FACULTY

KEN B. ANDERSON, Professor, Ph.D. 1989, University of Melbourne. Organic geochemistry; coal geology.

Phone: 618-453-7389; office: 310 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: kanderson@geo.siu.edu

JAMES CONDER, Assistant Professor and Graduate Director, Ph.D. 2001, Brown University. Seismology; plate-boundary processes; geodynamics and seismotectonics.

Phone: 618-453-7352; office: 101C Parkinson Lab; e-mail: conder@geo.siu.edu

STEVEN P. ESLING, Associate Professor and Chair; Undergraduate Director, Ph.D. 1984, University of Iowa. Quaternary stratigraphy; groundwater modeling.

Phone: 618-453-7376; office: 102 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: esling@geo.siu.edu

ERIC C. FERRE, Professor, Ph.D. 1989, University of Toulouse. Rock magnetism; lithospheric deformation; structural geology.

Phone: 618-453-7368; office: 301B Parkinson Lab; e-mail: eferre@geo.siu.edu

JUSTIN FILIBERTO, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. 2006, Stony Brook University. Igneous petrology, planetary petrology, and geochemistry.

Phone: 618-453-4849; office: 301E Parkinson Lab; e-mail: filiberto@siu.edu

SCOTT E. ISHMAN, Professor, Ph.D. 1990, Ohio State University. Paleobiology; paleoclimates; paleoceanography.

Phone: 618-453-7377; office: 303 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: sishman@siu.edu

LILIANA LEFTICARIU, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. 2004, Northern Illinois University. Stable isotope geochemistry; aqueous geochemistry; radiation chemistry.

Phone: 618-453-7373; office: 301D Parkinson Lab; e-mail: lefticariu@geo.siu.edu

NICHOLAS PINTER, Professor, Ph.D. 1992, University of California - Santa Barbara. Surficial processes; active tectonics; natural hazards; flood hydrology.

Phone: 618-453-7375; office: 203 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: npinter@geo.siu.edu

SUE M. RIMMER, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Ph.D. 1985, Penn State University. Petrology of coal and dispersed organics; coal geology; coal geochemistry, including stable isotope geochemistry; carbon accumulation; source rocks.

Phone: 618-453-7369; office: 201D Parkinson Lab; e-mail: srimmer@siu.edu

JOHN L. SEXTON, Professor, Ph.D. 1974, Indiana University. Reflection and refraction seismology; Mid-continent tectonics; coal geophysics; geophysical geomorphology; gravity exploration for reefs; digital signal processing.

Phone: 618-453-7374; office: 210 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: sexton@geo.siu.edu

RESEARCH FACULTY

JOHN C. CRELLING, Professor, Ph.D. 1973, Penn State University. Coal petrology; coal geochemistry; density-gradient centrifugation (maceral separation); petrology of cokes, carbons, chars and graphites.

Phone: 618-453-7361; office: 308 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: jcrelling@geo.siu.edu

ADJUNCT FACULTY

JOE DEVERA, Adjunct Faculty, M.S., Illinois geology; geological mapping; carbonate geology; industrial minerals.
Phone: 618-985-3394 Ext. 241; e-mail: devera@isgs.illinois.edu

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH STAFF

HARVEY HENSON, Assistant Dean (College of Science), Research Project Specialist (Geology), Adjunct Curator (Geology), M.S. 1989, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Applied geophysics; ground-penetrating radar; seismology; geology outreach and mentoring.

Phone: 618-453-7349 (Geology); 618-536-6666 (College of Science); office: 205 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: henson@geo.siu.edu

WILLIAM HUGGETT, Researcher, Coal Research Lab. M.A. 2006, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Coal geochemistry and petrology; density-gradient centrifugation (maceral separation).

Phone: 618-453-7381; office: 317 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: huggett@geo.siu.edu

SUSANN PINTER, Lecturer, M.A.T. (Master of Arts, in Teaching) 1995, University of Vermont; Diplom Geologe (M.S., Geology) Georg August University Goettingen.  Science education; science literacy; problem solving and critical-thinking skills.

Phone: 618-453-7375; office: 203 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: spinter@geo.siu.edu

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

RICH BLACK, Administrative Assistant.

Phone: 618-453-3351; office: 102 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: samarai@geo.siu.edu

KATHERYN FIFAREK, Geology Secretary.

Phone: 618-453-3351; office: 102 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: kfifarek@geo.siu.edu

EMERITI

RICHARD H. FIFAREK, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. 1985, Oregon State University.  Geology and geochemistry of hydrothermal mineral deposits; stable isotope systematics of hydrothermal processes; fluid inclusions in hydrothermal mineral deposits.

Phone: 618-453-7364; office: 312 Parkinson Lab; e-mail: fifarek@geo.siu.edu

CHARLES O. FRANK, Assistant Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., 1973, Syracuse University. Metamorphic petrology; Igneous petrology; igneous geology; geological education.

Phone: 618-453-3351; e-mail: frank@geo.siu.edu

STANLEY E. HARRIS, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. 1947, University of Iowa.

Phone: 618-453-3351

JOHN E. MARZOLF, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. 1970, University of California - Los Angeles. Sedimentology and stratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy.

Phone: 618-453-7372; office: 215C Parkinson Lab; e-mail: marzolf@geo.siu.edu

PAUL D. ROBINSON, Senior Scientist Emeritus, M.S. 1963, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Crystal structure analysis; Electron optics (SEM, EDS, Microprobe); automated Image Analysis; carbon-carbon composites; coal characterization; scientific instrumentation.

Phone: 618-453-3351; e-mail: robinson@geo.siu.edu

JAMES R. STAUB, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., 1985, University of South Carolina. Coal Geology.

JAY ZIMMERMAN, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. 1968, Princeton University. Structural geology; rock deformation; strain analysis.

Phone: 618-453-3351; e-mail: zimmerman@geo.siu.edu