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Faculty	Emeriti
Adjuncts	Sessional Instructors

Faculty

Ihsan S. Al-Aasm - Professor and Head of Department - On sabbatical leave from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Baghdad), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
Diagenesis, Low-temperature Geochemistry
alaasm@uwindsor.ca, x2494, room 206 Memorial Hall

Maria T. Cioppa - Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Carleton), M.Sc. (Victoria), Ph.D. (Lehigh)
Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism of Hydrocarbon-associated Rocks, Environmental Magnetism
mcioppa@uwindsor.ca, x2502, room 103 Memorial Hall

Aaron T. Fisk - Associate Professor
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Manitoba)
Aquatic Toxicology, Aquatic Ecology
afisk@uwindsor.ca, x4740, room 241, Great Lakes Institute Building

Brian J. Fryer - Professor, Director of Great Lakes Institute
B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (M.I.T.), F.R.S.C.
Environmental and Analytical Geochemistry
bfryer@uwindsor.ca, x3750, room 232, Great Lakes Institute Building

Joel E. Gagnon - Assistant Professor
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Windsor); Ph.D. (McGill); C.P.G. (AIPG); L.P.G. (IN); C.P. (MI)
Analytical and Applied Geochemistry, Mineral Deposits
jgagnon@uwindsor.ca, x2496, room 209 Memorial Hall

Phil A. Graniero - Associate Professor, Bachelor of Environmental Studies Coordinator
B.E.S., M.E.S. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Toronto)
GIS, Environmental Modelling, Geospatial Information Technology
graniero@uwindsor.ca, x2485, room 211 Memorial Hall

V.C. Lakhan - Professor - On sabbatical leave from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
B.A. (Guyana), M.A. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Toronto), F.R.G.S (UK), C.E.S. (US)
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Resource Management
lakan@uwindsor.ca, x2183, room 112 Memorial Hall

Ali Polat - Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Technical University of Istanbul), M.Sc. (Houston), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
Trace element and isotope geochemistry, geodynamics
polat@uwindsor.ca, x2498, room 212 Memorial Hall

Cyril G. Rodrigues - Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Science
B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Micropaleontology and Paleooceanography
cgr@uwindsor.ca, x2499, room 305 Memorial Hall

Iain M. Samson - Professor - Acting Head of Department from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010
B.Sc., Ph.D. (Strathclyde);
Geochemistry, Hydrothermal Systems and MIneral Deposits
ims@uwindsor.ca, x2489, room 310A Memorial Hall

Frank Simpson - Professor
B.Sc. (Edinburgh), Dr. Nat. Sc. (Jagiellonian U. Krakow), P.Eng., P.Geo.
Reservoir Geology, Soil and Water Conservation
franks@uwindsor.ca, x2487, room 110 Memorial Hall

Alan S. Trenhaile - University Professor
B.Sc., Ph.D. (Wales), D.Sc. (Wales)
Coastal Geomorphology and Management
tren@uwindsor.ca, x2184, room 205 Memorial Hall

Christopher G. Weisener - Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (South Australia)
Environmental and Aqueous Geochemistry, Applied Biogeochemistry
weisener@uwindsor.ca, x3753, Great Lake Institute Building

Jianwen Yang - Associate Professor
B.Eng (Guilin Inst of Geology), M. Eng (Central-South University of Technology), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Geofluids, Hydrogeology and Geophysics
jianweny@uwindsor.ca, x2181, room 107 Memorial Hall

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University Professor Emeritus

David T.A. Symons
B.A.Sc. (Toronto), A.M. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.
Paleomagnetism: Geotectonics and Ore Deposits
dsymons@uwindsor.ca, x2493, room 102C Memorial Hall

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Professors Emeriti

Peter P. Hudec
B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic), P.Eng.
Durability of Construction Materials
hudec@uwindsor.ca, x2491, room B16 Memorial Hall

Marie E. Sanderson
B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Maryland), Ph.D. (Michigan)

Terence E. Smith
B.Sc., Ph.D. (Wales)
Geochemistry of Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks
tsmith@uwindsor.ca, x2492, room B04 Memorial Hall

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Adjunct Professors

Doreen Ames
B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Economic Geology
dames@nrcan.gc.ca

Tucker Barrie
B.Sc. (Michigan), M.A. (Texas), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Economic Geology
barriect@sympatico.ca

William H. Blackburn
B.Sc. (St. Francis Xavier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Inorganic geochemistry, clay mineralogy
blackbu@uwindsor.ca

Mario Coniglio
B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Memorial)
Carbonate Sedimentology, diagenesis
coniglio@uwaterloo.ca

David A. Fowle
B.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Notre Dame)
Geomicrobiology, Aqueous and Bio-geochemistry
fowle@ku.edu

John D. Greenough
B.Sc. (Acadia), M.Sc. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Memorial)
Platinum-group elements in igneous rocks
john.greenough@ubc.ca

Placido LaValle
B.A. (Columbia), M.A. (Southern Illinois), Ph.D. (Iowa)
Coastal Geomorphology
plavall@uwindsor.ca

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Sessional Instructors



Visiting Professors

Fereydoun Ghazban
B.Sc. (Tehran), M.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Isotope Geochemistry, Environmental Geochemistry
fghazban@ut.ac.ir