Staff Directory

Director's Office/Administration

James E. Faulds, Director and State Geologist, jfaulds@unr.edu, 775-682-6650

Lora R. Robb, Business Manager, lorarobb@unr.edu, 775-682-8762

Publication Sales and Information

nbmg@unr.edu, 775-682-8766
If you need an immediate response, please call.

David Davis, Geologic Information Specialist, ddavis@unr.edu, 775-682-8767
Bret Pecoraro, Development Technician, pecoraro@unr.edu, 775-682-8775
Charlotte Stock, Sales Manager, cstock@unr.edu, 775-682-8766

Economic Geology, Geologic Mapping, and Geologic Framework

James E. Faulds, Professor, jfaulds@unr.edu, 775-682-6650
Matthieu Harlaux, Assistant Professor-Economic Geologist, mharlaux@unr.edu, 775-682-8752
John Muntean, Associate Professor-Research Economic Geologist, munteanj@unr.edu,775-682-8748
Mike Ressel, Assistant Professor-Economic Geologist, mressel@unr.edu, 775-682-7844
Andrew Zuza, Assistant Professor-Structural Geologist, azuza@unr.edu, 775-784-1446

Geologic Hazards and Engineering Geology

Seth Dee, Geologic Mapping Specialist, sdee@unr.edu, 775-682-7704
Craig M. dePolo, Research Geologist, cdepolo@unr.edu, 775-682-8770
Rich Koehler, Assistant Professor, rkoehler@unr.edu, 775-682-8763

Nevada Geodetic Laboratory

Geoffrey Blewitt, Research Professor, gblewitt@unr.edu, 775-682-8778
William C. Hammond, Research Professor, whammond@unr.edu, 775-784-6436
Corné W. Kreemer, Research Professor, kreemer@unr.edu, 775-682-8780

Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy

Bridget Ayling, Associate Professor, bayling@unr.edu, 775-682-8768
Rozena Brecke, Administrative Assistant, rbrecke@unr.edu, 775-682-8855
Cary Lindsey, Postdoctoral Scholar, caryl@unr.edu, 775-682-8149
Eli Mlawsky, GBCGE Geoscience Data Manager, emlawsky@unr.edu

Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology

John Muntean, Associate Professor-Research Economic Geologist, munteanj@unr.edu,775-682-8748

Cartography, GIS, Web, and Publication Support

Jennifer Vlcan, Cartographic/GIS Manager, mauldin@unr.edu, 775-682-8759
Irene Edgerton, Cartographer/GIS Specialist, iseelye@unr.edu, 775-682-6338
Rachel Micander, Analyst - GIS and Cartography, rmicander@unr.edu, 775-682-6351

Data Management

Emily O'Dean, Geoscience Data Manager, eodean@unr.edu

Graduate Students

Advised by Bridget Ayling
Kurt Kraal, Graduate Student, MS, kokraal@nevada.unr.edu

Advised by Jim Faulds
Nolan Dellerman, Graduate Student, ndellerman@unr.edu
Connor Smith, Graduate Student

Advised by Bill Hammond
Justine Overacker, Graduate Student, PhD, justine.overacker@gmail.com
Aren Crandall-Bear, Graduate Student, PhD, arencrandallbear@gmail.com

Advised by Rich Koehler
Conni De Masi, Graduate Student, PhD, connidemasi@nevada.unr.edu

Advised by Corné Kreemer
Zachary Young, Graduate Student, PhD, zyoung@nevada.unr.edu
Nina Miller, Graduate Student, PhD

Advised by John Muntean
Nick Hillemeyer, Graduate Student, MS, nhillemeyer@email.arizona.edu
Sara Castro Holden, Graduate Student
Daniel Chafetz, Graduate Student
Sean Ingersoll, Graduate Student, MS
Robert Johnson, Graduate Student, MS, rdjohnson987@gmail.com
Sergey Konyshev, Graduate Student, PhD, skonyshev@nevada.unr.edu
Neil Mankins, Graduate Student
Justin Milliard, Graduate Student
Steven O'Connell, Graduate Student
Luke Schranz, Graduate Student, MS
Robert Selwood, Graduate Student, MS, rselwood@nevada.unr.edu
Sarah Shapley, Graduate Student, MS
Christian Thomas, Graduate Student, MS

Advised by Mike Ressel
Elizabeth Hollingsworth, Graduate Student, PhD, hollingsworther@gmail.com
James Ingraffia, Graduate Student, MS, ingraffiajames@gmail.com
Curtis Johnson, Graduate Student, PhD, curtisj@nevada.unr.edu
Ajeet Milliard, Graduate Student, PhD, jajeetk@gmail.com

Advised by Andrew Zuza
Drew Levy, Graduate Student, PhD, drewlevy@nevada.unr.edu
Angie Rodriguez, Graduate Student, MS, arod@nevada.unr.edu
Mike Say, Graduate Student, MS, msay@nevada.unr.edu

Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty

Adjunct Faculty:
Mark Coolbaugh, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, mfc@unr.edu, 775-337-1545
Nick Hinz, Adjunct Faculty, nhinz@unr.edu

Emeritus Faculty:
John W. Bell, Professor Emeritus, jbell@unr.edu
Stephen B. Castor, Research Geologist Emeritus, scastor@unr.edu, 775-682-8766
Larry J. Garside, Research Geologist Emeritus, lgarside@unr.edu, 775-784-6693
Christopher D. Henry, Research Geologist, chenry@unr.edu, 775-682-8753
Liang-Chi Hsu, Research Mineralogist Emeritus, lihsu@unr.edu
Daphne D. LaPointe, Research Geologist Emeritus, dlapoint@unr.edu, 775-682-8772
Paul Lechler, Chief Geochemist Emeritus, plechler@unr.edu
Jonathan G. Price, State Geologist Emeritus, jprice@unr.edu, 775-682-8766
Alan R. Ramelli, Research Geologist Emeritus, ramelli@unr.edu
Lisa Shevenell, Research Hydrogeologist Emeritus, lisaas@unr.edu
Joseph V. Tingley, Research Geologist Emeritus, jtingley@unr.edu

January 2020