Faculty

Our People

John C. Ayers Professor Ph.D. 1991, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Email (615) 322-2158 5707 Stevenson	Geochemistry Experimental Petrology Sustainability Science
Ralf Bennartz 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 Senior Lecturer Ph.D. 2011, Vanderbilt University	Email (615) 343-4515 6702 Stevenson	Igneous Petrology Geochemistry Magma Chamber Processes
Simon Darroch Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2014, Yale University	Email (615) 875-8432 6709 Stevenson	Paleoecology Geobiology Biogeography
Larisa R.G. DeSantis Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2009, University of Florida	Email (615) 343-7831 5721 Stevenson	Vertebrate Paleontology Paleoecology Paleoclimates
David Jon Furbish Professor Ph.D. 1985, University of Colorado	Email (615) 322-2137 5719 Stevenson	Hydrology Geomorphology Fluid Mechanics
Jonathan M. Gilligan Associate Professor Ph.D. 1991, Yale University	Email (615) 322-2420 5735 Stevenson	Atmospheric Science Science Policy
Steven L. Goodbred, Jr. Professor and Chair Ph.D. 1999, College of William and Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science	Email (615) 343-6424 5726A Stevenson	Sedimentary Systems Quaternary Environments Coastal, Marine, & Deltaic processes
Guilherme Gualda Associate Professor Ph.D. 2007, The University of Chicago	Email (615) 322-3840 5717 Stevenson	Igneous Petrology Volcanism Mineralogy Geochemistry
George M. Hornberger Distinguished University Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. 1970, Stanford University	Email (615) 322-1144 155 Buttrick	Hydrology
Maria Luisa Jorge Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2007, University of Illinois at Chicago	Email (615) 322-2160 6705 Stevenson	Movement Ecology Trophic Interactions Conservation Biology
Neil Kelley Senior Lecturer and Research Asst. Professor Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Davis	Email 6707 Stevenson	Paleontology Paleoecology Macroevolution Marine Reptiles
Calvin F. Miller Professor, William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair in Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. 1977, Univ. of California, Los Angeles	Email (615) 322-2232 5707 Stevenson	Igneous Petrology Tectonics Magma Chamber Processes
Daniel Morgan Senior Lecturer and Assistant Dean Ph.D. 2009, University of Washington	Email (615) 343-3154 311D Kirkland 5723 Stevenson	Geomorphology Geochronology
Jessica Oster Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Davis	Email (615) 322-1461 6744 Stevenson	Paleoclimatology Low Temperature Geochemistry Cave and Karst Studies
Garrett Tate Senior Lecturer and Research Asst. Professor Ph.D. 2014, Princeton University	Email 6701 Stevenson	Tectonics Structural Geology