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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
  • 270-745-5983
  • http://kyclimate.org/
  • Areas of Interest: Applied climatology, instrumentation & networks, weather radar, severe weather, micro- & mesoscale meteorology, private sector meteorology
Dr. Margaret Crowder
Dr. Margaret Crowder
- Senior Instructor, Undergraduate Advisor
  • 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, Director - WKU DSOC, Program Coordinator - Disaster Science B.S. & M.S. programs, University Leadership Fellow
  • joshua.durkee@wku.edu
  • EST 362
  • 270-745-8777
  • http://people.wku.edu/joshua.durkee/
  • Areas of Interest: Event and incident meteorological forecasting and decision-support, expert meteorological consulting, forensic meteorology, disaster science certification, severe and disruptive weather monitoring and prediction, precipitation science, hydrometeorology
Dr. Xingang Fan
Dr. Xingang Fan
- Professor
Dr. M. Royhan Gani
Dr. M. Royhan Gani
- Professor, Director - StrataMax (Stratigraphy Maximum) Lab
Dr. Nahid Gani
Dr. Nahid Gani
- Professor, Director - Landscape Geodynamics (LeGo) Lab, University Leadership Fellow
Dr. Greg Goodrich
Dr. Greg Goodrich
- Associate Professor, Program Coordinator -Meteorology program
Dr. Chris Groves
Dr. Chris Groves
- WKU Distinguished Professor, PG, Director - Crawford Hydrology Laboratory
Penny Hughes
Penny Hughes
- Office Coordinator
Dr. Pat Kambesis
Dr. Pat Kambesis
- Instructor, GISP
  • pat.kambesis@wku.edu
  • EST 435
  • Areas of Interest: Caves & karst, karst geomorphology & geology, 3-D visualizations, morphometric analysis
Amy Nemon
Amy Nemon
- Instructor II, GISP, Director - Geospatial Technologies Lab, Program Coordinator - Environmental, Earth, and Sustainability Sciences and GIS Certificate, WKU ESRI License Manager
  • amy.nemon@wku.edu
  • EST 359
  • 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 - Office 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 - WKU CHNGES
  • jason.polk@wku.edu
  • EST 407
  • 270-745-5015
  • Areas of Interest: Groundwater, caves & karst, climate change, environmental management, international development, service learning
Dr. Giliane Rasbold
Dr. Giliane Rasbold
- Assistant Professor, Director - Paleo 2 Lab
  • giliane.rasbold@wku.edu
  • EST 333
  • 270-745-4715
  • Areas of Interest Paleoecology, paleolimnology, wetlands, lakes, and siliceous microfossils.
Dr. Manmeet Singh
Dr. Manmeet Singh
- Assistant Professor, Director - DSOC AI Laboratory
  • manmeet.singh@wku.edu
  • EST 360
  • 512-296-9098
  • https://manmeet3591.github.io/
  • Areas of Interest Artificial Intelligence for climate and disaster science, weather prediction, urban climate, aerosol-monsoon interactions, climate-health modeling, and Earth system modeling
Dr. Zachary Suriano
Dr. Zachary Suriano
- Associate Professor, Assistant Kentucky State Climatologist, Director - WKU Climate Research Lab, Program Coordinator - Geoscience M.S. program
Dr. Jun Yan
Dr. Jun Yan
- Professor, GISP
  • jun.yan@wku.edu
  • EST 432
  • Areas of Interest: GIS, geographic information sciences, geospatial data sciences, geospatial analytics

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