Faculty and Staff

Steve Guggino, Ph.D.
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Geology
Geochemistry
Office: Herty 1104B
Phone: 912-478-7836
Email: sguggino@georgiasouthern.edu

Chester Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology
Sedimentary & Coastal Geology
Office: Herty 2115
Phone: 912-478-0174
Email: cjackson@georgiasouthern.edu

Jacque Kelly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology
Groundwater Geochemistry & Coastal Hydrology
Office: Herty 0105
Phone:912-478-8677
Email: jkelly@georgiasouthern.edu

A. Brooke Lord, M.S.
Part Time Faculty of Geology
Office: Herty 1104C
Phone: 912-478-1744
Email: alord@georgiasouthern.edu

Nicholas Radko, M.S.
Senior Lecturer of Geology
Mineralogy & Environmental Geology
Office: Herty 1100D
Phone: 912-478-5640
Email: nradko@georgiasouthern.edu

James Reichard, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology
Hydrogeology & Environmental Geology
Office: Herty 0104
Phone: 912-478-5546
Email: jreich@georgiasouthern.edu

Fredrich Rich, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Geology
Palynology & Paleoecology
Office: Herty 1113A
Phone: 912-478-0849
Email: frich@georgiasouthern.edu

Kathlyn Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology & Museum Curator
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology
Office: Herty 1116
Phone: 912-478-5398
Email: ksmith@georgiasouthern.edu

R. Kelly Vance, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology & Sea Turtle Program Co-Director
Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry
Office: Herty 2116C
Phone: 912-478-5353
Email: rkvance@georgiasouthern.edu

Clark Alexander, Ph.D.
Director & Professor Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Office: 10 Ocean Science Circle
Phone: 912-598-2329
Email: Clark.Alexander@skio.uga.edu

Christine Hladik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Remote Sensing and Coastal Ecology
Office: Herty 1102A
Phone: 912-478-0338
Email: chladik@georgiasouthern.edu

Chester Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology
Sedimentary & Coastal Geology
Office: Herty 2115
Phone: 912-478-0174
Email: cjackson@georgiasouthern.edu

Meimei Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Office: Armstrong Campus – Science Center 2009
Phone: 912-344-2974
Email: meimeilin@georgiasouthern.edu

Amy Potter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Cultural/Human Geographies and Tourism
Office: Armstrong Campus Science Center 1014
Phone: 912-344-3612
Email: amypotter@georgiasouthern.edu

Munshi Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Office: Herty 2100F
Phone: 912-478-6029
Email: mkrahman@georgiasouthern.edu

Helen Rosko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Human Geography
Office: Herty 1113
Phone:
Email: hrosko@georgiasouthern.edu

Wei Tu, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science
GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Health Geography
Office: Herty 2100E
Phone: 912-478-5233
Email: wtu@georgiasouthern.edu

Robert Yarbrough, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Cultural and Nature-Society Geographies
Office: Herty 113B
Phone: 912-478-5361
Email: ryarbrough@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Daniel Gleason, Director and Professor of Biology

Office: Herty, 1110

912-478-5361
Email: dgleason@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Gleason is the Director of ICPS and Professor of Biology at Georgia Southern University.  He received his BS degree in Biology from Furman University, and his MS and PhD from the University of Houston.  His temperate work has been conducted in and around Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary and is directed toward gaining a better understanding of the ecology of the sessile invertebrate fauna (e.g./ corals, sponges, sea squirts) that dominate the hard-bottom reefs. You can visit his research lab website at sites.google.com/georgiasouthern.edu/gleason-lab/

Lorenza Beati, Professor of Biology & Curator for the United States National Tick Collection (USNTC)

Office: Math/Physics, 3058B

Email: lorenzabeati@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Beati’s main interests include evolution, phylogeny, phylogeography and population genetics of ticks and other arthropod vectors.  She studies tick diversity based on both morphological and molecular aspects.  You can visit her website at lorenzabeati.klacto.net/

Dmitry Apanaskevich, Professor of Biology & Assistant Curator for the United States National Tick Collection (USNTC)

Office: Math/Physics, 3057

Email: dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Apanaskevich received his PhD from the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences in Parasitology/Tick Taxonomy.  His major research interests include taxonomy ofixodid ticks, phylogeny of ixodid ticks, and host-parasite relationships of ixodid ticks.  Other areas of interests/activities are maintaining the US National Tick Collection (USNTC), re-identification of tick specimens already presented in the USNTC with special emphasis to most taxonomically difficult groups of ticks, and identification of newly received tick collections.  You can visit his website at sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/dapanask/home

Tyler Cyronak, Assistant Professor

Office: Math/Physics, 3060

Email: tcyronak@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Cyronak runs the Coastal Carbon Laboratory (CCL) in the ICPS at Georgia Southern University. Research in the CCL focuses on the carbon cycle in coastal ecosystems such as estuaries, marshes, coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds. We are interested in the role that these ecosystems play in the global carbon cycle, how they will be affected by climate change, and what role they can play in carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Learn more about the CCL: https://www.marinebiogeochem.com/