Education

Ph.D. : Geophysical Sciences (University of Chicago) 1978
B.A. : Chemistry (University of California, San Diego) 1969

Research Interests

Environmental geochemistry, especially in interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the environment, and possible regulation of the environment by the biosphere

Use of the Internet and World Wide Web as an educational tool

Teaching

ESC 3704: Environmental Issues in Atmospheric and Earth Sciences
GLY 2010: Physical Geology/Evolution of the Earth
GLY 3164: Fire, Ice, and Wind: The Geologic Formation of National Parks and Monuments
GLY 3165: Water, Wind, and Caves: The Geologic Formation of National Parks and Monuments
GLY 4200C: Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry
GLY 4241: Environmental Geochemistry
GLY 4310C: Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
GLY 4750C: Field methods
GLY 5243: Environmental Geochemistry                                                                                                            GLY 6246: Advanced Environmental Geochemistry                                                                                     

Fall 2009 Courses

Environmental Issues in Atmospheric and Earth Science - ESC 3704

Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry - GLY 4200C

Summer 2 2009 Course

Evolution of the Earth - GLY 2010