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Faculty

Administrative

Graduate Students

Graduates 

(names link to personal profiles)

Arthur Brant Chair
 

James V. Taranik, Ph.D.
Regents Professor and Arthur Brant Chair of Geophysics
Director, Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89557

Current primary information:
Mackay Mines Building, 305
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
College of Science, MS 168
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0047
Phone: (775) 784-6987
FAX: (775) 784-1766; Cell: (775) 742-7189
E-mail: jtaranik@mines.unr.edu
 

Administrative
 

(Vacant)
Program Coordinator 
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Dept of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89557-0138
Phone: (775) 784-6987
Fax: 775-784-1766
Email: able@mines.unr.edu
 

 

Faculty
 

Wendy Calvin, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89557-0138
Phone: 775-784-1785
Email: wcalvin@unr.edu 

 

Mark Coolbaugh, Ph.D..
Research Assistant Professor
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89557-0138
Email: cool.78@alum.mines.edu 
 

Gary Oppliger, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
Reno, Nevada 89557-0138
Tel: (775) 784-7056
E-mail: oppliger@mines.unr.edu

Richard L. Bedell Jr.
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Ne
vada Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89577
Lab: (775) 784-1031
Email: bedell@unr.edu

 

Graduate Students
 

Zan Aslett, Remote Sensing, Geophysics Ph.D. program, Advisor: Dr Taranik
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89577
Email: aslettz@unr.nevada.edu

 

 

Jill Pocock, Remote Sensing, Ph.D. Geophysics Program, Advisor: Dr. Calvin
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89577
Email: pocock@unr.nevada.edu

 

 

Blake Morrow,  Remote Sensing, Geology MS Program, Advisor: Dr Taranik
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89577
Email: w0rr0m@aol.com  

 

 

Shane Thompson,  Remote Sensing,  MS Geophysics Program, Advisor: Dr Calvin
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada Reno /MS 172
Reno, NV 89577
Email: thomp102@unr.nevada.edu

 

 

 

Program Graduates  (ordered by year of graduation)
 

 
Christopher Kratt, M.S., 2005
 
    Remote Sensing Geology, Advisor: Dr. Calvin

Remote Sensing Research and GIS Scientist
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, Nevada 89512
Email:
ckratt@dri.edu

R. Greg Vaughan, Ph.D., 2004
 
   Remote Sensing Geophysics, Advisor: Dr. Calvin

Cal Tech Postdoctoral Scholar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr. / MS 183-501
Pasadena, CA, 91109
818-354-3057 (office)
626-319-4146 (cell)
Email: greg.vaughan@jpl.nasa.gov

 

Mark Coolbaugh, Ph.D., 2003
   GIS and Remote Sensing Geology, Advisor: Dr. Taranik

Research Assistant Scientist
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics
University of Nevada, Reno /MS 172
see above faculty listings
Email: cool.78@alum.mines.edu 
 

Andrew F. Rael M.S., 2003
   Remote Sensing Geophysics,
 Advisor: Dr. Taranik

Chief of Image Collections
SpecTIR Corporation
1320 Freeport Blvd., Suite 106
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone: (775) 329-6660
Email: arael@spectir.com

 

Alicia Fallacaro, M.S., 2003
   Remote Sensing Geology,  Advisor: Dr. Calvin

Mission Support Specialist

Arizona State University,
stationed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109
Email: Alicia.Fallacaro@asu.edu

Amer Smailbegovic, Ph.D., 2002
   Remote Sensing Geophysics,  Advisor: Dr. Taranik


Senior Scientist
SpecTIR Corporation
1320 Freeport Blvd., Suite 106
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone: (775) 329-6660 ext 105
Fax (775) 329-6668
Email:amer@spectitr.com