SD Mines Faculty
Nuri Uzunlar
Professor; Director, Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station
Field geologist specializing in mineral deposits, hydrothermal and geothermal systems, and active tectonics in Anatolia. Ph.D., South Dakota Mines.
Arden D. Davis
Professor, Geology & Geological Engineering
Geological engineer specializing in groundwater modeling and contaminant migration. Ph.D., P.E., South Dakota Mines.
Alvis L. Lisenbee
Professor Emeritus, Geology & Geological Engineering
Structural geologist specializing in tectonics of the northern Rocky Mountains. Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Foster Sawyer
Associate Professor, Geology & Geological Engineering
Specializes in sedimentology, petroleum geology, and groundwater. Ph.D., South Dakota Mines.
Kurt Katzenstein
Assistant Professor, Geology & Geological Engineering
Specializes in remote sensing, engineering field applications, and rock mechanics. Ph.D., University of Nevada-Reno.
Larry D. Stetler
Professor, Geology & Geological Engineering
Geological engineer specializing in earth surface processes, eolian dynamics, and environmental and groundwater applications. Ph.D., Washington State University.
Umit Yildiz
Faculty, Geology & Geological Engineering
Coordinator for the Türkiye and Arizona Field Camps. Specializes in active tectonics and structural geology.
Chris Pellowski
Instructor and Coordinator, Geology & Geological Engineering
Ph.D., South Dakota Mines.
Perry Rahn
Professor Emeritus, Geology & Geological Engineering
Engineering Geology. Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Partner Institution Faculty
Jaakko Putkonen
Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota
Geomorphologist specializing in landscape evolution and Quaternary climate change. Ph.D., University of Washington. Coordinator, Himalaya Field Camp.
Brennan Jordan
Associate Professor, University of South Dakota
Igneous petrologist specializing in the petrology and tectonic origin of volcanic rocks. Ph.D., Oregon State University. Coordinator, Iceland Volcanology Camp.
Jon R. Rotzien
Basin Dynamics, SD Mines
Coordinator, New Zealand and California Field Camps. Specializes in deep-water depositional systems and basin analysis.
Yann Gavillot
Montana Tech
Coordinator, France Field Camp. Specializes in Alpine tectonics and active fault systems.
Jérôme Nomade
Université Grenoble Alps
French program coordinator for the France Field Camp.
William W. Little
Coordinator, Utah Field Camp
Specializes in sequence stratigraphy and petroleum geology.
James Sears
Coordinator, Montana Field Camp; Geosciences, University of Montana
Specializes in Rocky Mountain tectonics and Belt Supergroup stratigraphy.
John Caskey
Coordinator, Death Valley Camp; Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
Earth & Climate Sciences. Specializes in Basin and Range tectonics and active faulting.
Joseph Hill
Coordinator, Spain Field Camp
Specializes in Alpine and Pyrenean geology.
Harry Filkorn
Assistant Professor, Pierce College, California
Paleontology and invertebrate stratigraphy.
Field Camp Photos
Dr. Arden Davis, Faculty
BHNSFS Faculty
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Faculty and students in the field
Field instruction, BHNSFS Faculty
BHNSFS Faculty — field site
BHNSFS Faculty — field session