Department Directory

GSS Staff and Faculty Photo 2023

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


Assistant Professor and Graduate Director
 302-831-8733

Tracy DeLiberty


Deputy Dean
 302-831-4084

Jing Gao


Associate Professor of Geospatial Data Science
 302-831-8266

Yao Hu


Assistant Professor
 

Julie Klinger


Associate Professor
 302-831-8267

Terrianne Lavin


Associate Chair, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, GSS
 

Daniel J. Leathers


Professor
 302-831-8764

Delphis F. Levia


Professor
 302-831-3218

Pinki Mondal


Associate Professor and Environmental Science Director
 302-831-8998

Lindsay Naylor


Associate Professor
 302-831-8271

Rebecca E. Nixon


Assistant Professor
 302-831-6203

Sara Rauscher


Associate Professor
 302-831-6784

Mary Schorse


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

Vaishnavi Tripuraneni


Assistant Professor & Environmental Studies Director
 302-831-2294

Dana E. Veron


Professor and Co-Director, Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
 302-831-4842

Shuai Wang


Assistant Professor and Meteorology & Climate Science Undergraduate Program Director
 302-831-2294

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


Associate 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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Name Advisor Email Website
Hanan Abou Ali Davis    
Nouman Ahmed Leathers nahmed@udel.edu LinkedIn
Matthieu Ahouangbenon Mondal mathdel@udel.edu LinkedIn
James Blount Rauscher jrblount@udel.edu LinkedIn
Ingrid Burrington Klinger    
Emmanuel Chinkaka Klinger echinka@udel.edu LinkedIn
Ryan Eagen Veron reagan@udel.edu Site
Siamak Malakpour Estalaki Hu smalest@udel.edu LinkedIn
Melody Farahbakhshy Veron    
Dharni Grover Naylor dgrover@udel.edu LinkedIn
Muna Hafsah Veron mhafsah@udel.edu LinkedIn
Mehrnaz Haghdadi Klinger mehrnaz@udel.edu LinkedIn
Thomas Hale Ali thale@udel.edu LinkedIn
Faisal Bin Islam Naylor fislam@udel.edu LinkedIn
Shaghayegh Jabalameli Ali    
Endalkachew Abebe Kebede Davis endiabe@udel.edu LinkedIn
Bhoktear Mahbub Khan Davis    
Nora Lucas Naylor noraluc@udel.edu LinkedIn
Amirreza Meydani Levia meydani@udel.edu LinkedIn
Zubairu Mohammad DeLiberty zubairu@udel.edu LinkedIn
Nusrat Tabassum Mohana Naylor nusrattm@udel.edu LinkedIn
Gwendolyn Murphy Klinger gkmurphy@udel.edu LinkedIn
Emmanuel Olamiriki Veron eolamiri@udel.edu LinkedIn
Kevin Oluoch Naylor oluoch@udel.edu LinkedIn
Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun Klinger temidayo@udel.edu LinkedIn
Kopo Oromeng Klinger koromeng@udel.edu LinkedIn
Romain Richaud Klinger    
Manan Sarupria Mondal manansar@udel.edu LinkedIn
Afia Sarwar Davis asarwar@udel.edu  
Naznin Nahar Sultana Nixon naznin@udel.edu LinkedIn
Kaanan Thakkar Naylor kthakkar@udel.edu LinkedIn
Coryn Wolk Klinger cwolk@udel.edu LinkedIn
Zherui Xu Hu    
Travis Pluck DeLiberty    
Ashley-Lynn Antoine Nixon antoinea@udel.edu LinkedIn
Jan Philip Ylanan De  Leon Hu philipdl@udel.edu LinkedIn
Amaja' Imani Mack Davis amajam@udel.edu LinkedIn
Ian Morse Klinger imorse@udel.edu LinkedIn
Emily Elizabeth Popielec Naylor popielec@udel.edu LinkedIn
Emily Rodden Nixon erodden@udel.edu LinkedIn
John Ikechukwu Uponi Davis jiuponi@udel.edu LinkedIn
Name Title Email Phone
Sue Biddle Business Administrator I
sbiddle@udel.edu 302-831-8998
Kevin Brinson Director, DEOS kbrinson@udel.edu 302-831-6906
Christina Callahan Assoc Director, DEMAC tina.callahan@udel.edu 302-831-6581
Stephanie Hanson Administrative Assistant II smhanson@udel.edu 302-831-2276
Christopher Hughes Research Associate III hughes@udel.edu 302-831-4842
David Huntley Research Associate II dhuntley@udel.edu 302-831-0789
Matthew Shatley Computer Research Specialist mshatley@udel.edu 302-831-3907