Graduate Faculty

All tenure/tenure track faculty members in the Department have full graduate faculty membership and can serve any function related to graduate advising.
Functions are:

  • Primary advisor or Co-advisor for both Ph.D. or MS
  • Any role on examining committees, including examiner, thesis reviewer, and/or committee chair (both Ph.D. and MS)
  • Exam committee member for Earth Sciences minor
  • Teach graduate-level courses

The following table shows members of the graduate faculty who are either in our department but not tenure/tenure track or who are not in our department and have been appointed with specific roles related to graduate advising. 
Functions that ALL these members can do:

  • Exam committee member, including thesis reviewer, on MS thesis committee
  • Exam committee member for Earth Sciences minor
  • Teach graduate-level courses

The functions of advising, co-advising, serving on and/or chairing exam committees, and reviewing theses vary from person to person. This table will only address advising/co-advising. For more information regarding individual faculty roles, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Max Bezada at mbezada@umn.edu.
Students with a University login can access faculty roles via the university faculty roles website. 

NameInstitutionDepartment/UnitEmail
Almendinger, JimUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesalmen001@umn.edu
Barker, JoelUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesbarke269@umn.edu
Bilardello, DarioUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesInstitute for Rock Magnetismdario@umn.edu
Brengman, LatishaUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Scienceslbrengma@d.umn.edu
Brown, ErikUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesetbrown@d.umn.edu
Brown, MaxUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesmcbrown@umn.edu 
Curry-Rogers, KristinaMacalester CollegeDepartment of Biologyrogersk@macalester.edu
Davis, FredUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesfdavis@d.umn.edu
DeLong, StephenUS Geological Survey sdelong@usgs.gov
Edlund, MarkScience Museum of MinnesotaSt. Croix Watershed Research Stationmedlund@smm.org
Engstrom, DanScience Museum of MinnesotaSt. Croix Watershed Research Stationdre@umn.edu
Fayon, AnniaUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesfayon001@umn.edu
Flood, BeverlyUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesbeflood@umn.edu
Gallup, ChristinaUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencescgallup@d.umn.edu
Goodge, JohnUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesjgoodge@d.umn.edu
Gran, KarenUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Scienceskgran@d.umn.edu
Hamilton, TrinityUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Plant and Microbial Biologytrinityh@umn.edu
Hansen, VickiUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesvhansen@d.umn.edu
Hastings, AlexScience Museum of MinnesotaPaleontologyahastings@smm.org 
Heathcote, AdamScience Museum of MinnesotaSt. Croix Watershed Research Stationaheathcote@smm.org
Jennings, CarrieFreshwater Society cjennings@freshwater.org
Jones, DanielNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesdaniel.s.jones@nmt.edu
Larson, PhillipMinnesota State University, MankatoDepartment of Geographyphillip.larson@mnsu.edu 
Millet, DylanUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDepartment of Soil, Water, and Climatedbm@umn.edu
Mooers, HowardUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Scienceshmooers@d.umn.edu
Penn, LeeUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDepartment of Chemistryrleepenn@umn.edu
Rogers, RaymondMacalester CollegeDepartment of Geologyrogers@macalester.edu
Runkel, AnthonyUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinnesota Geological Surveyrunke001@umn.edu
Sheik, CodyUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDepartment of Biologycssheik@d.umn.edu 
Steinman, ByronUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesbsteinma@d.umn.edu
Toner, BrandyUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDepartment of Soil, Water, and Climatetoner@umn.edu
Wattrus, NigelUniversity of Minnesota, DuluthDept of Earth & Environmental Sciencesnwattrus@d.umn.edu
Zimmerman, MarkUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesDept of Earth & Environmental Scienceszimme030@umn.edu