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
Allison Kerley, Administrative Assistant III, allisonkerley@unr.edu, 775-784-6691
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
Rachel Micander, Geologic Information Specialist, rmicander@unr.edu, 775-682-8767
Bret Pecoraro, Development Technician, pecoraro@unr.edu, 775-682-8775
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
Jorge Crespo Mena, Assistant Professor Research, jcrespomena@unr.edu
Christopher D. Henry, Research Geologist Emeritus, chenry@unr.edu, 775-682-8753
Andrew Zuza, Associate Professor-Structural Geologist, azuza@unr.edu, 775-784-1446
Homayoun Fathollahzadeh, Postdoctoral research fellow, hfath@unr.edu
Geologic Hazards and Engineering Geology
Craig M. dePolo, Research Geologist, cdepolo@unr.edu
Rich Koehler, Associate 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
Bret Pecoraro, Development Technician, pecoraro@unr.edu, 775-682-8775
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Cary Lindsey, Research Geologist, caryl@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
Drew Levy, Research Scientist, Geologic Mapping, drewl@unr.edu, 775-784-6050
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
Ian Adams, Graduate Student, MS, ijadams@unr.edu
Nicole Wagoner, Graduate Student, PhD, nwagoner@unr.edu
Advised by Bill Hammond
Aren Crandall-Bear, Graduate Student, PhD, arencrandallbear@gmail.com
Advised by Simon Jowitt
Alyssa Lindsey, Graduate Student, MS, alyssalindsey@unr.edu
Amber Prevallet, Graduate Student, MS, aprevallet@unr.edu
Brock Moody, Graduate Student, PhD, brockmoody@unr.edu
Chris Kosmach, Graduate Student, MS
Joe Rosal, Graduate Student, MS, josephrosal@unr.edu
Jose Carlos Carbajal Ronces, Graduate Student, MS
Marcus Angus, Graduate Student, MS, mangus@unr.edu
Solomon Feinstein, Graduate Student, PhD, sfeinstein@unr.edu
Sterling Ferguson, Graduate Student, Accelerated MS, sterlingferguson@unr.edu
Travis Fisher, Graduate Student, MS, travisfisher@unr.edu
Advised by Rich Koehler Advised by Corne Kreemer Advised by Andrew Zuza Adjunct Faculty: Emeritus Faculty: May 2025
CJ McNeil, Graduate Student, PhD, jmcneil@unr.edu
Rachel Micander, Graduate Student, MS, rmicander@unr.edu
Rob Fuller, Graduate Student, robertfuller@unr.edu
Nina Miller, Graduate Student, PhD, ninamiller20@gmail.com
Terry Lee, Graduate Student, PhD, terrywaihol@unr.edu
Ryan Parkyn, Graduate Student, rparkyn@unr.edu
Dominik Vlaha, Graduate Student, MS, dvlaha@nevada.unr.edu
Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty
Mark Coolbaugh, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, mfc@unr.edu, 775-337-1545
John W. Bell, Professor Emeritus, jbell@unr.edu
Stephen B. Castor, Research Geologist Emeritus, scastor@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
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