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Dr. Jerald Brotzge
Dr. Jerald Brotzge
- Professor, Director of the Kentucky Mesonet and Kentucky Climate Center, Kentucky State Climatologist
  • jerald.brotzge@wku.edu
  • EST 436
  • 270-745-4215
  • http://kyclimate.org/
  • Areas of Interest: Applied climatology, instrumentation & networks, weather radar, severe weather, micro- & mesoscale meteorology, private sector meteorology
Jill Brown
Jill Brown
- Pedagogical Associate Professor
Dr. Margaret Crowder
Dr. Margaret Crowder
- Senior Instructor
  • margaret.crowder@wku.edu
  • EST 429
  • 270-745-5973
  • Areas of Interest: Geoscience education, leadership, diversity and women in STEM
Dr. Joshua Durkee
Dr. Joshua Durkee
- Professor, University Meteorologist, Department Vice Chair
Dr. Xingang Fan
Dr. Xingang Fan
- Professor
Dr. M. Royhan Gani
Dr. M. Royhan Gani
- Professor, Director of StrataMax (Stratigraphy Maximum) Lab
Dr. Nahid Gani
Dr. Nahid Gani
- Associate Professor, Geological Sciences Program Coordinator, Director of Landscape Geodynamics (LeGo) Lab
Dr. Greg Goodrich
Dr. Greg Goodrich
- Associate Professor, Meteorology Program Coordinator
Dr. Peggy Gripshover
Dr. Peggy Gripshover
- Professor
  • margaret.gripshover@wku.edu
  • EST 309
  • 270-745-3032
  • Areas of Interest: Cultural and historical geography, Kentucky, Craft Beer, sports geography (baseball), and equine geographies
Dr. Chris Groves
Dr. Chris Groves
- WKU Distinguished Professor, PG, Director of Crawford Hydrology Laboratory
Dr. Pat Kambesis
Dr. Pat Kambesis
- Instructor, GISP
  • pat.kambesis@wku.edu
  • EST 435
  • 270-745-5984
  • Areas of Interest: Caves & karst, karst geomorphology & geology, 3-D visualizations, morphometric analysis
Dr. Michael May
Dr. Michael May
- Professor, PG, Reynold's Geological Resources Lab, Rock and Sample Preparation Lab
  • michael.may@wku.edu
  • EST 335
  • 270-745-6891
  • Areas of Interest: Stratigraphy, energy and groundwater resources, geophysics, applied environmental geology
Amy Nemon
Amy Nemon
- Instructor II, GISP, Director of Geospatial Technologies Lab, Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies Program Coordinator, GIS Certificate Program Coordinator, WKU ESRI License Manager
  • amy.nemon@wku.edu
  • EST 359
  • 270-745-3082
  • Areas of Interest: GIS, Cartography, sustainability, environmental management, study abroad Ireland & Hawai'i
Dr. Leslie North
Dr. Leslie North
- Associate Professor & Department Chair, WKU Director of Sustainability
  • leslie.north@wku.edu
  • EST 304/305
  • 270-745-5982
  • Areas of Interest: Sustainability, caves & karst, informal science education, nature-based tourism, environmental management, eye-tracking
Dr. Jason Polk
Dr. Jason Polk
- Professor, Director of CHNGES, Geoscience Program Coordinator
  • jason.polk@wku.edu
  • EST 407
  • 270-745-5015
  • Areas of Interest: Groundwater, caves & karst, climate change, environmental management, international development, service learning
Kaycee Scott
Kaycee Scott
- Office Coordinator
Dr. Zachary Suriano
Dr. Zachary Suriano
- Assistant Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Jun Yan
Dr. Jun Yan
- Professor, GISP
  • jun.yan@wku.edu
  • EST 432
  • 270-745-8952
  • Areas of Interest: GIS, geographic information sciences, geospatial data sciences, geospatial analytics

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