Faculty & Staff

Geology and Geological Engineering Faculty and Staff

Department Head
Photo of Laurie AndersonDr. Laurie Anderson, Professor and Director of the Museum of Geology
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paleobiology, paleoecology and taphonomy of invertebrates
Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu

 

 

 

Department Secretary
Photo of Pam Fenner
Ms. Pam Fenner

Pamela.Fenner@sdsmt.edu 605-394-2461


 

 

 


Geological Engineering Faculty


Photo of Arden DavisDr. Arden Davis, Professor
PhD, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ground water modeling and contaminant migration
Arden.Davis@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Kurt KatzensteinDr. Kurt Katzenstein, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
Interferometic synthetic aperture radar, rock mechanics and geohazards, bedrock aquifer compaction
Kurt.Katzenstein@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of J. Foster SawyerDr. J. Foster Sawyer, Assistant Professor
PhD, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ground water quality, hydrocarbon exploration, sedimentary geology and stratigraphy
Foster.Sawyer@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Larry StetlerDr. Larry Stetler, Professor
PhD, Washington State University
Earth Surface processes, aeoliam dynamics, environmental geology and groundwater applications
Larry.Stetler@sdsmt.edu

 

 


Geology Faculty


Photo of Christina BelangerDr. Christina Belanger, Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Chicago
Marine invertebrate paleoecology, paleoclimatology, biotic responses to environmental change, taphonomy, macroecology, Foraminifera, Mollusca
Christina.Belanger@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Ed DukeDr. Edward Duke, Professor and Director of Engineering Mining Experiment Station
PhD, Dartmouth College
Petrology, geochemistry, metamorphic petrology, and remote sensing
Edward.Duke@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Timothy MasterlarkDr. Timothy Masterlark, Associate Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison
Geodynamics, Geomathematics, Poroelastic Mechanics, Inverse Methods, Numerical models of earthquakes and active volcanoes
Timothy.Masterlark@sdsmt.edu  CV

 


Photo of Darrin PagnacDr. Darrin Pagnac, Assistant Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
PhD, University of California-Riverside
Cenozoic stratigraphy and paleontology of the northern Great Plains; Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of the Great Basin
Darrin.Pagnac@sdsmt.edu

 

Photo of Colin PatersonDr. Colin Paterson, Professor
PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
Economic geology, mineral exploration, hydrothermal deposits, metamorphic and hydrothermal processes, and industrial minerals
Colin.Paterson@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of M PriceDr. Maribeth Price, Professor and Curator of Maps
PhD, Princeton University
Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing
Maribeth.Price@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Sally SheltonMs. Sally Shelton, Instructor and Associate Director of the Museum of Geology
MA, Texas Tech University; Postgraduate Diploma, University of Cambridge (UK)
Museum conservation and curation
Sally.Shelton@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Mike TerryDr. Michael Terry, Assistant Professor and Curator of Minerals
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Structural geology, deformation, reaction properties in metamorphic rocks, tectonics
Michael.Terry@sdsmt.edu

 

 

Photo of Nuri UzunlarDr. Nuri Uzunlar, Professor and 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, geothermal resources
Nuri.Uzunlar@sdsmt.edu

 

 


Haslem Postdoctoral Fellow


Dr. Clint Boyd
PhD, University of Texas at Austin

 


Emeritus Faculty


Photo of James FoxDr. James Fox, Emeritus Professor and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
PhD, University of Wyoming
Clastic depositional environments, petroleum geology, invertebrate paleontology
James.Fox@sdsmt.edu


 

 

Photo of Alvis LisenbeeDr. Alvis Lisenbee, Emeritus Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State UniversityStructural geology and tectonics of the northern Rocky Mountains and Basin and Range
Alvis.Lisenbee@sdsmt.edu

 

 

 

Photo of James MartinDr. James Martin, Emeritus Professor
PhD, University of Washington
Biostratigraphy, Mesozoic and Cenozoic stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology
James.Martin@sdsmt.edu


 

 

Photo of Perry RahnDr. Perry Rahn, Emeritus Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Hydrogeology and environmental geology
Perry.Rahn@sdsmt.edu


 

 

Photo of Jack ReddenDr. Jack Redden, Emeritus Professor
PhD, Harvard University
Structural geology of Precambrian rocks of the Black Hills

 

 

 


Adjunct Faculty


Dr. Mark Anderson, US Geological Survey manders@usgs.gov
Dr. Rachel Benton, National Park Service Rachel_Benton@nps.gov
Dr. Derric Iles, SD Geological Survey DENRINTERNET@state.sd.us
Dr. Andrew Long, US Geological Survey ajlong@usgs.gov
Dr. Kelli McCormick, SDSM&T Mining Engineering and Management Kelli.McCormick@sdsmt.edu
Dr. William Roggenthen, SDSM&T Research Affairs William.Roggenthen@sdsmt.edu

 


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