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Chairman - Venkat Lakshmi
Asst. Chair: Gene Yogodzinski
Graduate Director - Raymond Torres
Undergraduate Director -Gwendelyn Geidel

Offices:
EOS Main Office    777-4535 EWS 617
Undergraduate Office 777-6163 PSC 008
Graduate Office 777-7170 PSC 008

Faculty & Research Faculty
Instructors & Post Docs
Administrative Staff and Research Associates
Students - Graduate and Undergraduate

All email addresses have the extension @geol.sc.edu unless otherwise noted.
All Phone numbers listed are area code 803 and begin with exchange 777

- Click the following link for a printable PDF version of our complete directory: Directory-PDF

Faculty

Name

Email
(@geol.sc.edu)

 Phone
777-		 EWSC
Room #		 Research Interests 
Dave Barbeau dbarbeau 5162 406 Clastic sedimentology, tectonics and sedimentation, basin analysis
Michael Bizimis mbizimis 5565 212 Isotope geochemistry, Igneous Petrology; Trace element fluxes in subduction zones
Claudia Benitez-Nelson cbnelson 0018 408 Biogeochemistry, Chemical Oceanography
Subrahmanyam Bulusu sbulusu 2572 508 Satellite Oceanography,
Physical Oceanography, Air-Sea Interaction
Arthur D. Cohen  cohen 4502 404 Organic Sedimentology, Palynology and Coal Research 
James N. Kellogg kellogg 4501 203 Applied Geophysics 
Camelia C. Knapp camelia 8491 205

Seismology, Exploration Geophysics, GIS
James H. Knapp knapp 6886 204 Geophysics / Tectonics / Petroleum Geology
Venkat Lakshmi vlakshmi 3552 407 Surface Hydrology
Thomas J. Owens  owens
(sc.edu)		 4530 502 Seismology and Lithospheric Processes 
Howie Scher hscher 2410 304  
Robert C. Thunell  thunell 7593 514 Paleoceanography, Deep Sea Sediments 
Raymond Torres  torres

4506 

315 Surface Processes, Hydrology and Geomorphology 
George Voulgaris gvoulgaris

2549

 309 Coastal Processes, Sediment Dynamics, Oceanography
Scott White swhite 6304 203A

Marine Geology and Geophysics
Alicia M. Wilson awilson 1240 302 Groundwater Hydrology 
Sasha Yankovsky ayankovsky 3550 308 Physical Oceanography, Coastal Dynamics
Gene Yogodzinski gyogodzin 9524 PSC 715 Petrology and Geochemistry

 

        
Research Faculty       Research Interests 
Gwendelyn Geidel
geidel@geol.sc.edu		 geidel

4511

306 Sumwalt

Environmental Geology
Robert Trenkamp
trenkamp@geol.sc.edu		 trenkamp 2419 205 EWS Applied Geophysics
         
Faculty Emeritus        
John R. Carpenter  jpawleys
(aol.com)		 6920 312 Sum Geological Education 
Robert Ehrlich bobehrlich
(attbi.com)		     Sedimentology
Leonard Gardner  gardner 2424 417 PSC Low Temperature Geochemistry 
William H. Kanes whkanes
(aol.com)		 799-
2754		 350 Sum Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology 
Christopher Kendall  kendall (sc.edu) 978-7523 Washington
Street		 Stratigraphic Modeling, Carbonates 
Ian Lerche  black 4507 406 Geophysics 
Willard S. Moore  moore 2262 411 Geochemistry and Chemical Oceanography 
Donald T. Secor  donsecor
(bellsouth.net)		 4516 308 Sum Structural Geology 
W. Edwin Sharp  sharp
(sc.edu)		 6929 419A PSC Exploration Mineralogy 
Pradeep Talwani  talwani 6449 517 Geophysics and Seismology 
Douglas F. Williams  doug 7525 507 Marine Geology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry 

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Instructors and Post Doctoral Associates

Res. Faculty and Post-Docs

Phone

Room

E-mail ( @geol.sc.edu )
Philip Astwood

6920

312 Sumwalt

 astwood at psc.sc.edu
Carolyn Hudson 5068   carolyn.hudson at sc.edu

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Administrative Staff and Research Associates

All rooms are in EWSC unless noted.  All phone numbers begin with (803)-777-

Name

Phone 

 Room # E-mail ( @geol.sc.edu )
Toni Bracey 7170 PSC 108 tbracey
Adriana Chacon 6943 401 achacon
Jaehoon Choe 2417 620/203 jchoe
Philip Crotwell 0955 511 crotwell
Susan Lowe 3120 617E slowe
Wendy Plessinger 4514 409D wplessinger
Sasha Prokopenko 1697

007 CLS

 sasha
Eric Tappa 7473 515 tappa
Charlene Wilson-Profit 3959 617C cwprofit
Margee Zeigler 4536 617 mzeigler


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Graduate Students

All rooms are in EWSC building unless noted.
S is Sumwalt, P is PSC and B is Byrnes.  

  Last Name   First Name Phone Room E-mail ( @geol.sc.edu )
Addison Adrian 7-2412 305 aaddison
Amos Christopher 7-7795 305 camos
Anderson Joseph 7-7795 305 janderson
Arndt Shawn 7-3353 403 sarndt
Bacale Jose 7-3353 403 jbacale
Badger Nickles 7-8986 512  
Beaty Melissa Clare 7-3353 403 mbeaty
Bell Joseph      
Brantley Daniel 7-7693   brantley  at esri.sc.edu
Burrell Christopher 7-3353 403 cburrell
Cameron Antonio 7-7795 306 acameron
Chassereau Jessica 7-7795 306 jchassereau
Chatterjee Sumanta 7-5202 317 schatterjee
Doar William 7-5202   wdoar at yahoo.com
Dura-Gomez Inmaculada 7-4523 516B idura
Egbue Obi 7-4607 207A oegbue
Fillerup Mel 7-4856 202 mfillerup
Frisby Carl 7-3353 403 cfrisby
Gupta Ipsita 7-2412 305 igupta
Hassan Hassan 7-5202 317 hhassan
Healey Stephanie 7-8845 513 shealey
Heffner David 7-4529 508 dheffner
Hougham Andrea 7-2412 305 ahougham
Howell Julia 7-2411 303 jhowell
Kanwar Rahul 7-6823 411B rkanwar
Knight James      
Kumar Nirnimesh 7-2412 305 nkumar
Mart Jessica 7-2412 305 dmart
Mason Jessica     jmason
McCarney-Castle Kerry 7-2412 305 kmccarney
McClinton Tim 7-7795 306 tmcclinton
Mobley Reid 7-4662 PSC 715A rmobley
Munn Gabrielle 7-7795 306 gmunn
Nelson Tim 2411 303 tnelson
Newton Alicia 7-4526 513 anewton
Park Hyunmee 7-3353 403 hpark
Pusz Aimee 7-4526 513  
Savrda Amanda 7-3353 403 asavrda
Sekula-Wood Emily 7-3353 403 esekula
Springer Abby 7-7525 507 aspringer
Torres-Garcia Legna 7-2412 305 ltorres
Turka Joshua 7-2411 303  
Walker Christopher 7-7795 306 jwalker
Wallace Shawn 7-3353 403 swallace
Witt Jessica      
Wyatt Christopher 7-2411 303 cwyatt
Wyche Gregory 7-2411 303 gwyche
Zahid Khandaker 7-3353 403 kzahid

Undergraduate Students

  Last Name   First Name E-mail
Angoluan John angoluan@mailbox.sc.edu
Bachmann-Krug Denise denisebachmannkrug@yahoo.com
Baehr Howard baehrh@mailbox.sc.edu
Beers Jack jckbeers@hotmail.com
Belding David brey1981@aol.com
Botala Jorge botalabo@mailbox.sc.edu
Boutwell Christiann boutwelc@mailbox.sc.edu
Bradford Jacob bradfort@mailbox.sc.edu
Brown Alexander brownar2@mailbox.sc.edu
Bruce Christopher sirhclost@hotmail.com
Childress Tristan childret@mailbox.sc.edu
Cox Christine heronssol@yahoo.com
Davis Justin davisjt2@mailbox.sc.edu
Doherty Reid dohertyr@mailbox.sc.edu
Coward Brandon cowardbs@mailbox.sc.edu
Duff Patrick duffp@mailbox.sc.edu
Fabian Amanda fabiana@mailbox.sc.edu
Gaikwad Arjun gaikwada@mailbox.sc.edu
Graham Emily grahamem@mailbox.sc.edu
Grande Eric grande@mailbox.sc.edu
Hawfield Robert hawfield@mailbox.sc.edu
Hilton Kathryn  
Hawfield Robert hawfield@mailbox.sc.edu
Howe Jared jhowe2k@hotmail.com
Howell Won Suk howellw@mailbox.sc.edu
Ismail Hassan ismail@mailbox.sc.edu
Jenkins Alishia jenkinac@mailbox.sc.edu
King Rosendo kingrilo@mailbox.sc.edu
Kiser Sam kisersa@mailbox.sc.edu
Kull Vincent kullv@mailbox.sc.edu
Ley Adrienne leya@mailbox.sc.edu
Luttrell Ryan luttrell@mailbox.sc.edu
Mikue Fortunata mikuefort@hotmail.com
Mobley Reid mobleyrm@mailbox.sc.edu
Motobe Ignacio motobebo@mailbox.sc.edu
Patterson Whitney wnpatterson@uscupstate.edu
Pereira Helder helderonda@hotmail.com
Phillips Brian phillibl@mailbox.sc.edu
Phillips Stacee philli67@mailbox.sc.edu
Rahim Jediya rahimj@mailbox.sc.edu
Rickenbaker Alan rickenda@mailbox.sc.edu
Rodgers April pratera@mailbox.sc.edu
Sexton Brett sextonb@mailbox.sc.edu
Shull Shane shaneshull@gmail.com
Sigmon Matthew sigmonm@mailbox.sc.edu
Smith Andrew smitha47@mailbox.sc.edu
Swisher Rebecca swisher@mailbox.sc.edu
Taylor Jennings taylor47@mailbox.sc.edu
Van Tiem Melanie  
Zeigler Loren zeiglerl@mailbox.sc.edu

 

 

 
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