Earth & Environmental Sciences

 The Faculty and Their Research

• Nancye H. Dawers, Ph.D. Columbia, 1997
  Associate  Professor
  Structural Geology, Neotectonics; Fault growth and interaction using scaling relations in evolving fault populations
  ndawers@tulane.edu 
   
• George C. Flowers, Ph.D., California-Berkeley, 1979
  Associate Professor
  Theoretical geochemistry, Sedimentary geochemistry, and Environmental geochemistry of estuarine sediments.
  flowers@.tulane.edu 
   
• Nicole M. Gasparini, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
  Assistant Professor
  Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Sediment delivery from hillslopes to rivers
  Interactions between climate and tectonics through erosion
  Impacts of climate change on river networks.
  ngaspari@tulane.edu 
  
  
• Karen H. Johannesson, Ph.D. Nevada, Reno, 1993
  Professor
  Low-temperature aqueous geochemistry and biogeochemistry, emphasizing trace element speciation, chemical hydrogeology, and biogeochemical cycling of trace elements (e.g., arsenic, selenium, and REEs) in the environment.
  kjohanne@tulane.edu 
  
  
• Julie A. Martin, Ph.D. Rhode Island, 2009
  Visiting Assistant Professor
  Volcanic ash tracking; Geologic Hazards; Submarine volcanism; 
  Physical volcanology
  jmarti4@tulane.edu 
    
• Stephen A. Nelson, Ph.D., California -Berkeley, 1979
  Associate Professor/Chair
  Igneous petrology, volcanology, relationship between volcanism and tectonism, particularly in Mexico; Mechanisms of explosive volcanism:Natural disasters
  snelson@tulane.edu     
   
• Ronald L. Parsley, Ph.D., Cincinnati, 1969
  Professor 
  Phylogenetics, functional morphology, paleoecology, Mode and tempo of  evolution of Lower Paleozoic primitive Echinodermata.
  Paleobiology and paleoecology of Lower Paleozoic faunas.
  parsley@tulane.edu 
   
• Gerhard Piringer, Ph.D. Tulane University, 2000
  Professor of Practice
  In-situ remediation with zero-valent iron nanoparticles, Life-cycle assessment, industrial ecology.
  Anaerobic biodegradation.
  piringer@tulane.edu 
   
• Brad E. Rosenheim, Ph.D. University of Miami, 2005
  Assistant Professor
  Analysis of very recent geologic records of ocean circulation parameters (temperature, oxygen isotopes, salinity, minor elements, and ¹⁴C) in relation to global climate change.
  Circulation history of the subtropical North Atlantic.
  brosenhe@tulane.edu 
  
  
• Kyle M. Straub, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
  Assistant Professor
  Sediment transport from land through the ocean into the stratigraphic record.
  Continential Slope Morphodynamics, Submarine Morphodynamics
  kmstraub@tulane.edu 
   
• Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Ph.D. Utrecht University, 1993
  Associate Professor
  Quaternary geology, Fluvial and deltaic sedimentology, Sequence stratigraphy, Sea-level change, Applied geochronology, Paleoclimatology
  tor@tulane.edu 
  

Research Professors

• Richard Campanella,  M.S. L.S.U., 1993
  Assistant Research Professor
  GIS, remote sensing, mapping sciences, and cartography.
  Historical and present-day physical, urban, and human geography of New Orleans region.
  rcampane@tulane.edu 
  

Postdoctoral Fellows 

• Yongxiang ‘Frank’ Li, Ph.D. Lehigh University, 2005
  Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, Climate modeling
  Environmental magnetism, Paleomagnetic-tectonics
  li@tulane.edu 
   
• Zhixiong Shen, Ph.D. Liverpool University, 2007
  Optically-stimulated luminescence dating.
  Environmental magnetism, Quaternary climate change Palaeomagnetism
  zshen@tulane.edu 
  
  
• Jianwu Tang, Ph.D. Old Dominion University, 2005
  Chemical hydrogeology, Low-temperature aqueous geochemistry
  Geochemical modeling
  Stable isotope geochemistry
  jtang@tulane.edu 
   
• Shiyong Yu, Ph.D. Lund University, 2003
  Ice-Age geodynamics
  Lake sediments and past global changes.
  Quaternary palynology
  syu2@tulane.edu 

Adjunct Faculty

• Barry Kohl  Ph.D., Tulane, 1980
  Tertiary Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy
  Applied Micropaleontology 
  Global Sea Level change
  bkohl40@cs.com 
  
  
• Alexander S. Kolker, Ph.D. Stony Brook University, State University of New York, 2005
  Adjunct Research Professor
  Natural, climatic, and anthropogenic processes that govern coastal systems during times of stasis and change.
  Determining the balance between subsidence and sedimentation in Barataria Bay
  akolker@tulane.edu 
   
• Nahid D. Gani, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
  Landscape evolution through integration of tectonic geomorphology, structural geology and remote sensing/GIS interplay between river morphology and neotectonics.
  ngani@tulane.edu 
   
• Mike Dagg 
  Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
  Zooplankton processes in the ocean 
  mdagg@lumcon.edu 
  
  

Instructors

• Rebecca Freeman
  504-862-3201
  rfreema1@tulane.edu 
  
  
• Erika Gonzalez
  504-862-3201
   egcaver@tulane.edu 

Staff 

Marilyn Reine Administrative Secretary  504-865-5198 mreine@tulane.edu  Nancy Walker Senior Program Coordinator 504-862-3105 nwalker@tulane.edu   Jennifer Kuykendall Lab Technician Sedimentology and Quaternary Research    Cornelius Dennis Technician 504-862-3188 cdennis@tulane.edu