Faculty & Staff
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James R. Besancon
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Continuing study of physical model and salt content of campus water, ICP-OES analysis of water; X-ray diffraction of complex mixtures.
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Daniel J. Brabander
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Brown University
Research interests: biogeochemistry, environmental geochemistry, and medical geology.
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Kathleen W. Gilbert
Instructor in Geosciences Laboratory
B.A., Smith College; M.S., University of Miami
Focused on stable isotope geochemistry and physical geology.
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David P. Hawkins
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.A., Clark University; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Researches mechanisms and time scales of plutonic construction; connections between magma chambers, plutons, and volcanic centers in space and time; tectonic assembly of North America; and U-Pb geochronology.
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Katrin Monecke
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.S., University of Hannover (Germany); Ph.D., Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland)
Sedimentation of tsunami deposits in Southeast Asia, and surficial geology of varied other environments.
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Elizabeth L. Pierce
Visiting Lecturer in Geosciences
B.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Glacial processes, the sedimentary record, and the paleoclimate of the Earth’s polar regions
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Rita Purcell
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant for Geosciences and Computer Science
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Maria Waller
Instructor in Geosciences Laboratory
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of Massachusetts
Teaches geosciences labs; Committed to giving students an appreciation for earth processes and an understanding of their impacts.
Faculty Emerita
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Meg Thompson
Professor Emerita of Geosciences
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Retired from teaching at Wellesley, now pursuing full-time research with collaborators at Ohio State University, MIT, and Tufts. Outreach to students and adults.
