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Glenn Thackray, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 228

(208) 282-3871

thacglen@isu.edu

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Ryan Anderson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor & Field Camp Director

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 215B

(208) 282-5024

ryananderson@isu.edu

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H. Carrie Bottenberg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor & Director of Geotechnologies

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 225

(208) 282-3648

bottcarr@isu.edu

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Benjamin Crosby, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 235

(208) 282-3565

crosby@isu.edu

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Donna M. Delparte, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 201

(208) 282-4419

delparte@isu.edu

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Bruce Finney, Ph.D.

Professor, Director Stable Isotope Laboratory

Office: Gale Life Sciences Bldg, Rm 236 & Physical Sciences Bldg, Rm 202A

(208) 282-4318

finney@isu.edu

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Sarah Godsey, Ph.D.  Associate Professor

Sarah Godsey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 231

(208) 282-3170

godsey@isu.edu

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Kathleen Lohse

Kathleen Lohse, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Rm 202B

(208) 282-3285

klohse@isu.edu

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Kendra Murray, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 229

(208) 282-2949

kendramurray@isu.edu

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Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 223

(208) 282-4758

kobsshan@isu.edu

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David Pearson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Geosciences

David M. Pearson, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 215A

(208) 282-3486

pearson@isu.edu

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Kurt Sundell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 230

kurtsundell@isu.edu

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Leif Tapanila, Ph.D.  Professor, Director, Idaho Museum of Natural History

Leif Tapanila, Ph.D.

Professor, Director, Idaho Museum of Natural History

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 209

(208) 282-5417/3168

tapaleif@isu.edu

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Lecturers & Adjunct Faculty

LJ Krumenacker

Adjunct Instructor

krumlaur@isu.edu

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Melanie Keyes

Adjunct Instructor

(208) 521-0368

shirmela@isu.edu

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Di Wu, Ph.D.

Cyber-programming Analyst and Adjunct Geotechnologies Instructor

wudi@isu.edu

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Postdoctoral Associates

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Nicholas R. Patton, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Office: Room 202C

(412) 296-2385

PattNich@isu.edu

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Emeritus

Charles W. Blount, Ph.D.

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Scott S. Hughes, Ph.D

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Paul K Link, Ph.D.  Professor

Paul K. Link, Ph.D

Professor Emeritus

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 230

cell (208) 317-3946

linkpaul@isu.edu

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Michael McCurry, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus

Michael McCurry, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Office: Phys. Sci. Bldg. 3, Room 227A

(208) 282-4254

mccumich@isu.edu

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David W. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

rodgdavi@isu.edu

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Allied Faculty

Danny Marks

James McNamara

Tammy Rittenour

Mark Seyfried

Douglass Shinneman

Keith Weber

Affiliate Faculty

Million Hailemichael

James Mahar

Travis McLing

Mark Shapley

Christopher Shaw

Jo-Ann Sherwin