Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Lisa Greer
Harry E. and Mary Jayne W. Redenbaugh Term Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience and Core Faculty Member in Environmental Studies
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- Email: greerl@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8870
Professor Greer teaches general geology, global climate change, oceanography, history and evolution of the earth, and sedimentation and stratigraphy. She is a core member of the environmental studies faculty. She has spent years researching the health, abundance and history of the endangered Staghorn coral in the Caribbean.
Nicholas Barber
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: nbarber@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-5811
Professor Barber teaches general geology and earth materials. His research interests lie in the formation, evolution, and environmental effects of volcanism.
Madhumita Chakraborty
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: mchakraborty@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8866
Professor Chakraborty teaches general geology and courses on water resources and hydrology. Her research focuses on understanding water contamination dynamics and identifying safe water resources.
Christopher Connors
William E. Pritchard III ’80 Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
On Leave Fall and Spring Terms
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- Email: connorsc@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8514
Professor Connors teaches general geology, planetary geology, structural geology, field methods, geophysics, and petroleum geology. His research interests are in structural geology, fault-related folding and seismic interpretation of complex structures.
Maxwell Cunningham
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Professor Cunningham teaches geomorphology and GIS. My research explores how climate shapes landscapes through erosion, with a particular focus on how glaciers have influenced mountain landscapes in tropical regions such as Costa Rica, Colombia, Papua New Guinea, and East Africa.
Raja Das
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
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- Email: rdas@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8271
Professor Das teaches general geology. His research uses geospatial analytics, remote sensing, and machine learning to detect, predict, and monitor landslides, with the aim of reducing the risk that slope failures pose to people and infrastructure.
Margaret Anne Hinkle
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: hinklem@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8271
Professor Hinkle teaches general geology, water resources, environmental field methods, hydrology, and earth and environmental geochemistry. She is an affiliate member of the environmental studies faculty. Her research is aimed at understanding how biogeochemical processes at the mineral-water interface affect water composition.
Elizabeth Knapp
Director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity; Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: knappe@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8867
Professor Knapp teaches general geology and introduction to the geology of Hawaii. She is an affiliate member of the environmental studies faculty. She has researched low-temperature aqueous geochemistry and water quality/contaminant transport.
Jeffrey Rahl
Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: rahlj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8101
Professor Rahl teaches general geology, history of geology, tectonics, and rocks and minerals. His research focuses on tectonics and the process that controls the formation, growth and erosion of mountain belts.
Leah Youngquist
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
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- Email: lyoungquist@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8015
Professor Youngquist teaches general geology with an emphasis on tectonics, environmental impacts, and earth-society interactions. Their research focuses on understanding the co-evolution of mountain belts, rock material properties, and surface processes, in addition to a specific focus on subduction zone fault mechanics.
Staff
Emily Flowers Falls
Laboratory Technician, Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: fallse@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8868
Department Info
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Earth and Environmental Geoscience Department
204 West Washington Street
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450