Department Chair: Dr. James Farquhar
Director of Administrative Services: Michelle Montero
IT Services: Todd Karwoski
Graduate Director: Dr. Vedran Lekic
Undergraduate Director: Dr. John Merck
Category View
Administrative Services
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Brown, Dorothy A. | Program Administration Specialist | GEO 1120 | (301) 405-4082 | dabrown [at] umd [dot] edu |
Crudup, Tierra | Business Service Assistant | GEO 1120 | (301) 405-3127 | tcrudup [at] umd [dot] edu |
Gatewood, Bernadette | Business Manager | ATL 3417 | (301) 314-2785 | gatewood [at] atmos [dot] umd [dot] edu |
King, Nancy | Administrative Assistant | CHM 0223B | (301) 405-2009 | nking124 [at] umd [dot] edu |
Montero, Michelle | Director of Administrative Services | CHM 2223B | (301) 405-4065 | mmontero [at] umd [dot] edu |
Patterson, Joanna | Accounting Associate | GEO 1117 | (301) 405-4365 | jpatter1 [at] umd [dot] edu |
Faculty
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Arévalo, Ricardo | Professor | PHY 2332 | (301) 405-5352 | rarevalo [at] umd [dot] edu |
Ash, Richard D. | Research Scientist | CHM 0227B | (301) 405-7504 | rdash [at] umd [dot] edu |
Bernhardt, Hannes | Assistant Research Scientist | PHY 4332 | hbernhar [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Brown, Michael | Professor | CHM 2229B | (301) 405-4080 | mbrown [at] umd [dot] edu |
Candela, Philip A. | Professor Emeritus | candela [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Centorbi, Tracey L. | Lecturer | GEO 3116 | tlcento [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Clark, Jaclyn | Assistant Research Scientist | PHY 4336 | jdclark [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Evans, Michael N. | Professor | CHM 1212B | (301) 405-8763 | mnevans [at] umd [dot] edu |
Farquhar, James | Distinguished University Professor and Chair | CHM 0217B | (301) 405-5043 | jfarquha [at] umd [dot] edu |
Holtz, Thomas R. | Principal Lecturer | CHM 1225B | (301) 405-6965 | tholtz [at] umd [dot] edu |
Huang, Mong-Han | Associate Professor | GEO 3108 | (301) 405-1311 | mhhuang [at] umd [dot] edu |
Kaufman, Alan Jay | Distinguished University Professor | CHM 0217A | (301) 405-0395 | kaufman [at] umd [dot] edu |
Kaushal, Sujay S. | Professor | CHM 1225A | (301) 405-0454 | skaushal [at] umd [dot] edu |
Lathrop, Daniel P. | Professor | ERF 1201J | (301) 405-1594 | lathrop [at] umd [dot] edu |
Lekić, Vedran | Professor | GEO 3113 | (301) 405-4086 | ved [at] umd [dot] edu |
Magen, Cédric | Associate Research Scientist | BMS 3121 | (301) 314-1557 | cmagen [at] umd [dot] edu |
McDonough, William F. | Professor | mcdonoug [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Merck, John W. | Principal Lecturer | GEO 1119 | (301) 405-4379 | jmerck [at] umd [dot] edu |
Montési, Laurent G. J. | Professor | CHM 1221B | (301) 405-7534 | montesi [at] umd [dot] edu |
Newcombe, Megan E. | Assistant Professor | GEO 3106 | (301) 405-2783 | newcombe [at] umd [dot] edu |
Penniston-Dorland, Sarah | Professor | CHM 0229 | (301) 405-6239 | sarahpd [at] umd [dot] edu |
Piccoli, Philip M. | Research Scientist | GEO 1109 | (301) 405-6966 | piccoli [at] umd [dot] edu |
Prestegaard, Karen L. | Associate Professor | GEO 3117 | (301) 405-6982 | kpresto [at] umd [dot] edu |
Puchtel, Igor S. | Research Scientist | CHM 0220 | (301) 405-4054 | ipuchtel [at] umd [dot] edu |
Sanders, Cecilia B. | Assistant Professor (as of July 1, 2025) | sander5 [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Schmerr, Nicholas C. | Associate Professor | GEO 3115 | (301) 405-4385 | nschmerr [at] umd [dot] edu |
Sunshine, Jessica | Professor | ATL 1207F | (301) 405-1045 | jsunshin [at] umd [dot] edu |
Walker, Richard J. | Distinguished University Professor | CHM 0228 | (301) 405-4089 | rjwalker [at] umd [dot] edu |
Wylie, Ann G. | Professor Emerita | GEO 1121 | (301) 405-4079 | awylie [at] umd [dot] edu |
Zhu, Mengqiang | Associate Professor | CHM 1217A | (301) 405-9117 | mqzhu [at] umd [dot] edu |
Zhu, Wenlu | Professor | CHM 1210A | (301) 405-1831 | wzhu [at] umd [dot] edu |
Post-Doctoral Associates
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Bouyon, Amaury | Post-Doctoral Associate | CHM 0210B | abouyon [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Finlayson, Valerie | Post-Doctoral Associate | CHM 0222 | vfinlays [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Gan, Tian | Post-Doctoral Associate | CHM 0208 | gantian [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Hager, Travis | Post-Doctoral Associate | CHM 1211B | tfhager [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Haghnegahdar, Mojhgan A. | Post-Doctoral Associate | BMS 3119 | mojhganh [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Mandolini, Tommaso | Post-Doctoral Associate | CHM 1210B | tomnd [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Wang, Jingchuan | Post-Doctoral Associate | GEO 1113 | jcwang1 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Zhang, Ziqi | Post-Doctoral Associate | GEO 3107 | zzq [at] umd [dot] edu |
Graduate Students
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Almas, Kiran Shahood | Graduate Student | CHM 0206C | kalmas [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Andrews, Lucas | Graduate Student | PHY 2330 | andrewsl [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Bader, James | Graduate Student | CHM 1210B | jabader [at] terpmail [dot] umd [dot] edu | |
Bickerstaff, Kathryn | Graduate Student | CHM 0210A | kbickers [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Chiappe, Emily | Graduate Student | CHM 0226 | echiappe [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Dann, Ashley | Graduate Student | CHM 1223B | adann11 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Desikamani, Sumedha | Graduate Student | GEO 2112 | sumedhad [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Faison, Tytrice | Graduate Student | CHM 0206C | tjfaison [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Famiglietti, Julia | Graduate Student | BMS 3122 | juliafam [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Fitzgerald, Maria | Graduate Student | GEO 4106 | mgcf [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Gansler, Kathryn | Graduate Student | CHM 1223A | ganslerk [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Giles, Jacob | Graduate Student | PHY 4310 | jdgiles [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Hanna, Ashley M. | Graduate Student | GEO 4105 | ahanna13 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Harris, John | Graduate Student | GEO 1113 | jharri20 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Hoff, Christiana | Graduate Student | CHM 0210A | ckhoff [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Jaross, Elaine | Graduate Student | GEO 4108 | ejaross [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Khatib, Aisha | Graduate Student | PHY 4308 | akhatib1 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Kim, Kyle | Graduate Student | GEO 2112 | kkim1228 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Lastner, Alexander | Graduate Student | GEO 4103 | alastner [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Lee, Yewon | Graduate Student | CHM 1221A | yewonlee [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Moyer, Benjamin | Graduate Student | PHY 4310 | blmoyer [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Mullen, Jennie-Jin | Graduate Student | GEO 4104 | jmullen2 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Naseem, Mariam | Graduate Student | PHY 4308 | mnaseem [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Núñez, Karla | Graduate Student | CHM 1223A | knunez12 [at] terpmail [dot] umd [dot] edu | |
Pedersen, Matthew | Graduate Student | CHM 1212D | mpederse [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Perry, Megan | Graduate Student | CHM 1227 | mperry19 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Raith, Madeline | Graduate Student | PHY 2330 | mraith1 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Shahid, Saffat | Graduate Student | GEO 4107 | sshahid2 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Shelton, Sydney | Graduate Student | CHM 1221A | sydneys8 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Shubham, Sourabh | Graduate Student | CHM 1223A | sourabh [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Sita, Madelyn | Graduate Student | GEO 2112 | msita2 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Slaughter, Weston | Graduate Student | CHM 1223B | wslaught [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Stepien, Kathleen | Graduate Student | CHM 0210A | kstep [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Sun, Jiayang | Graduate Student | BMS 3122 | jiayangs [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Turner, Austin | Graduate Student | BMS 3122 | arturner [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Udell-Lopez, Kathrine | Graduate Student | GEO 4107 | kudell [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Varah-Sikes, Cosmo | Graduate Student | GEO 2112 | cvarahsi [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Vig, Zachary | Graduate Student | GEO 4101 | zvig [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Willhite, Lori | Graduate Student | CHM 0226 | lnw [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Williams, Edward | Graduate Student | PHY 4310 | ewilli17 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Williams, Mikayla | Graduate Student | BMS 3122 | mwilli64 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Zipparo, Sophia | Graduate Student | CHM 1227 | szipparo [at] umd [dot] edu |
Faculty Assistants
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Doerrler, Andrew | Faculty Assistant | CHM 1212D | adoe76 [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Karwoski, Todd M. | Faculty Specialist | GEO 1115 | (301) 405-0084 | karwoski [at] umd [dot] edu |
Mon, Ashley | Faculty Assistant | CHM 1511 | amon [at] umd [dot] edu | |
Puchtel, Valentina | Faculty Assistant | CHM 0220 | (301) 405-5350 | vpuchtel [at] umd [dot] edu |
Wollney, Jenna | Faculty Assistant | CHM 1212E | (301) 405-6980 | jwollney [at] umd [dot] edu |
Affiliate Faculty
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Murtugudde, Raghu | Affiliate Professor | ESSIC 4025 | (301) 314-2622 | mahatma [at] umd [dot] edu |
Tornabene, Hope | CHM 0222 | hopet [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Zeng, Ning | Affiliate Professor | ATL 2417 | (301) 405-5377 | zeng [at] atmos [dot] umd [dot] edu |
Affiliate Faculty Emeriti
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Helz, George | Affiliate Professor Emeritus | CHM 3103 | (301) 946-3785 | helz [at] umd [dot] edu |
Non-Resident Faculty
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Cottrell, Elizabeth | Adjunct Professor | cottrelle [at] si [dot] edu | ||
Fei, Yingwei | Adjunct Professor | fei [at] gl [dot] ciw [dot] edu | ||
Mackwell, Stephen | Adjunct Professor | sjmackwell [at] gmail [dot] com | ||
Plescia, Jeffrey | Adjunct Professor | Jeffrey.Plescia [at] jhuapl [dot] edu | ||
Roberts, James | Adjunct Assistant Professor | James.Roberts [at] jhuapl [dot] edu | ||
Rudnick, Roberta L. | Adjunct Emerita Professor | rudnick [at] geol [dot] ucsb [dot] edu | ||
Shahar, Anat | Adjunct Professor | ashahar [at] ciw [dot] edu | ||
Siegrist, Galt | Professor Emeritus | g.a.siegrist [at] gmail [dot] com | ||
Smith, Deborah | Adjunct Professor | dksmith [at] nsf [dot] gov | ||
Stifel, Peter B. | Associate Professor Emeritus | stifel [at] friend [dot] ly [dot] net |
Visiting University Researchers
Name | Title | Office | Phone # | |
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Bermingham, Katherine R. | kberming [at] umd [dot] edu | |||
Cammarano, Fabio | fc [at] geo [dot] ku [dot] dk | |||
Dottin, James W. | CHM 0206A | jdottin [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Johnson, Tim | tim.johnson [at] curtin [dot] edu [dot] au | |||
Kim, Doyeon | dk696 [at] cornell [dot] edu | |||
Liu, Hongfei | CHM 1217B | hfliu [at] umd [dot] edu | ||
Maguire, Ross | rmaguire [at] unm [dot] edu |
Department Rooms
Room | Location | Point of Contact |
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Rock Preparation and Mineral Separation Labs | CHM 0212, CHM 0234 | |
Geochemistry Conference Room | CHM 0215 | |
Sample Preparatory Labs | CHM 0219, CHM 0221 | Inquiries: Igor Puchtel |
Senior's Room | CHM 1215 | Teaching Schedule |
Conference Room | CHM 2223C | |
Photocopy, Mailroom | GEO 1118 | |
Freshman Geology Lab | GEO 2106 | |
Geology Majors Lab I | GEO 2107 | |
Geology Majors Lab II | GEO 2117 | |
Museum | GEO 2118 | |
Storage | GEO 4112 | Inquiries: Philip Piccoli |
Rock Storage Facility | JUL 1108 |