Departments & Services (A-Z)

Dr. C. Brannon Andersen, Professor and Chair

Ph.D., Geology, Syracuse University,1994

Plyler Hall 119D, Phone: 864-294-3366
email:Brannon.Andersen@furman.edu

Biogeochemical processes that control the chemical composition of rivers; biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and silicon; sediment transport and trace metal geochemistry. See River Basin Research Initiative program.
 

Ms. Nina Anthony, Department Assistant

Plyler Hall - 119, Phone: 864 294-2052
email: Nina.Anthony@furman.edu

Dr. Betsy A. Beymer-Farris, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011.

Plyler Hall - 119A, Phone: (864) 294-2505
e-mail: Betsy.Beymer-Farris@furman.edu

Geography, Political Ecology, and Social-Ecological Resilience.

Dr. Weston R. Dripps, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2003.

Plyler Hall - 119E, Phone: (864) 294-3392 
e-mail: Weston.Dripps@furman.edu

Watershed Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Food Systems

Dr. John M. Garihan, Professor

Ph.D. Geology, Pennsylvania State University, 1973

Plyler Hall 119C, Phone: (864) 294-3363
email: Jack.Garihan@furman.edu

Geologic mapping at 1:24,000 scale of metamorphic rocks in the Inner Piedmont of the Carolinas; structural analysis of polyphase folding and thrust sequencing; geochronology and tectonic history of upstate South Carolina.

Dr. Angela Halfacre, Professor

Director, David E. Shi Center for Sustainability
Ph.D., Environmental Policy, University of Florida, 1997.

Center for Sustainability, Phone: 864-294-3670
email: Angela.Halfacre@furman.edu

Public perceptions of sustainability issues, community governance, and environmental decision-making.

Dr. Suresh Muthukrishnan, Associate Professor

Director, GIS and Remote Sensing Center
Ph.D., Earth Sciences. Purdue University, 2002.

Plyler Hall - 119F, Phone: 864-294-3361
email: Suresh.Muthukrishnan@furman.edu

Land use land cover change and hydrologic impacts, urban sprawl issues, landslides, applied research using remote sensing and GIS.

Ms. Lori Nelsen, Watershed Research Technician

M.S., Analytical Chemistry, Furman University, 2007
M.P.H., Environmental Health Sciences, Toxicology, UC Berkeley, 1982

Plyler Hall - 111A, Phone: 864 294-3481
email: Lori.Nelsen@furman.edu

Biogeochemistry, water quality.

Dr. Bill Ranson, Professor

Ph.D., Geology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1979

Plyler Hall - 119B, Phone: 864 294-3364
email: Bill.Ranson@furman.edu

Current research involves petrology, bedrock mapping, and geologic history of the southern Appalachian Mountains; sustainability in curriculum and administration.

 

Dr. Melissa Ranhofer, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Marine Science, University of South Carolina, 2009.

Plyler 119A, Phone: 864-294-3647
e-mail: Melissa.Ranhofer@furman.edu 

Marine science - estuarine, coastal, and phytoplankton ecology. Specific interest in phosphorus cycling in estuarine environments.

Dr. Ken Sargent, Emeritus Faculty

Ph.D., Geology University of Oklahoma, 1974.

Plyler 119, Phone: 864-294-2052
e-mail: Ken.Sargent@furman.edu 

Watershed hydrology, water quality vs land cover/land use, factors governing surface water quality. 

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