Staff Directory
Director's Office/Administration
Simon Jowitt, Director/State Geologist, Professor-Economic Geologist, sjowitt@unr.edu, 702-287-6176
Jessica Corey, Business and Grants Manager, jessica@unr.edu, 775-682-8762
Sarah Bellows, Administrative Assistant, sarahb@unr.edu, 775-784-6691
Humma Oster, Administrative Assistant, hoster@unr.edu
Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library
Publication Sales and Information
nbmg@unr.edu, 775-682-8766
If you need an immediate response, please call.
Eli Mlawsky, Geoscience Data Manager, emlawsky@unr.edu, 775-682-9010
Camryn Burr, Administrative Assistant, camrynb@unr.edu, 775-682-8766
Griffin Burke-Ruhl, Project Coordinator, griffinb@unr.edu
Economic Geology, Geologic Mapping, and Geologic Framework
James E. Faulds, Professor, jfaulds@unr.edu, 775-682-6650
Christopher D. Henry, Research Geologist Emeritus, chenry@unr.edu, 775-682-8753
Andrew Zuza, Professor-Structural Geologist, azuza@unr.edu, 775-784-1446
Homayoun Fathollahzadeh, Postdoctoral research fellow, hfath@unr.edu
Mohammed Seid Mohammedyasin, Postdoctoral research fellow, mmohammedyasin@unr.edu
Jesse Scholpp, Postdoctoral research fellow, jscholpp@unr.edu
Geologic Hazards and Engineering Geology
Rich Koehler, Associate Director, Professor, rkoehler@unr.edu, 775-682-8763
Nevada Geodetic Laboratory
Geoffrey Blewitt, Research Professor, gblewitt@unr.edu, 775-682-8778
William C. Hammond, Research Professor, whammond@unr.edu, 775-784-6436
Corne W. Kreemer, Research Professor, kreemer@unr.edu, 775-682-8780
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Nicole Wagoner, Research Scientist, nwagoner@unr.edu, 775-682-8149Chao Lu, Geothermal Data Coordinator, chaolu@unr.edu, 775-682-9780
Geologic Mapping Program
William "Drew" Andrews, Geologic Mapping Program Manager, williamandrews@unr.edu, 775-682-7704Irene Edgerton, Geologic Map Production Lead, iseelye@unr.edu, 775-682-6338
Ryan Goldsby, Research Scientist, Geologic Mapping, rgoldsby@unr.edu
Greg Dering, Research Scientist, Geologic Mapping, gdering@unr.edu
Ryan Smith, GIS Analyst, rgsmith@unr.edu, 775-682-8207
Cartography, GIS, Web, and Publication Support
Jennifer Vlcan, Cartographic/GIS Manager, mauldin@unr.edu, 775-682-8759
Christina Clack, Graphic Designer, cclack@unr.edu, 775-682-6346
Graduate Students
Advised by Jim Faulds
Nada Mareechi Jacinto, Graduate Student, MS, nadamareechij@unr.edu
Marina Pokorny, Graduate Student, MS, mpokorny@unr.edu
Advised by Simon Jowitt
Jose Carlos Carbajal Ronces, Graduate Student, MS, jcarbajalronces@unr.edu
Sterling Ferguson, Graduate Student, Accelerated MS, sterlingferguson@unr.edu
Travis Fisher, Graduate Student, MS, travisfisher@unr.edu
Chris Kosmach, Graduate Student, MS, ckosmach@unr.edu
Brock Moody, Graduate Student, PhD, brockmoody@unr.edu
Amber Prevallet, Graduate Student, MS, aprevallet@unr.edu
Joe Rosal, Graduate Student, MS, josephrosal@unr.edu
Matthew Towne, Graduate Student, MS, matthewtowne@unr.edu
Ruben Underwood-Aguilar, Graduate Student, MS, runderwoodaguilar@unr.edu
Advised by Rich Koehler
Ryan Rutherford, Graduate Student, MS, ryanrutherford@unr.edu
Maya Gross, Graduate Student, MS, mayagross@unr.edu
Advised by Corne Kreemer
Kyleigh Poot, Graduate Student, MS, kpoot@unr.edu
Advised by Andrew Zuza
Lindsey Frenia, Graduate Student, MS, lfrenia@unr.edu
Terry Lee, Graduate Student, PhD, terrywaihol@unr.edu
Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty
Adjunct Faculty:
Mark Coolbaugh, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, mfc@unr.edu, 775-337-1545
Seth Dee, Adjunct Research Faculty, sdee@unr.edu, 541-520-4146
Emeritus Faculty:
John W. Bell, Professor Emeritus, jbell@unr.edu
Stephen B. Castor, Research Geologist Emeritus, scastor@unr.edu
Craig M. dePolo, Research Geologist Emeritus, cdepolo@unr.edu
Larry J. Garside, Research Geologist Emeritus, lgarside@unr.edu
Liang-Chi Hsu, Research Mineralogist Emeritus, lihsu@unr.edu
Paul Lechler, Chief Geochemist Emeritus, plechler@unr.edu
John Muntean, Research Economic Geologist, munteanj@unr.edu
Jonathan G. Price, State Geologist Emeritus, jprice@unr.edu
Alan R. Ramelli, Research Geologist Emeritus, ramelli@unr.edu
Lisa Shevenell, Research Hydrogeologist Emeritus, lisaas@unr.edu
Joseph V. Tingley, Research Geologist Emeritus, jtingley@unr.edu
August 2026
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