Faculty and Staff

Robert A Hall Department Head Robert.Hall@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-1973 Office: MI 235B B.S., University of New Brunswick M.S., Queen’s University Ph.D., Queen’s University	Liangping Li Associate Professor Liangping.Li@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 314 M.S., China University of Geoscience Ph.D., Technical University of Valencia Research Webpage	Laurie Anderson Vice President of Research Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2493 Office: Ascent Innovation Building 137 B.A., University of Minnesota-Morris M.S., Bowling Green State University Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Webpage	Arden D Davis Professor Emeritus Arden.Davis@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2527 Office: MI 327B	Edward Duke Professor edward.duke@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2388 Office: EMES / MI 234 B.S. Beloit College M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College Research Webpage
James E. Fox Professor Emeritus James.Fox@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2467 Office: PRL 135	Zhi Ye Assistant Professor Zhi.Ye@sdsmt.edu B.S., Yangtze University D.Eng., China University of Petroleum Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma	Cleo J Heenan Senior Secretary Cleo.Heenan@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: GEOL / MI 305	Victoria M Karnes Instructor victoria.karnes@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 301 B.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology M.S., University of Arkansas	Kurt Katzenstein Associate Professor Kurt.Katzenstein@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2346 Office: MI 318 B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada – Reno Research Webpage
Sarah W Keenan Associate Professor Sarah.Keenan@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-5163 Office: PRL 111 B.S., University of St. Andrews M.S., University of Bristol Ph.D., University of Tennessee Personal Webpage	Timothy Masterlark Professor/Mickelson Professor timothy.masterlark@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2461 Office: GEOL / MI 308 B.S., University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire M.S., University of Wisconsin – Madison Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison Research Webpage	Roger L Nielsen Research Scientist IV Roger.Nielsen@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 334B B.S., University of Arizona M.S., University of Arizona Ph.D., Southern Methodist University	Darrin Pagnac Interim Director, Museum of Geology/Professor Darrin.Pagnac@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2469 Office: GEOL / PRL 211 B.S., University of North Dakota M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Ph.D., University of California – Riverside Research Website	Colin J. Paterson Professor Emeritus colin.paterson@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2461 Office: MI 334D B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Otago, New Zealand
Christopher Pellowski Coordinator/Instructor christopher.pellowski@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2465 Office: GEOL / MI 300 B.S., Winona State University M.S., Fort Hays State University Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Perry H. Rahn Professor Emeritus perry.rahn@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2527 Office: MI 327B B.A., Lafayette College B.S., Lafayette College Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University	Larry Stetler Professor Larry.Stetler@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2461 Office: MI 315 B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Ph.D., Washington State University Research Webpage	Gokce K Ustunisik Associate Professor Gokce.Ustunisik@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 302 B.S., Ankara University M.S., Ankara University Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Research Website	Nuri Uzunlar Professor Nuri.Uzunlar@sdsmt.edu Phone: (605) 394-2494 Office: GEOL / MI 306 B.S., Black Sea University Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Trevor S Waldien Assistant Professor Trevor.Waldien@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 310 B.S., Oregon State University M.S., Ph.D., University of California - Davis Research Website	Kevin Ward Assistant Professor Kevin.Ward@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2461 Office: MI 304 A.A.S., Linn-Benton Community College B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.S., University of Arizona Ph.D., University of Arizona Research Website	Samantha N Wright Samantha.Wright@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-219-8219 Office: PRL 213 B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Nathaniel Fox Nathaniel.Fox@sdsmt.edu Phone: 605-394-2487 Office: PRL 114 B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst M.S., East Tennessee State University Ph.D., University of California, Merced

Emeritus Faculty

Phillip Bjork – Professor Emeritus of Paleontology
Arden Davis - Professor Emeritus of Geology & Geological Engineering
James E. Fox - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering and Curator Emeritus of Invertebrate Paleontology for the Museum of Geology
James Martin – Professor Emeritus of Geology
Colin Paterson - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
Perry Rahn - Professor Emeritus of Geological Engineering
Dr. William Roggenthen - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
John Foster Sawyer - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering

Courtesy Adjunct Appointments (Faculty or Research Scientist)

Mark Anderson – Research Scientist, USGS
Dr. Rachel Benton - Faculty, Retired Park Paleontologist
Dr. Joshua Valder - Faculty, USGS

SD Mines GGE Graduate Students

Contact Us

All South Dakota Mines undergraduate engineering programs are accredited by ABET.
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
501 E. St. Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD 57701

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Department Head

Robert Hall, Professor
Phone: 605-394-1973
Robert.Hall@sdsmt.edu

General Information and Room Scheduling

Cleo Heenan, Department Secretary
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Cleo.Heenan@sdsmt.edu

Geological Engineering BS

Larry Stetler, Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Larry.Stetler@sdsmt.edu

Graduate Programs

Dr. Trevor Waldien, Assistant Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Liangping.Li@sdsmt.edu

Non-thesis Graduate Students (Paleontology)

Darrin Pagnac, Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2469
Darrin.Pagnac@sdsmt.edu

Geology BS

Timothy Masterlark, Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Timothy.Masterlark@sdsmt.edu

Student Co-op registration (GEOL and GEOE)

Larry Stetler, Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Larry.Stetler@sdsmt.edu

Non-thesis Graduate Students (Geological Engineering/Geology)

Timothy Masterlark, Professor
Phone: (605) 394-2461
Timothy.Masterlark@sdsmt.edu

Field Camp Programs through the Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station

(website: http://geologyfieldcamp.sdsmt.edu/)
Nuri Uzunlar, Professor and

BHNSFS Director
Phone: (605) 394-2494
Nuri.Uzunlar@sdsmt.edu