Geology and Geological Engineering Faculty and Staff
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Maribeth H. Price
Chair and Associate Professor of Geology
PhD, Princeton University
Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing.
Pam Fenner, Secretary
Pamela.Fenner@sdsmt.edu 605-394-2461
Geological Engineering Faculty
Arden D. Davis
Professor, Professional Engineer
PhD, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ground water modeling and contaminant migration
Kurt W. Katzenstein
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
Interferometic synthetic aperture radar, rock mechanics and geohazards, bedrock aquifer compaction
Perry H. Rahn
Emeritus Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
hydrogeology and environmental geology
William M. Roggenthen
Professor, Co-PI for Homestake DUSEL
PhD, Princeton University
Engineering geophysics, microseismicity and ground tilt at Homestake DUSEL
J. Foster Sawyer
Assistant Professor
PhD, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ground water quality, hydrocarbon exploration, geological mapping
Larry D. Stetler
Associate Professor
PhD, Washington State University
Earth surface processes, aeolian dynamics, environmental geology and groundwater applications
Geology Faculty
Edward F. Duke
Professor, Manager of Engineering Mining Experiment Station
PhD, Dartmouth College
Petrology, geochemistry, metamorphic petrology, and remote sensing.
James E. Fox
Emeritus Professor, Associate Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
PhD, University of Wyoming
clastic depositional environments, petroleum geology, invertebrate paleontology
Alvis L. Lisenbee
Emeritus Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
structural geology and tectonics of the northern Rocky Mountainsand Basin and Range
James E. Martin
Professor, Executive Curator of the Museum of Geology
PhD, University of Washington
Biostratigraphy, Mesozoic and Cenozoic stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology
Colin J. Paterson
Professor
PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
Economic geology, mineral exploration, hydrothermal deposits, metamorphic and hydrothermal processes, and industrial minerals.
Jack A. Redden
Emeritus Professor
PhD, Harvard University
Structural geology of PreCambrian rocks in the Black Hills
Michael P. Terry
Assistant Professor, Associate Curator of Minerals
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Structural geology, deformation, reaction properties in metamorphic rocks, tectonics
Michael.Terry@sdsmt.edu Web site
Nuri Uzunlar
Associate Professor, Director of the Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station
PhD, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Field geology, ore deposits, active tectonics of Anatolia
Darrin Pagnac
Haslem Postdoc in Vertebrate Paleontology, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Palentology
PhD, University of California-Riverside
Biostratigraphy, biogeography and faunistics of Miocene mammals and late Jurassic faunas
Sally Shelton
Collections Manager of the Museum of Geology, Instructor
MA, Texas Tech University; Postgraduate Diploma, University of Cambridge (UK)
Museum conservation and curation
