Department Directory

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Below you will find information about how to contact our department faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and staff. Each faculty member has a link to a profile page listing their research interests, appointments and more information. You can also browse the department's research focus areas or the college's research themes and find faculty who work in each area there.

Faculty

Saleem Ali


Department Chair, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment
 302-831-0871

Cristina L. Archer


Professor and Unidel Howard Cosgrove Career Development Chair in Environment
 302-831-6640

Kevin Brinson


Assistant Research Professor and Director, Delaware Environmental Observing System and State Climatologist
 302-831-6906

Kyle Davis


Associate Professor and Graduate Director
 

Tracy DeLiberty


Interim Dean
 302-831-4084

Jing Gao


Associate Professor of Geospatial Data Science
 302-831-8266

Yao Hu


Assistant Professor
 

Terrianne Lavin


Associate Chair, Assistant Professor and Environmental Science Director
 

Daniel J. Leathers


Professor Emeritus (Resident)
 

Delphis F. Levia


Professor
 302-831-3218

Kelsey Malloy


Assistant Professor
 

Pinki Mondal


Associate Professor and Associate Director, Masters in Data Science
 

Lindsay Naylor


Associate Professor
 302-831-8271

Sara Rauscher


Associate Professor
 

Mary Schorse


Assistant Research Professor and Director, Delaware Center for Geographic Education
 302-831-2427

Vaishnavi Tripuraneni


Assistant Professor & Environmental Studies Director
 302-831-1488

Dana E. Veron


Professor and Co-Director, Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
 

Shuai Wang


Assistant Professor and Meteorology & Climate Science Undergraduate Program Director
 

Joint Appointments

Gerald J. Kauffman

Director, Water Resources Center; Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration

jerryk@udel.edu
302-831-4929

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Holly Michael


Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor, Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair for the Environment
 302-831-4197

Matthew Oliver


Patricia and Charles Robertson Distinguished Professor of Marine Science and Policy
 302-645-4079

Michael A. O’Neal


Professor
 302-831-8273

Andrea Pierce

Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration

alpierce@udel.edu
302-831-1244

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Georgina Ramsay

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
gramsay@udel.edu
302-831-1858

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Anthony Seraphin

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics

seraphin@udel.edu
302-831-1021

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A. R. Siders


Assoc. Professor and Co-Director, Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
 302-831-0204

Rodrigo Vargas

Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Environmental Change, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

rvargas@udel.edu
302-831-1386

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NameAdvisorEmailWebsite
Hanan Abou AliDavis  
Nouman AhmedLeathersnahmed@udel.eduLinkedIn
James BlountRauscherjrblount@udel.eduLinkedIn
Ingrid BurringtonKlinger  
Emmanuel ChinkakaKlingerechinka@udel.eduLinkedIn
Ryan EagenVeronreagan@udel.eduSite
Siamak Malakpour EstalakiHusmalest@udel.eduLinkedIn
Melody FarahbakhshyVeron  
Muna HafsahVeronmhafsah@udel.eduLinkedIn
Mehrnaz HaghdadiKlingermehrnaz@udel.eduLinkedIn
Thomas HaleAlithale@udel.eduLinkedIn
Faisal Bin IslamNaylorfislam@udel.eduLinkedIn
Shaghayegh JabalameliAli  
Endalkachew Abebe KebedeDavisendiabe@udel.eduLinkedIn
Bhoktear Mahbub KhanDavis  
Nora LucasNaylornoraluc@udel.eduLinkedIn
Amirreza MeydaniLeviameydani@udel.eduLinkedIn
Zubairu MohammadDeLibertyzubairu@udel.eduLinkedIn
Nusrat Tabassum MohanaNaylornusrattm@udel.eduLinkedIn
Emmanuel OlamirikiVeroneolamiri@udel.eduLinkedIn
Kevin OluochNayloroluoch@udel.eduLinkedIn
Kopo OromengKlingerkoromeng@udel.eduLinkedIn
Romain RichaudKlinger  
Afia SarwarDavisasarwar@udel.edu 
Naznin Nahar SultanaNixonnaznin@udel.eduLinkedIn
Kaanan ThakkarNaylorkthakkar@udel.eduLinkedIn
Coryn WolkKlingercwolk@udel.eduLinkedIn
Zherui XuHu  
Ashley-Lynn AntoineNixonantoinea@udel.eduLinkedIn
Jan Philip Ylanan De  LeonHuphilipdl@udel.eduLinkedIn
Amaja' Imani MackDavisamajam@udel.eduLinkedIn
Emily Elizabeth PopielecNaylorpopielec@udel.eduLinkedIn
Emily RoddenNixonerodden@udel.eduLinkedIn
John Ikechukwu UponiDavisjiuponi@udel.eduLinkedIn
NameTitleE-mailPhoneProfile page
Dr. Kevin BrinsonDelaware State Climatologist, Director of CEMAkbrinson@udel.edu302-831-6906Link
Tina CallahanAssociate Director of CEMA, Assistant State Climatologisttina.callahan@udel.edu302-831-6581Link
Dr. Chris HughesService Climatologist, Assistant State Climatologisthughes@udel.edu302-831-4842Link
Matt ShatleyData Systems Architectmshatley@udel.edu302-831-3907Link
Dave HuntleyLead Field Techniciandhuntley@udel.edu302-831-0789Link
Ksenia KaliakinField Technicianksenkal@udel.eduN/ALink
Michael CappolaField Technicianmcappola@udel.eduN/ALink
NameTitleEmailPhone
Meg Green
Business Administrator
mhgreen@udel.edu302-831-8998
Stephanie HansonAdministrative Assistant IIsmhanson@udel.edu302-831-0266