Staff Directory

Administration

Staff photo of Anthony (Tony) C. Runkel.
Anthony (Tony) C. Runkel
He/Him
Interim Director, Lead Geologist, Phanerozoic Geologist
runke001@umn.edu
612-626-1822
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Barbara Lusardi.
Barbara A. Lusardi
She/Her
Associate Director, Quaternary Geologist, Outreach Coordinator
lusar001@umn.edu
612-626-5119
Minnesota Geological Survey

Administrative Support Staff

Staff photo of Alex Behling.
Alex Behling
Office Support Assistant
behli052@umn.edu
612-626-2969
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Beth Hagel.
Beth Hagel
Finance Professional
bhagel@umn.edu
612-626-1741
Minnesota Geological Survey

Editor

Lori Robinson
Editor
robin126@umn.edu
612-626-3369
Minnesota Geological Survey

Glacial Geology (Quaternary)

Maximiliano Bezada Diaz
Quaternary Geologist
mbezadad@umn.edu
612-625-3507
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Emma Collins.
Emma S. Collins
Quaternary Geologist
coll1341@umn.edu
612-626-7429
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Daniel R. Conrad.
Daniel R. Conrad
Quaternary Geologist
dconrad@umn.edu
612-626-4819
Minnesota Geological Survey
Angela S. Gowan
Quaternary Geologist
gowa0001@umn.edu
612-626-6451
Minnesota Geological Survey
Ethan Kurak
Quaternary Geologist
kurak006@umn.edu
612-626-6744
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Barbara Lusardi.
Barbara A. Lusardi
She/Her
Associate Director, Quaternary Geologist, Outreach Coordinator
lusar001@umn.edu
612-626-5119
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Maurice Nguyen.
Maurice Nguyen
Quaternary Geologist
nguyenm@umn.edu
612-626-5437
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Angela Radke.
Angela J. Radke
She/Her
Quaternary Geologist
berth084@d.umn.edu
612-626-2495
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Emma Schneider.
Emma L. Schneider
She/Her
Quaternary Geologist
schn0758@umn.edu
612-626-6901
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Jordan Van Berkel.
Jordan Van Berkel
He/Him
Quaternary Geologist
jvanberk@umn.edu
612-626-8739
Minnesota Geological Survey

Sedimentary Bedrock Geology (Paleozoic & Mesozoic)

Staff photo of Anthony (Tony) C. Runkel.
Anthony (Tony) C. Runkel
He/Him
Interim Director, Lead Geologist, Phanerozoic Geologist
runke001@umn.edu
612-626-1822
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Andrew Retzler.
Andrew J. Retzler
He/Him
Phanerozoic Geologist
aretzler@umn.edu
612-626-3895
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Julia Steenberg.
Julia Steenberg
Phanerozoic Geologist
jsteenb@umn.edu
612-626-3103
Minnesota Geological Survey

Igneous & Metamorphic Bedrock Geology (Precambrian)

Staff photo of Amy Radakovich Block.
Amy Radakovich Block
She/Her
Precambrian Geologist
rada0042@d.umn.edu
612-626-4434
Minnesota Geological Survey
Eric Nowariak
Precambrian Geologist
nowar005@d.umn.edu
612-626-4791
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Allison Severson.
Allison Severson
She/Her
Precambrian Geologist
sever270@d.umn.edu
612-626-4067
Minnesota Geological Survey

Geophysics

Aaron Hirsch
He/Him
Geophysicist
ahirsch@umn.edu
612-626-4028
Minnesota Geological Survey

Geologic Information Science (GIS)

Corey Betchwars
Geologic Information Scientist
betch038@umn.edu
612-626-8811
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Sarah Francis.
Sarah Francis
She/Her
Geologic Information Scientist
franc944@umn.edu
612-626-8292
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Bill Grimm.
Bill Grimm
Geologic Information Scientist
grimm246@umn.edu
612-626-7026
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Jacqueline Hamilton.
Jacqueline Hamilton
Geologic Information Scientist
stub0035@umn.edu
612-626-6451
Minnesota Geological Survey

County Well Index (CWI) Database

Emily J. Bauer
Information Systems Geology
bauer010@umn.edu
612-626-0909
Minnesota Geological Survey
Marlee Dietrich
Subsurface Geologic Field Specialist
dietr143@umn.edu
612-626-4108
Minnesota Geological Survey
Staff photo of Jordan Mayer.
Jordan A. Mayer
He/Him
Subsurface Geologic Field Specialist, Minnesota Geological Survey
jmayer@umn.edu
612-626-4555
Minnesota Geological Survey

Field Technicians

NameTitleEmailPhone
Reilly AndersonField Technicianand03317@umn.edu 
Evan BatesField Technicianbates438@umn.edu 
Loren NalandField Techniciannalan003@umn.edu 
Hayley OrlowskiField Technicianorlow039@umn.edu 

Emeritus Staff

NameTitleEmailPhone
David L. SouthwickDirector Emeritus  
Paul W. WeiblenProfessor Emerituspweib@umn.edu