Research Emphases

• Geomicrobiology and life in extreme environments
• Geophysics, seismology, and mantle dynamics
• Hydrogeology and contaminant transport
• Igneous petrology and volcanology
• Isotope Geochemistry - radiogenic and stable
• Low-temperature geochemistry
• Mineralogy and crystallography
• Mineral surface geochemistry
• Paleoclimatology and geomorphology
• Sedimentology and stratigraphy
• Tectonics and structural geology

Faculty

Mark R. Boardman (professor and director of IES))
Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1978
Carbonate sedimentology, geochemistry, climatology

Michael Brudzinski (assistant professor)
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana 2002
Geophysics, seismology and mantle dynamics

Brian S. Currie (associate professor)
Ph.D. University of Arizona 1998
Tectonics, sedimentology, basin analysis

Yildirim Dilek (professor)
Ph.D. University of California at Davis 1989
Tectonics, structural geology, tectonic geomorphology

Hailiang Dong (associate professor)
Ph.D. University of Michigan 1997
Geomicrobiology, geochemistry, volcanology

William K. Hart (professor and chair)
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University 1982
Volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry

Jonathan Levy (associate professor)
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin at Madison 1993
Hydrogeology, contaminant transport

John F. Rakovan (associate professor)
Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook 1996
Mineral surface geochemistry, mineralogy

Jason A. Rech (assistant professor)
Ph.D. University of Arizona 2001
Quaternary geology, surficial processes, geochemistry

Elisabeth Widom (associate professor)
Ph.D. University of California at Santa Cruz 1991
Isotope geochemistry, crust/mantle processes

Research Facilities

The Department of Geology houses research laboratories for the investigation of a variety of earth materials and processes. Many of these laboratories support material preparation and analysis using departmental instrumentation including: DC plasma spectrometer, multi-collector thermal ionization mass spectrometer, HPLC ion chromatograph, atomic force/scanning tunneling microscope, single-crystal and powder x-ray diffractometers, single-crystal x-ray cameras, electrophoretic mobility analyzer, streaming potential analyzer, portable seismometers and cathode luminoscope. Additional shared facilities on campus include microbiology laboratories, scanning and transmission electron microscopy laboratories, ICP-MS laboratory and remote sensing and GIS computer laboratories. In addition, collaborations with numerous research laboratories and institutions provide access to facilities not available on campus. The Department maintains active field programs around the world, including a field station in Wyomng.

Financial Assistance

All current students are supported by nine-month teaching or research assistantships plus duty-free summer stipends. These awards carry full tuition waivers for the academic year and summer terms. Applications for graduate study and financial support should be received no later than February 1 for the following academic year.

For more information, contact:

Mrs. Cathy Edwards
Administrative Assistant
Department of Geology
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-3216
E-mail: edwardca@muohio.edu

www.muohio.edu/geology/