Great Basin Center Personnel
  Director

Dr. Lisa Shevenell, Hydrogeologist
Email: geothermal@mines.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-1779  Fax:  (775) 327-5801
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0057

              
                 
                   
  Associate Director

Dr. Kwang Kim, Associate Professor,   Mechanical Engineering
Email: kwangkim@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-7522  Fax:  (775) 784-1701
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 256, Reno, NV  89557

              
                   
  Program Officer

Peggy Brown, Central Point of Contact for the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Email: geothermal@mines.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-7018  Fax:  (775) 327-5801
259 Paul Laxalt Mineral Research Building, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557-0138

              
                   
             
 

Dr. Geoffrey Blewitt, Research Professor
Email: gblewitt@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 682-8778   Fax:  (775) 784-1709
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0057

          
             
                   
   

Dr. Wendy Calvin, Research Associate Professor
Email: wcalvin@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-1785     Fax:  (775) 784-1833
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557

              
                   
   

Dr. Mark F. Coolbaugh
Email: mfc@unr.nevada.edu
Phone: (775) 784-1415   Fax:  (775) 327-5801
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557-0138

            
                   
                 
  Dr. James Faulds, Research Geologist
Email: jfaulds@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 682-8751         Fax:  (775) 784-1709
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0057		              
                 
                   
       
  Dr. Corne Kreemer, Research Assistant Prof.         Email kreemer@unr.edu                                          Phone: (775) 682-8780   Fax: (775) 784-1709 Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0057    
       
                   
             
 

Dr. Paul Lechler, Chief Geochemist
Email: plechler@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 682-8773     Fax:  (775) 784-1709
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0057

          
             
                   
   

Dr. John Louie, Associate Professor
Email: louie@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-4219  Fax:  (775) 784-4165
Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 174, Reno, NV 89557-0057

      
         
                   
   

Dr. Gary Oppliger, Research Associate Professor
Email: oppliger@mines.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-7056   Fax:  (775) 784-1833
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557

              
   

Robin Penfield, Staff Research Associate
Email: rpenfield@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 313-8412    Fax:  (775) 327-5801
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557-0138

        
 
  Chris Sladek, Staff Research Associate          Email csladek@unr.edu                                    Phone: (775) 784-6970                                       Fax: (775) 784-1833            Nevada Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of nevada, Reno MS 172, Reno, NV 89557        
           
   

Richard Zehner, Research Scientist/GIS Specialist, Webmaster
Email: zehner@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-7055    Fax:  (775) 327-5801
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557-0138

        

 

Great Basin Center Participating Entities  

Great Basin Center Advisory Board

Additional information on individuals, departments, and research efforts can be found at the following web sites:

Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Department of Geological Sciences
Contact: Greg B. Arehart (arehart@unr.edu; 775-784-6470)

Geological Engineering
Contact: Richard Schultz (schultz@mines.unr.edu; 775-784-4318)

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Contact: Manoranjan Misra (misra@equinox.unr.edu; 775-784-1603)

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Contact: Lisa Shevenell (lisaas@unr.edu; 775-784-1779)

Nevada Geodetic Laboratory
Contact: Geoff Blewitt (gblewitt@unr.edu; 775-784-1709)

Seismological Laboratory
Contact: John Louie (louie@seismo.unr.edu; 775-784-4219)

USGS Reno Field Office
Contact: Alan R. Wallace (alan@usgs.gov; 775-784-5789)

College of Engineering

Civil Engineering
Contact: Dean Adams (vdadams@scs.unr.edu; 775-784-1474)

Electrical Engineering
Contact: Andrzej Trzynadlowski (chin@ee.unr.edu; 775-784-1490)

Desert Research Institute

Division of Hydrologic Sciences
Contact: Roger Jacobsen (roger@dri.edu; 775-673-7364)