Faculty
 | John C. Ayers Professor and Interim Chair Ph.D. 1991, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (615) 322-2158 5705 Stevenson -Geochemistry -Experimental Petrology -Sustainability Science |  | Ralf Bennartz Stevenson Chair Professor Ph.D. 1997, Free University of Berlin (615) 875-9226 5603 Stevenson -Atmospheric Physics and Radiative Transfer -Clouds and Climate -Meteorological Satellite Remote Sensing |  | Lily Claiborne Principal Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D. 2011, Vanderbilt University (615) 343-4515 6702 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Geochemistry -Geoscience Education |
 | Simon Darroch Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2014, Yale University (615) 875-8432 6709 Stevenson -Paleoecology -Geobiology -Biogeography |  | Larisa R.G. DeSantis Associate Professor Ph.D. 2009, University of Florida (615) 343-7831 MRB 7270A -Vertebrate Paleontology -Paleoecology -Paleoclimates |  | Kristen Fauria Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2017, University of California, Berkeley (615) 322-3528 5721 Stevenson -Volcanology -Fluid Dynamics -Surface Processes |
 | David Jon Furbish Professor and co-Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D. 1985, University of Colorado (615) 322-2137 5719 Stevenson -Geophysics |  | Jonathan M. Gilligan Associate Professor Ph.D. 1991, Yale University (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 (615) 322-2976 5726A Stevenson -Sedimentary Systems -Quaternary Environments -Coastal, Marine, & Deltaic processes |
 | Guilherme Gualda Professor Ph.D. 2007, The University of Chicago (615) 322-3840 5717 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Volcanism -Mineralogy -Geochemistry |  | Maria Luisa Jorge Associate Professor Ph.D. 2007, University of Illinois at Chicago (615) 322-2160 6705 Stevenson -Movement Ecology -Trophic Interactions -Conservation Biology |  | Neil Kelley Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Davis (615) 322-2984 6707 Stevenson -Paleontology -Paleoecology -Macroevolution -Marine Reptiles |
 | Lin Meng Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2020, Iowa State University 5707 Stevenson -Global Change Ecology -Urban Ecology -Phenology -Remote Sensing |  | Daniel Morgan Associate Dean and Principal Senior Lecturer Ph.D. 2009, University of Washington (615) 343-3154 Buttrick 350 6744 Stevenson -Geomorphology -Geochronology |  | Jessica Oster Associate Professor and co-Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Davis (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 (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 (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 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 (615) 875-9228 410F Wyatt Center | ||
| Professors Emeriti | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leonard P. Alberstadt Ph.D. 1967, University of Oklahoma -Paleontology -Carbonate Rocks |  | Calvin F. Miller Ph.D. 1977, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (615) 322-2232 5707 Stevenson -Igneous Petrology -Tectonics -Magma Chamber Processes |  | Molly F. Miller Ph.D. 1977, University of California, Los Angeles -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 -Biostratigraphy -Micropaleontology -Paleooceanography |  | Richard G. Stearns Ph.D. 1953, Northwestern University -Structural Geology -Geophysics -Geohistory |
 | George M. Hornberger Distinguished University Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. 1970, Stanford University -Hydrology |