Faculty

	John C. Ayers Professor Ph.D. 1991, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Email (615) 322-2158 5705 Stevenson -Geochemistry -Experimental Petrology -Sustainability Science		Ralf Bennartz Stevenson Chair Professor Ph.D. 1997, Free University of Berlin Email (615) 875-9226 5603 Stevenson -Atmospheric Physics and Radiative Transfer -Clouds and Climate -Meteorological Satellite Remote Sensing		Lily Claiborne Assistant Professor of the Practice Ph.D. 2011, Vanderbilt University Email (615) 343-4515 6702 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Geochemistry -Geoscience Education
	Simon Darroch Research Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2014, Yale University Email (615) 875-8432 6709 Stevenson -Paleoecology -Geobiology -Biogeography		Larisa R.G. DeSantis Associate Professor Ph.D. 2009, University of Florida Email (615) 343-7831 MRB 7270A -Vertebrate Paleontology -Paleoecology -Paleoclimates		Kristen Fauria Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2017, University of California, Berkeley Email (615) 322-3528 5721 Stevenson -Volcanology -Fluid Dynamics -Surface Processes
	Jonathan M. Gilligan Professor Ph.D. 1991, Yale University Email (615) 322-2420 5735 Stevenson -Atmospheric Science -Science Policy		Steven L. Goodbred, Jr. Stevenson Chair Professor Ph.D. 1999, College of William and Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science Email (615) 322-2976 5726A Stevenson -Sedimentary Systems -Quaternary Environments -Coastal, Marine, & Deltaic processes		Guilherme Gualda Professor Ph.D. 2007, The University of Chicago Email (615) 322-3840 5717 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Volcanism -Mineralogy -Geochemistry
	Maria Luisa Jorge Associate Professor Ph.D. 2007, University of Illinois at Chicago Email (615) 322-2160 6705 Stevenson -Movement Ecology -Trophic Interactions -Conservation Biology		Neil Kelley Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Davis Email (615) 322-2984 6707 Stevenson -Paleontology -Paleoecology -Macroevolution -Marine Reptiles		Annie Klyce Senior Lecturer Ph.D. 2023, University of South Carolina Email 5733 Stevenson -Geoscience Education
	Lin Meng Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2020, Iowa State University Email 5707 Stevenson -Global Change Ecology -Urban Ecology -Phenology -Remote Sensing		Daniel Morgan Associate Dean and Principal Senior Lecturer Ph.D. 2009, University of Washington Email (615) 343-3154 Buttrick 350 6744 Stevenson -Geomorphology -Geochronology		Jessica Oster Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Davis Email (615) 322-1461 5723 Stevenson -Paleoclimatology -Low Temperature Geochemistry -Cave and Karst Studies

Affiliated Faculty
	Hiba Baroud Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D., Univ. of Oklahoma Email (615) 322-0471 274 Jacobs Hall -Critical Infrastructure Modeling -Risk Analysis and Decision Analysis -Statistical and Resilience Modeling		Ravindra Duddu Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. 2009, Northwestern University Email(615) 343-4891 288 Jacobs Hall -Computational Geophysics and Solid Mechanics -Ice-sheet and Multi-scale Fracture Mechanics		Mark Ghiorso Vice-President & Senior Research Associate OFM Research INC Ph.D. 1980, University of California, Berkeley Email (206) 550-1850 -Computational Thermodynamics -Igneous Petrology -Phase Equilibria and High-Temperature Geochemistry
	David Kosson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Director of the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) Director of the Environmental Laboratory Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Rutgers University Email 615-322-1064 299 Jacobs Hall -Risk and Reliability -Energy and Natural Resources -Nano Science and Technology		Christopher Vanags Director of Research Initiatives – Peabody College of Education, Office of the Dean Research Assistant Professor – Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. - Hydrology and Catchment Management, University of Sydney Email (615) 875-9228 410F Wyatt Center

Professors Emeriti
	Leonard P. Alberstadt Ph.D. 1967, University of Oklahoma Email -Paleontology -Carbonate Rocks		David Jon Furbish Professor Ph.D. 1985, University of Colorado Email (615) 322-2137 5719 Stevenson -Geophysics		George M. Hornberger Distinguished University Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. 1970, Stanford University Email -Hydrology
	Calvin F. Miller Ph.D. 1977, Univ. of California, Los Angeles Email (615) 322-2232 5707 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Tectonics -Magma Chamber Processes		Molly F. Miller Ph.D. 1977, University of California, Los Angeles Email -Paleoecology -Clastic Sedimentology -Ichnology		Arthur L. Reesman Ph.D. 1966, University of Missouri -Low Temperature -Geochemistry
	William G. Siesser Ph.D. 1971, University of Cape Town Email -Biostratigraphy -Micropaleontology -Paleooceanography		Richard G. Stearns Ph.D. 1953, Northwestern University -Structural Geology -Geophysics -Geohistory