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Faculty and Staff Directory

Full-time Faculty

Name Title Specialty Email Office
Walker Ashley Professor Meteorology, climatology, hazards washley@niu.edu  DH 219B
Suzanne Autrey Assistant Professor Metamorphic petrology and petrochronology smulligan@niu.edu DH 412A
Robert Brinkmann Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/Professor Sustainability, Karst geology, hydrology rbrinkmann@niu.edu  Zulauf 312
Megan R.M. Brown Assistant Professor Hydrogeology, injection-induced seismicity, accessibility in the geosciences mbrown18@niu.edu DH 417B
Anna Buczynska Research Associate Stable isotopes abuczynska@niu.edu DH 504A
Xuwei Chen Associate Professor Spatial analysis, urban geography, transportation geography, GIS chen@niu.edu  DH 202A
Mark P. Fischer Professor Rock and ice fracture mechanics, clastic injectites, fluid-rock systems mfischer@niu.edu DH 406A
Mark R. Frank Professor and Chair Metallic ore deposits, high-temperature experimental geochemistry, petrology, mineralogy mfrank@niu.edu DH 312A
Courtney Gallaher Associate Professor Physical and women's studies cgallaher@niu.edu  DH 115B
Victor Gensini Professor Meteorology, climatology vgensini@niu.edu  DH 118
Alex Haberlie Assistant Professor Meteorology, climatology, machine learning ahaberlie1@niu.edu DH 212
Nicole D. LaDue Professor Spatial thinking and geocognition, science education nladue@niu.edu DH 302C
Melissa Lenczewski Professor Environmental microbiology and chemistry, contaminant hydrogeology lenczewski@niu.edu DH 411A
Wei Luo Professor Hydrology, GIS wluo@niu.edu  DH 120
Reed Scherer Professor Siliceous microfossils, climate change, Antarctic ice sheet dynamics reed@niu.edu DH 301B
Nathan D. Stansell Professor Stable isotope geochemistry and paleolimnology, glacier mass-balance modeling, high latitude climate dynamics nstansell@niu.edu DH 402
Jim Wilson Associate Professor Health, population, GIS jwilson41@niu.edu  DH 203

Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Corie Wild Office Administrator cwild1@niu.edu 815-753-1833 DH 312B
Kimberly Stallworth Office Support Specialist kstallworth@niu.edu 815-753-1943 DH 312

Adjunct and Visiting Faculty, Instructors and Laboratory Professionals

Name Title Email Phone Office
B. Brandon Curry Section Head, Senior Quaternary Geologist b-curry@illinois.edu 217-224-5787 N/A
Pat Kelsey Instructor  pkelsey@niu.edu N/A  DH417A 
Virginia L. Naples Professor vlnaples@niu.edu 815-753-7820 MO 336
Jeremy Nederbo  Instructor jnederbo1@niu.edu  N/A DH312
Stu Nissenbaum  Instructor  snissenbaum1@niu.edu  N/A  DH312
Karen E. Samonds Associate Professor ksamonds@niu.edu 815-753-3201 MO 434
Josh Schwartz Lab Manager joshua.schwartz@niu.edu 815-753-7930 DH 411B
Joe Schoen Instructor jschoen@niu.edu  N/A DH312 

Emeritus

Name Email Office
Jonathan Berg jberg@niu.edu N/A
Colin Booth cjbooth@niu.edu N/A
Philip J. Carpenter pjcarpenter@niu.edu DH 417D
Eugene Perry eperry2@niu.edu DH 01J
Ross D. Powell rpowell@niu.edu DH 31A
Jie Song jsong@niu.edu N/A
Paul Stoddard pstoddard1@niu.edu DH 06
Jim Walker jwalker14@niu.edu DH 412

Contact Us

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815-753-1943 

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