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dPermanent Faculty 

Name Specialty Contact 
Akiwumi, Fenda
Professor 
Resource Development, Conservation and Policy, Sustainability Tampa
Office: NES 314
Email
Alsharif, Kamal
 Professor
Water Resources Management and Policy, Environmental Policy, Sustainability Tampa
Office: NES 311
Email
Ananga, Erick
Associate Professor 
Human Geography with a research focus on citizen participation in water resource management and environmental politics. Tampa
Office: NES 217
Email
Bosman, Martin
Associate Professor
Geography Tampa
Office: NES 216
Email
Braunmiller, Jochen
Research Assistant Professor

Seismology

Tampa
Office: SCA 215
Email

Cavello, Seth
Assistant Professor of Instruction & Undergraduate Director for Geography, Environmental Science & Policy
Human Geography Tampa
Office: NES 310
Email
Charbonnier, Sylvain
Associate Professor
Volcanology Tampa
Office: SCA 525
Email
Collins, Jennifer
Professor

Climatology

Tampa
Office: NES 316
Email

Connor, Charles
Professor
Physical Volcanology and Geophysics Tampa
Office: SCA 528
Email
Dixon, Barnali
Professor, Executive Director, iCAR, & Director, Geospatial Analytics Lab (G-SAL)
GIS, Geocomputation, Integrated Water Resources Modeling and Coastal Resilience St. Petersburg
Office: PRW 118N
Email
Dixon, Timothy
Distinguished University Professor & Director, USF Natural Hazards Network
Geodesy Tampa
Office: SCA 220
Email
Downs Firat, Joni
Professor & Director, School of Geosciences
Geographic Information Science, Movement Ecology, Epidemiology, Urban Wildlife Tampa
Office: NES 203
Email
Elshorbany, Yasin
Associate Professor
Atmospheric Chemistry & Composition, Remote Sensing, and Earth System Modeling St. Petersburg
Office: DAV 245
Email
Enriquez, R. Alejandra
Assistant Professor
Natural hazards, coastal sea levels, extreme events, & flooding risks St. Petersburg
Office: DAV 252
Email
Germa, Aur茅lie
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Director for Geology
Volcanology Tampa
Office: SCA 511
Email
Gulley, Jason
Associate Professor
Geomorphology in Carbonate Terrains; Karst Hydrogeology; and Glaciology Tampa
Office: SCA 500
Email
Herbert, Gregory
Associate Professor
Paleobiology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Marine Science Tampa
Office: NES 215
Email
Ivey, James
Associate Professor of Instruction
Marine/Estuarine Ecology, Ocean Color Remote Sensing St. Petersburg
Office: DAV 210
Email
Jimenez Soto, Esteli
Assistant Professor
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Tampa
Office: NES 306
Email
Jin, He
Associate Professor of Instruction
GIScience, Obesity, Food Environment, Health Geography, Big Data, Urban Planning, Spatial Data Mining, Spatial Statistics, and Geovisualization Tampa
Office: NES 305
Email
Johns, Rebecca
Associate Professor & Associate Chair
Society-Nature Relationships, Environmental Citizenship, Environmental Education, Community-Based Climate Resilience St. Petersburg
Office: DAV 269
Email
Juster, Thomas
Associate Professor of Instruction
Hydrogeology Tampa
Office: CHE 213B
Email
Kruse, Sarah
Professor
Near-Surface and Environmental Geophysics Tampa
Office: NES 211
Email
Landry, Shawn
Associate Research Professor & Director, USF Water Institute
Environmental Geography, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Analysis, GIS/GPS, Decision Support Systems Tampa
Office: CHE 304C
Email
Malservisi, Rocco
Professor & Graduate Director of Geology
Geodesy Tampa
Office: SCA 218
Email
Mbatu, Richard
Associate Professor
Political Ecology, Political Economy of Natural Resources, Global Conservation, Sustainable Development, Climate Change St. Petersburg
Office: DAV 205
Email
McIlrath, Judy
Senior Instructor
Geoscience Education; Intro to Physical Geology Coordinator; Graduate Success Coordinator Tampa
Office: CHE 213A
Email
McNutt, Stephen
Professor
Volcano Seismology, Infrasound, Lightning Tampa
Office: SCA 213
Email
Meindl, Christopher
Associate Professor & Director, Florida Studies Program
Water Resources, Wetlands, Springs, Water and Environmental Management, Natural Hazards, Environmental Historical Geography, Neoliberalism, Florida St. Petersburg
Office: SNL 100
Email
Mizak, Connie
Professor of Instruction
Environmental & Occupational Health and Environmental Science & Policy Tampa
Office: NES 310
Email
Njoh, Ambe
Professor
The Urban Planning/Public Health Nexus, Sustainable Development, Hygiene and Sanitation, Water Delivery Systems; Transportation and Land Use Tampa
Office: NES 218C
Email
Onac, P. Bogdan
Professor
Karst Geology and Paleoclimatology Tampa
Office: SCA 506
Email


Pollock, Anna
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Paleoclimatology Tampa
NES 308
Email
Pu, Ruiliang *
Professor
Remote Sensing, GIS, Ecology Tampa
Qiang, Yi
Associate Professor and Graduate Director of Geography, Environmental Science & Policy
GIScience, Spatial Data Science, Disaster Resilience, Visual Analytics, Geocomputation Tampa
Office: NES 214
Email
Rains, Kai
Associate Research Professor
Wetland Science and Functional Assessment, Plant Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Soil Science, Mycorrhizal Ecology, Root Growth and Nutrient Acquisition, Geospatial Analysis Tampa
Office: CHE 304D
Email
Rains, Mark
Professor
Ecohydrology; Wetlands, Rivers, Estuaries; Scientific support of policy and decision-making Tampa
Office: NES 203
Email
Reader, Steven
Associate Professor 
GIScience and Spatial Statistics Tampa
Office: NES 215
Email
Rodgers, Mel
Assistant Research Professor
Volcanic Hazards, Seismology, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, Machine Learning, Geophysics Tampa
Office: SCA 226-A
Email
Ryan, Jeffrey
Professor
Petrology, Geochemistry, and Geoscience Education Tampa
Office: SCA 507
Email
Smoak, Joseph
Professor
Wetland Biogeochemistry St. Petersburg
Office: LIB 122
Email
Spellman, Pati
Assistant Professor
Hydrology; Numerical Modeling Tampa
Office: SCA
Email
Thompson, Glenn
Assistant Research Professor
Volcano Seismology, Volcano-seismic Monitoring Tampa
Office: SCA 214
Email
Tutak, Fatin
Visiting Assistant Instructor
Geological Engineering, GIS, Environmental Science, Geologic Mapping, Sinkholes, Geo-mechanics. Tampa
NES 210
Email
Van Beynen, Philip
Professor, Associate Chair of Geography, Environmental Science & Policy
Karst environments pertaining to human disturbance, environmental indices, sustainability and paleoclimate change Tampa
Office: NES 313
Email
Wang, Ping
Professor & Associate Chair
Coastal Research Tampa
Office: CHE 215
Lab: CHE 110/112
Email
Wetmore, Paul
Associate Professor
Structural Geology/Tectnics  Tampa
Yao, Fangfang
Assistant Professor
Remote sensing, hydrology, water resources Tampa
Office: SCA 518
Lab: SCA520
Email

*deceased 

Emeritus Faculty 

Name Specialty
Crisman, Thomas
Professor Emeritus
Freshwater Ecology specializing in Ecology and Management of Wetlands, Streams and Lakes in Tropics and Subtropics Globally
Davis, Richard
Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor
Coastal Geology, Sedimentology
Stewart, Mark
Professor Emeritus
Hydrology, Applied Geophysics, Numerical Modeling
Tobin, Graham
Professor Emeritus
Natural Hazards, Water Resources
Vacher, H. Len *
Professor Emeritus
Quantitative Literacy, Geoscience Education

*deceased 

Courtesy Faculty 

Name Specialty Contact
Atlas, Zachary

Analytical Geochemistry

Email

Collins, Lori
Research Associate Professor & Co-Director, Digital Heritage and Humanities Collection

LiDAR, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, 3D Printing, GPS, GIS, and Visualization Techniques

Tampa
USF Library
Office: LIB 122
Email

Connor, Laura

Geo-hazard Modeling, Data Processing, Code Optimization

Tampa
Email
Doering, Travis
Research Associate Professor & Co-Director, Digital Heritage & Humanities Collection, USF Library
Spatial Technologies and Imaging for Cultural and Natural Heritage Applications Tampa
Office: LIB 122
Email
Pasek, Matthew
Professor
Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Office: SCA 533
Email
Sheffield, Sarah
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary paleobiology & Invertebrate paleobiology

Binghamton University

Urakawa, Hidetoshi Aquatic Ecology & Applied Environmental Science The Water School, Florida Gulf Coast University