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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental Geology

Affiliated Faculty

photo of Göran Ekström
photo of Göran Ekström
Full-Time Faculty

Göran Ekström

Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Interest

Geophysics
Earthquake Physics
Environmental Geology
Geodynamics
Geomorphology
Seismology
Solid Earth Geophysics
Structural Geology
Tectonophysics
Volcanology
photo of Mike Kaplan
photo of Mike Kaplan
Affiliated Faculty

Mike Kaplan

Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Research Interest

Geochemistry
Geology
Paleoclimate
Biogeochemistry
Cryosphere
Environmental Geology
Geomorphology
Polar Studies
Low Temperature Geochemistry
Paleoclimatology
Glaciology
photo of Folarin (Fola) Kolawole
photo of Folarin (Fola) Kolawole
Full-Time Faculty

Folarin (Fola) Kolawole

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Interest

Geology
Geophysics
Basin Evolution
Earthquake Physics
Environmental Geology
Geodynamics
Geomorphology
Gravity
Marine Geology
Marine Geophysics
Seismology
Solid Earth Geophysics
Structural Geology
Tectonophysics
photo of Dorothy M. Peteet
photo of Dorothy M. Peteet
Part-Time Faculty

Dorothy M. Peteet

Senior Research Scientist at NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Adjunct Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Research Interest

Biogeoscience
Paleoclimate
Arctic Studies
Environmental Geology
Paleoclimatology
Paleoecology
Palynology
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