Department Directory
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
Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment
Cristina L. Archer
Professor and Unidel Howard Cosgrove Career Development Chair in Environment
Kevin Brinson
Assistant Research Professor and Director, Delaware Environmental Observing System and State Climatologist
Jing Gao
Associate Professor of Geospatial Data Science
Terrianne Lavin
Associate Chair, Assistant Professor and Environmental Science Director
Diana Ojeda
Chair, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and Professor
Mary Schorse
Assistant Research Professor and Director, Delaware Center for Geographic Education
Vaishnavi Tripuraneni
Assistant Professor & Environmental Studies Director
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
Holly Michael
Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor, Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair for the Environment
Matthew Oliver
Patricia and Charles Robertson Distinguished Professor of Marine Science and Policy
Andrea Pierce
Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
alpierce@udel.edu
302-831-1244
Georgina Ramsay
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
gramsay@udel.edu
302-831-1858
Anthony Seraphin
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
seraphin@udel.edu
302-831-1021
Kalim Shah
Director, UD Island Policy Lab; Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
kalshah@udel.edu
302-831-4700
A. R. Siders
Assoc. Professor and Co-Director, Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
Rodrigo Vargas
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Environmental Change, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
rvargas@udel.edu
302-831-1386
- Nancy Boyer, Affiliated Associate Professor
- John A. Callahan, NOAA
- Shradda Dhungel, Affiliated Assistant Professor, UD Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences
- Cathleen Geiger, Affiliated Research Professor
- Dr. Eden Kinkaid
- Julie Klinger, Affiliated Associate Professor
- Gabriela Mundaca, Affiliated Associate Professor
- Rebecca E. Nixon
- Robert Scarborough, DNREC Delaware Coastal Programs
- Edmunds Bunkse
- Brian Hanson
- Frederick E. Nelson
- Peter W. Rees
- Yda Schreuder
- April Veness
- Cort J. Willmott
| Name | Advisor | |
| Abou Ali, Hanan | Davis | habouali@udel.edu |
| Ahmed, Nouman | Leathers | nahmed@udel.edu |
| Al Fahel, Nicolas | Malloy | nalfahel@udel.edu |
| Arora, Aarti | Davis | arora@udel.edu |
| Blount, James | Rauscher | jrblount@udel.edu |
| Callahan, Andrew | Mondal | andycall@udel.edu |
| Chinkaka, Emmanuel | Klinger | echinka@udel.edu |
| Coviello, Nicole | Deliberty/Schorse | nicoledc@udel.edu |
| De Leon, Jan Philip Ylanan | Hu | philipdl@udel.edu |
| DelRosso, Dominic | Davis | ddelr@udel.edu |
| Donahue, Matthew | Malloy | 76677@udel.edu |
| Eagan, Ryan | Veron | reagan@udel.edu |
| Fanning, Ashley | Malloy | afanning@udel.edu |
| Farahbakhshy, Melody | Veron | melodyf@udel.edu |
| Florio, Thomas | Wang | tflorio@udel.edu |
| Ginsburg, Alana | Mondal | acgins@udel.edu |
| Hafsah, Muna | Veron | mhafsah@udel.edu |
| Haghdadi, Mehrnaz | Klinger | mehrnaz@udel.edu |
| Hollinger, Lauren | Mondal | lholling@udel.edu |
| Khodaei, Sahar | Levia | skhodaei@udel.edu |
| Lucas, Nora | Naylor | noraluc@udel.edu |
| Lucero Garcia, Keylen | Mondal | klgarcia@udel.edu |
| Mack, Amaja'Imani | Davis | amajam@udel.edu |
| Malakpour Estalaki, Siamak | Hu | smalest@udel.edu |
| Meraz, Musfike | Wang | meraz@udel.edu |
| Meydani, Amirreza | Levia | meydani@udel.edu |
| Mohammad, Zubairu | DeLiberty | zubairu@udel.edu |
| Norman, Savannah (Jaye) | Wang | jnorman@udel.edu |
| Olamiriki, Emmanuel | Veron | eolamiri@udel.edu |
| Oromeng, Kopo | Klinger | koromeng@udel.edu |
| Sarwar, Afia | Davis | asarwar@udel.edu |
| Shanmugasundaram, Lily | Ojeda | lnshan@udel.edu |
| Sultana, Naznin Nahar | Nixon | naznin@udel.edu |
| Thakkar, Kaanan | Naylor | kthakkar@udel.edu |
| Turner, Kat | Tripuraneni | latphom@udel.edu |
| Uponi, John Ikechukwu | Davis | jiuponi@udel.edu |
| Wolk, Coryn | Klinger | cwolk@udel.edu |
| Xi, Shihao | Hu | xishihao@udel.edu |
| Xu, Zherui | Levia | zxu@udel.edu |
| Zhang, Yiqing | Davis | sameenyq@udel.edu |
| Name | Title | Phone | Profile page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kevin Brinson | Delaware State Climatologist, Director of CEMA | kbrinson@udel.edu | 302-831-6906 | Link |
| Tina Callahan | Associate Director of CEMA, Assistant State Climatologist | tina.callahan@udel.edu | 302-831-6581 | Link |
| Dr. Chris Hughes | Service Climatologist, Assistant State Climatologist | hughes@udel.edu | 302-831-4842 | Link |
| Matt Shatley | Data Systems Architect | mshatley@udel.edu | 302-831-3907 | Link |
| Dave Huntley | Lead Field Technician | dhuntley@udel.edu | 302-831-0789 | Link |
| Ksenia Kaliakin | Field Technician | ksenkal@udel.edu | N/A | Link |
| Michael Cappola | Field Technician | mcappola@udel.edu | N/A | Link |
| Name | Title | Phone | |
| Meg Green | Business Administrator | mhgreen@udel.edu | 302-831-8998 |
| Stephanie Hanson | Administrative Assistant II | smhanson@udel.edu | 302-831-0266 |