People

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Margaret Carrel

Title/Position
Professor
Margaret Carrel centers her research on exploring geographic patterns of health and disease using GIS and spatial statistical techniques.
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Qing Chang

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Researcher
Learn more about Qing Chang, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Iowa.
Shamar Chin

Shamar Chin

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Shamar Chin's research entails using the skeletal remains of microscopic algae, known as calcareous nannofossils, to understand the onset of climatic events such as extreme greenhouse conditions or changes in the global carbon cycle.
Jeff Corns

Jeff Corns

Title/Position
Alumni
Jeff Corns, a GIS expert, leads the GIS practice at The Schneider Corporation, helping local governments and Fortune 500 companies innovate with geography and spatial analysis.
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Bradley Cramer

Bradley Cramer's research interests include bio-chemostratigraphy and Earth history.
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Matt Dannenberg

Matt Dannenberg studies past and present global change and its impacts on Earth’s ecosystems, at scales ranging from the regional (with a focus on dryland ecosystems of the western United States) to the global.
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Richard Denne

Title/Position
EES Alumni Board
Hunter Enis Chair in Petroleum Geology and Director, TCU Energy Institute at Texas Christian University
Richard Denne, Director of TCU Energy Institute, expert in petroleum geology, with 25+ years in oil and gas. Researches Cretaceous depositional systems and shale plays.
Rhawn Denniston

Rhawn Denniston

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
W.H. Norton Professor of Geology - Cornell College
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Jeffrey Dorale

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Jeffrey Dorale's interests include the use of isotopic and elemental tracers and chronometers to reconstruct past environmental conditions.
Lon Drake

Lon Drake

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Learn more about Lon Drake, Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa
Jake Draper

Jake Draper

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Lauren Driggs

Lauren Driggs

Title/Position
Graduate Student
A woman wearing glasses with long brown hair, Mandy Duffey, Instructional Services Specialist SEES

Mandy Duffey

Title/Position
Instructional Services Specialist
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Jim Eagan

Title/Position
Alumni Board Member
Retired Petroleum Geologist and Consultant
Learn more about Jim Eagan, a retired Petroleum Geologist and Consultant and a member of EES Alumni Board
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John M. Eiler

Title/Position
2019 Earth and Environmental Sciences Distinguish Alumni Award Recipient
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Learn more about John Eiler, a 2019 Earth and Environmental Sciences Distinguish Alumni Award Recipient from the University of Iowa
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Melissa Evans

Title/Position
Alumni Board Member (Chair)
Petrophysicist at Battelle Carbon Services
Learn more about Melissa Evans, Petrophysicist at Battelle Carbon Services and a member of Alumni Board.
Mike Fallon

Mike Fallon

Title/Position
Adjunct Instructor
Learn more about Mike Fallon, Adjunct Instructor at the University of Iowa.
He Feng SEES UIowa PostDoc

He (Jackie) Feng, PhD

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
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Emily Finzel

Title/Position
Departmental Executive Officer
Professor
Emily Finzel’s research focuses on sedimentary processes in modern and ancient basins.
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Amanda Fisher

Title/Position
Alumni
Amanda Fisher, Assistant Professor of Botany at California State University, Long Beach, researches grass evolution and plant systematics, focusing on neotropical bamboos and Chusquea species.
Daniel Fobi SEES Uiowa

Daniel Fobi

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction
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C. Tom Foster

Title/Position
Professor
Tom Foster's research primarily focuses on high temperature reaction mechanisms and metamorphic petrology.
Roya Franseth

Roya Franseth

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Henry Frederick

Henry Frederick

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Professor Furnish, circa 1955

Bill Furnish

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
William Madison Furnish, Jr., a renowned paleontologist and geologist, pioneered research on conodonts and invertebrate paleontology, shaping global stratigraphy and biostratigraphy.
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Keith Gaddis

Title/Position
Alumni
Keith Gaddis, Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M, studies climate change impacts on arctic greening and shrub expansion. He also manages NASA’s Biological Diversity programs.
Alexandra Geraets

Alexandra Geraets

Title/Position
Undergraduate Student and Office Coordinator
Learn more about Alexandra Geraets, Undergraduate Student and Office Coordinator at the University of Iowa.
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Stratis Giannakouros

Title/Position
Adjunct Lecturer
Stratis Giannakouros comes to the UI from Arizona State University, where he served as project manager and program manager for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.
Jane Gilotti Prof Emerita SEES

Jane Gilotti

Title/Position
Professor Emerita
Learn more about Jane Gilotti, Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa