flory@iastate.edu

Kristie Franz

Surface Water Hydrology, Snow and Rainfall-runoff Modeling, Streamflow Prediction
3023 Agronomy
294-7454
kfranz@iastate.edu

William Gutowski

Synoptic Meteorology, Global Climate Change
3021 Agronomy
294-5632
gutowski@iastate.edu

Chris Harding

GIS, Human Computer Interactions, Computational Geology
1620 Howe Hall
294-4868
charding@iastate.edu
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Neal Iverson

Geomorphology, Glacial Processes
356 Science I
294-8048
niverson@iastate.edu

German Mora

Stable Isotope, Geochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Quaternary Paleoclimatology
12 Science I
294-7586
gmora@iastate.edu

William Simpkins

Hydrogeology
55 Science I
294-7814
bsimp@iastate.edu

Paul Spry

Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology
256 Science I
294-9637
pgspry@iastate.edu

Gene Takle

Boundary Layer Meteorology, Global Climate Change
3013 Agronomy
294-9871
gstakle@iastate.edu

Kenneth Windom

High Temperature/Pressure Igneous Petrology
162 Science I
294-2430
kewindom@iastate.edu

Xiaoqing Wu

Cloud and Climate System Modeling
3011 Agronomy
294-9872
wuxq@iastate.edu

Adjunct/Affiliate Faculty

Grant Branstator

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
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Lee Burras

Environmental Soil Science
1126 Agronomy
294-0559
lburras@iastate.edu

Michael Burkart

Geographic Information Systems, Contaminant Hydrogeology
116 Soil Tilth
294-5809
burkhart@nstl.gov

Anita Cody

Crystallography
1 Science I
294-4477
amcody@iastate.edu

Denis Cohen

Glaciology
dcohen@iastate.edu

M. Robert Dawson

Carbonate Stratigraphy
Iowa Department of Transportation

Brian Hornbuckle

Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surface Processes in Agroecosystems
Department of Agronomy
3007 Agronomy
294-9868
bkh@iastate.edu

Matthew Kramer

Materials Science and Engineering
225 Wilhelm
294-0276
mjkramer@ameslab.gov

Erik Kvale

Field Camp
Indiana Geologial Survey
611 N. Walnut Grove
Bloomington, Indiana 47405

Jonathan Sandor

Soil Morphology and Genesis
1013 Agronomy
294-2209
jasandor@iastate.edu

Michael Thompson

Soil Mineralogy and Micromorphology
2503 Agronomy
294-2411
mlthomps@iastate.edu

Mark Tomer

Land Use, Hydrology, Water Quality
National Soil Tilth Laboratory
210 Soil Tilth
294-0213
tomer@nstl.gov

Joseph Tribbia

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
Web Site

Tracy Vallier

Tectonics, Igneous Petrology, Marine Geology

Emeritus Faculty

Richard Carlson

Ag Meteorology
294-9868
richard@iastate.edu

Robert Cody

Sedimentary Geochemistry
294-1714
rdcody@iastate.edu

Frederick DeLuca

Geoscience Education

Karl Seifert

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
294-5265
kseifert@iastate.edu

Carl Vondra

Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
294-5867
cfvondra@iastate.edu

Douglas Yarger

Physical Meteorology
doug@iastate.edu

Carl Jacobson
Carl Jacobson
Chair
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences



DeAnnFrisk
Secretary
253 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-4477
FAX: 515-294-6049
dfrisk@iastate.edu

Darlene Pruismann
Secretary
Meteorology
3010 Agronomy Hall
515-294-4758
darlene@iastate.edu



Doug Fils
Senior Systems Analyst
253 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-5439
fils@iastate.edu



Mark Mathison
Teaching Lab Coordinator
254 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-9686
mathison@iastate.edu